SANEM-AAB Policy Brief on Sectoral Action Plan on Youth Sensitive Budgeting In recent years, concerned ministries have made considerable efforts to integrate youths into economic activities and to maximize youth potential through youth-centric policies and interventions. These policies and interventions are frequently region-specific and tailored to the specific needs of a particular cohort of youth.…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 6: November 1, 2021 The November 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Emerging Challenges”. The first-page article titled “Challenges of the agro-processing industry in Bangladesh” reiterates that there are considerable institutional challenges in the agro-processing sector in Bangladesh, which require a solution. The institutional challenges in the…
Previous Events Summary SANEM-ActionAid Bangladesh Webinar Sectoral Action Plan for Youth Sensitive Budgeting 28 October 2021 South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and ActionAid Bangladesh have conducted a study to develop a Sectoral Action Plan, to help implement gender-sensitive budgeting in Bangladesh. To share the findings of this study, SANEM and ActionAid Bangladesh jointly…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 5: October 2021 The October 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Emerging Trade Issues and Trade Policy Reform in Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “Rethinking the Import Policy Order of Bangladesh” reiterates that the upcoming Import Policy Order (IPO) 2021-24 should focus more on the development aspects against…
Previous Events Summary SANEM-Bangladesh Mahila Parishad webinar An Analysis of Gender Sensitive Budgeting: Bangladesh Perspective 28 September 2021 In an attempt to discuss the aspects of gender-sensitive budgeting and its impacts on reducing gender inequality, SANEM and Bangladesh Mahila Parishad jointly hosted a webinar on “An Analysis of Gender Sensitive Budgeting: Bangladesh Perspective” on 28…
Previous Events Summary SANEM-ActionAid Bangladesh Webinar Reflection of Youth’s Perspective in the 8th Five Year Plan 25 September 2021 South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), in collaboration with ActionAid Bangladesh, has organized a webinar titled “Reflection of Youth’s Perspective in the 8th Five Year Plan” on Saturday, 25th September 2021. The webinar was chaired…
COVID -19 Fallout on Poverty and Livelihoods in Bangladesh: Results from SANEM’s Nation-wide Household Survey (November-December 2020) Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M.T., Nahar, M.A., & Sharmin, E. (2021). COVID -19 Fallout on Poverty and Livelihoods in Bangladesh: Results from SANEM’s Nation-wide Household Survey (November-December 2020). SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Until the onset of…
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 5th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in July 2021 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M. T., & Hossain, I. (2021). COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 5th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in July 2021. SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 4: September 2021 The September 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and development strategies”. The first page article titled “Devising development strategies factoring in COVID-19” analyses the development challenges emerging in the context of continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and proposes policy frameworks for tackling these challenges. The…
Previous Events Summary SANEM-World Vision webinar Role of Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Bangladesh Economy 29 August 2021 On August 29, 2021, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) in collaboration with World Vision Bangladesh presented results from the study “Role of Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Bangladesh Economy”. The results of the research were…