Expanding Access to Express Courier Services Through the Benapole-Petrapole Land Port Currently, a Bangladeshi small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) cannot send small shipments via ground transportation to India using international express delivery services such as UPS, FedEx, or DHL. These shipments must travel via air, which inflates shipping costs and impedes Bangladeshi SMEs ability to…
Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 2 SANEM, in collaboration with the World Bank group, organized the “SANEM-North America Discussion Forum 2017ʺ on June 12, 2017, at the World Bank premises in Washington, D.C., USA. The event was marked by four trigger presentations on growth, regional integration, SDGs and demographic dividend with especial emphasis on South…
Thinking Aloud: Volume IV, Issue 1 This June, Thinking Aloud celebrates its 3rd anniversary: a milestone for the monthly economic digest published by SANEM. Envisioned as a chronicle of the contemporary economic contexts, SANEM’s Thinking Aloud set sail in June 2014. Since the beginning of its journey, 36 issues later, Thinking Aloud has successfully made…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 12 The May, 2017 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme of ‘Challenges to achieve the SDGs’. The first article titled “Are South Asian countries experiencing premature deindustrialization?” highlights the importance of the targets under SDG 9, which postulates the need for substantially raising the manufacturing value-added share in…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 11 The April, 2017 issue of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme of ‘youth employment’. The first article on “Does economic growth ensure youth employment?” emphasizes that economic growth is not a guarantee in tackling youth unemployment. There is a need for flanking policies, which should include actions from governments…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 10 The March 1, 2017 issue of Thinking Aloud has been primarily dedicated to cover news and happenings of the 2nd SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference 2017 on “Managing Growth for Social Inclusion”. The first page article on “Bangladesh economy at a crossroads: Looking for breakthroughs” argues that the growth and…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 9 This special issue of Thinking Aloud, February 1, 2017, is dedicated to SANEM’s 10th anniversary celebration. This issue also focuses on the theme of the upcoming Second SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference 2017. The first page article on “Managing growth for social inclusion” presents an analysis using a constructed Social…
Let’s Think Aloud, Shall We? Raihan S. (Ed). (2017) Dhaka, SANEM Publications This book titled Let’s Think Aloud, Shall We? is a compilation of the articles and interviews published in SANEM’s monthly digest Thinking Aloud. SANEM’s Thinking Aloud embarked its journey in June, 2014. The inception of Thinking Aloud coined with the intention to address contemporary economic problems…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 8 SANEM is happy to present the New Year’s issue (January 1, 2017) of Thinking Aloud on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first article on “SDGs: A paradigm shift?” highlights on three major changes that characterize the paradigm shift under the SDGs, which are related to the wide coverage of…
Thinking Aloud: Volume III, Issue 7 The December, 2016 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The first article “The political economy of special economic zones (SEZs) in Bangladesh” sheds light on the fact that while it might be very difficult to dramatically improve the infrastructure and…