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.…
Thinking Aloud: Volume I, Issue 11 The April 2015 issue of Thinking Aloud is on south-south trade and cooperation. The article on “What stimulates south-south FDI?” highlights that south-south FDI is an important issue for discussion in recent times when it comes to ‘south-south cooperation’. This article, using gravity regression of a panel dataset for…
Thinking Aloud: Volume I, Issue 10 The issue of Thinking Aloud for March, 2015 comes with the theme on growth and employment. The first article puts the question forward whether economic growth in South Asia promotes employment in the countries in this region. This article, using a cross-country panel regression model, looks at the factors…
Thinking Aloud: Volume I, Issue 9 The 9th issue of Thinking Aloud is based on one of the most pressing issues of 21st century, Climate Change and Environment. The first article on “How costly are the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh?” reflects that Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts due to its…