COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 7th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in January 2022 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M. T., Chowdhury, O. R., & Uddin, M. N. (2022). COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 7th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey Conducted in January 2022. SANEM Publications,…
Thinking Aloud: Volume IX, Issue 5: October 1, 2022 The October 2022 issue of Thinking Aloud presents articles on labour market challenges, child marriage, FDI, and industrial labour in Bangladesh. The first-page article titled “Policies and strategies to address labour market challenges in Bangladesh” outlines the labour market challenges in Bangladesh. The labour market in…
Reviewing Skills Development Sector of Bangladesh Collaboration: Swisscontact Bangladesh Starting date: September 13, 2022 Completion date: December 07, 2022 Project description: The project aims to conduct an overall analysis of the national skills development sector and identify the innovations/new activities incorporated in the skills development domain of the country, evaluate the effectiveness of skills development…
Previous Events Session on Prospects of global and regional value chains for South Asia and BIMSTEC SANEM will arrange a session on “Prospects of global and regional value chains for South Asia and BIMSTEC” on 22 September 2022 from 10:30 am- 12:00 pm Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30). Dr Nihal Pitigala, Lead Economist, WBD and Dr…
Previous Events Session on Managing the Current Macroeconomic and Fiscal Challenges: Nepal’s Options SANEM arranged a session on “Managing the Current Macroeconomic and Fiscal Challenges: Nepal’s Options” on 21 September 2022 from 10:30 am- 12:00 pm Nepal Standard Time (GMT+5:45). Dr Biswash Gauchan, Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu, delivered a presentation…
Previous Events Remembering Farzeen Ferdous Alam In loving remembrance of Farzeen Ferdous Alam, a young visionary social entrepreneur, SANEM is going to hold an online memorial event on 17 September 2022, at 7:00 PM Bangladesh Standard Time (GMT +6). The event will be held over zoom and streamed live on the Facebook page of SANEM.…
Previous Events Session on Global food markets: Recent trends and drivers of price developments SANEM will arrange a session on “Global food markets: Recent trends and drivers of price developments” on 13 September 2022 from 2 pm- 3:30 pm Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30). Dr Upali Wickramasinghe, Senior Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
To conduct costing exercise and feasibility study of a community-led child protection system in Bangladesh Collaboration: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Starting date: September 4, 2022 Completion date: May 31, 2023 Project description: This study aims to conduct a detailed mapping of the social protection programmes (cash and in-kind support) under implementation in Cox’s Bazar, their…
Impact of Anti-Competitive Practices in the Construction Industry on Housing for the Poor in Bangladesh Collaboration: Advocata Institute Limited, Sri Lanka Starting date: May 26, 2022 Completion date: January 15, 2023 Project description: To investigate the specific types of anti-competitive industry practices in the construction industry, the extent to which these practices impact affordable housing…
100th Issue of Thinking Aloud: Volume IX, Issue 4: September 1, 2022 It is our great pleasure to announce that September 2022 marks the 100th issue of Thinking Aloud. Since 1 June 2014, SANEM has been bringing out this monthly publication on the first day of each month or in some cases even before that.…