Structural Change and Dynamics of Labor Markets in Bangladesh: Studies on Labor and Employment Bangladesh’s achievement in economic growth over the last one decade has been quite robust. The country has recently been upgraded from low income country (LIC) to lower-middle income country (LMIC) as per World Bank’s classification. There is an aspiration of graduating…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 8 The New Year’s issue (January 1, 2016) of Thinking Aloud comes with the theme of demographic dividend. The first article titled “How do some countries make the most of the demographic dividend?” uses a cross-country least square dummy variable (LSDV) panel regression of 124 countries for the period between…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 7 The theme for the December, 2015 issue of Thinking Aloud is Skill Development. The first article “Do education and skill development affect the transition from ‘good-enough job’ to ‘decent job’?” emphasizes on the supply side issues of labor for transition towards ‘decent job’. The article, from the labor force…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 6 The theme for the November, 2015 issue of Thinking Aloud is Export Diversification. The first article on “Export diversification: Myths and realities” critically evaluates the current paradigms of views on export diversification in the developing countries, and argues that diversification of exports would require removal of both policy induced…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 12 The October, 2015 issue comes with the theme of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) and trade cost. The first article on “Demystifying non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in South Asia?” emphasizes on the significance of dealing with NTMs for promoting intra-regional trade in South Asia. The article clarifies the difference between NTMs, which…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 4 The September, 2015 issue comes with the theme of informal employment. The first article on “What makes cross-country differences in the informal employment?” depicts the debates over boom of informal sector being a predicament on the way of achieving economic growth in developing countries. It is shown that Bangladesh…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 3 The theme of Thinking Aloud August 2015 issue is on the Services Sector. The first article on “Rethinking ‘industrial policy’: How to increase ‘manufacturing content’ of services?” rejects the narrowness of conventional industrial policy and aims at broadening the scope of industrial policy that can incorporate the service sectors…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 2 The theme of the 2nd issue of Volume 2 of Thinking Aloud is “Investment”. The first article on “Bangladesh needs a new investment regime” identifies four investment regimes in Bangladesh which are linked to different economic and political environments of Bangladesh. Emphasizing more on the latest investment regime, the…
Thinking Aloud: Volume II, Issue 1 After successfully completing one year of Thinking Aloud, we start the second volume with the theme of Trade in Value-added and Global Value Chain. The first article “Why do some countries have comparative advantages in value added manufacturing exports?” emphasizes the factors affecting the Revealed Comparative Advantages (RCAs) in value…
Thinking Aloud: Volume I, Issue 12 As Thinking Aloud steps into its 12th month, we present to you a special issue on ‘Post 2015 Development Agenda’. This issue presents six articles with a strong common message that better economic policies and improvement in the quality of institutions will be very crucial in the post 2015 development era.…