Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 2: July 2019 The July 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Gender and development”. The first-page article titled “Challenges of female employment in Bangladesh” emphasizes that supply-side factors like child marriage, early pregnancy, reproductive and domestic responsibilities, and low level of skill and education restrict female labour market participation.…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 1: June 2019 Thinking Aloud steps into the 6th year! The June 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “The challenges of the national budget of Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “Fiscal policy to address growing inequality in Bangladesh” elaborates the importance of the use of taxation and different…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 12: May 2019 The May 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Human Capital Development”. The first page article titled “Why do the governments of some countries spend low on education and health?” emphasizes the importance of public expenditure in education and health for economic development. The article argues that…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 11: April 2019 The April 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “The challenges of inclusive growth”. The first page article titled “Hiccups of Bangladesh Development Surprise” offers some reasonable explanations to the so-called ‘Bangladesh development surprise’ or ‘Bangladesh paradox’ and argues that, without significant improvements in the quality of…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 10 This March 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to cover the news of the 4th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2019 on “Governing New Challenges: Inclusive https://www.doondoc.com/doc/ambien-online/ Development, Trade, and Finance”. The first-page article on “Governing emerging development challenges: A South Asian perspective” highlights four major challenges,…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 9 This February 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Perspectives on Macroeconomics” and presents articles based on the papers presented at the First SANEM Macroeconomics Workshop held on 19 January 2019 in Dhaka. The first article titled “Bangladesh’s macroeconomic challenges” explores the critical macroeconomic challenges for the Bangladesh economy…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 8 SANEM and the editor’s desk wishes its well-wishers and readers a “Happy New Year”! This January 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud presents four articles based on the panel discussion organized by SANEM and UN-ESCAP on “Emerging Labour Markets and Employment Challenges in South Asia in the Context of SDGs”…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 7 This December 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme “Environment and Climate Change”. The first article “The challenging economics of climate change” highlights the major challenges related to the study of economic costs and benefits of climate change, and the analysis of the economic impact of actions…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 6 This November 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Investment challenges”. The first article on ‘Boosting private investment in Bangladesh’ highlights that, though there has been a gradual rise in the investment-GDP ratio in Bangladesh over the past three decades, in recent years, the share of private investment in…
Thinking Aloud: Volume V, Issue 5 The October 2018 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on ‘youth employment challenges’. The first article “Why is youth NEET a concern?” focuses on the share of youth which is neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET) in the youth population. The article shows that among the top…