Bangladesh Institutional Diagnostic

Bangladesh Institutional Diagnostic PROJECT SUMMARY Bangladesh has been identified as the third country study for research towards developing an institutional diagnostic tool. The Bangladesh institutional diagnostic aims at comprehensively exploring the relationship between the characteristics and the functioning of a country’s institutions and its economic development performance and constraints. EDI has undertaken this endeavour in partnership…

Vol VI, Issue 11: April 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 11: April 2020 The April 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “National and Regional Responses to COVID-19 Global Crisis”. The first-page article titled “Regional Response in South Asia to COVID-19 Driven Global Crisis” emphasizes the need for regional cooperation in South Asia and rejuvenating the SAARC process to combat…

Vol VI, Issue 10: March 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 10: March 2020 This March 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to cover the news of the 5th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2020 on “Institutions for Development”. The first page article on ‘Institutions for Development’ discusses the definition, types and importance of institutions for development in developing…

Vol VI, Issue 9: February 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 9: February 2020 The February 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “South Asian Countries in Global Trade”. The first-page article titled “Global Trade Regime in Turmoil: An Appraisal for Re-energizing Regional Integration in South Asia” emphasizes that in the face of the turmoil in the global trade regime, there…

Vol VI, Issue 8: January 2020

Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 8: January 2020 This January 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme “Challenges of Achieving SDGs in Developing Countries”. The first article “The SDG Costing Exercise and Financing Challenges in Developing countries” reinforces that achieving SDGs requires systemic changes in the attitude and mechanisms in developing countries that…