Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 10: March 1, 2022 The March 2022 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Emerging Development Challenges in Bangladesh”. The first-page article titled “Inflation for the marginalised people in Bangladesh: Beyond the official arithmetic” argued that the official figures of inflation do not reflect the real scenarios of the stress of…
Previous Events Announcement | SANEM- World Bank Webinar Adjusting Bangladesh’s growth model to sustain its success 20 February 2022, 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM (GMT+6) SANEM and the World Bank invite stakeholders for consultation of the macroeconomic analysis conducted for the World Bank Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) for Bangladesh, which will be published in a few…
Previous Events Summary Webinar on New Wave of COVID-19: State of Business Confidence in Bangladesh 7 February 2022 Findings from the seventh round of the “Business Confidence Index” survey, conducted by the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), were presented today, 7 February 2022, at a webinar titled “New Wave of COVID-19: State of…
Previous Events Announcement | Webinar on New wave of COVID: Where does business confidence stand? Survey Findings of SANEM 3 February 2022 | 11:00 AM (GMT+6) Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Asian Networking on Economic Modelling (SANEM) has been conducting a quarterly survey to get an accurate picture of the business environment…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 9: February 1, 2022 The February 2022 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Trade, Investment and Industrial Policies in South Asia”. The first-page article titled “Rethinking trade, investment and industrial policies in South Asia for greater regional integration” points out that deeper regional integration is needed for achieving larger development…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VIII, Issue 8: January 1, 2022 The January 2022 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “50 years of Bangladesh: The development challenges in the time ahead”. The first page article titled “50 years of Bangladesh: The development challenges in the time ahead” focuses on the political economy analysis of the development journey…
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 6th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2021 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., & Ahmed, M. T. (2021). COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 6th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2021. SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract: COVID-19 had a tremendous economic…
Previous Events Summary Webinar on 50 Years of Bangladesh: Achievements, Challenges and Lessons 13 December 2021 Experts emphasised equitable distribution of resources to improve the lives of poor people in Bangladesh as it would help the country achieve its social goals. Following 50 years of independence, Bangladesh has achieved the expected results in agriculture, industry,…
Previous Events ব্লগঃ বাংলাদেশের গার্মেন্টস শ্রমিকদের কাজ ও কাজের চাপের ওপর ২০১৮ সালের ন্যূনতম মজুরি গেজেটের প্রভাব বাংলাদেশের গার্মেন্টস শ্রমিকদের জীবনমান সম্পর্কে অধিকতর ধারণা পেতে সানেম এবং মাইক্রোফ্যাইনান্স অপরচুনিটিজ (এমএফও) গার্মেন্টস শ্রমিকদের ওপর ২০২০ সালের এপ্রিল থেকে ধারাবাহিকভাবে জরিপ চালিয়ে আসছে। এ জরিপের অধীনে একটি সুনির্দিষ্ট সংখ্যক (১৩০০ জন) গার্মেন্টস শ্রমিকদের নিকট থেকে প্রতি সপ্তাহে…
Previous Events Blog: The Impact of the 2018 Gazette on the Work and Workload of Garment Workers in Bangladesh SANEM is pleased to present this blog about how the 2018 Wage Gazette in Bangladesh might have had an impact on garment workers, which draws data from questions recently posed to respondents during the weekly interviews.…