Vol VII, Issue 8: January 2021

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 8: January 2021 The January 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Priorities”. The first page article titled “Setting the development priorities right in 2021 in Bangladesh” emphasizes that the concerns related to poverty, inequality and employment in Bangladesh suggest that no reason is there to remain…

Vol VII, Issue 7: December 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 7: December 2020 The December 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19: Challenges and Wayout”. The first page article titled “Post COVID-19 challenges in international trade in South Asia” emphasizes that In the post-COVID-19 era, there are several challenges in international trade in South Asia. While the effective GVC…

Vol VII, Issue 6: November 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 6: November 2020 The November 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Challenges”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and the road to recovery in Bangladesh” emphasizes that the current discussion on the recovery needs to change its focus from the narrow GDP growth rate to broader development…

Vol VII, Issue 5: October 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 5: October 2020 The October 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Development Challenges”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and development challenges” emphasizes that COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented crisis in human history in terms of its dimension and scale. This crisis involves not only pandemic related…

Vol VII, Issue 4: September 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 4: September 2020 The September 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis: Trade-Related Challenges in South Asia”. The first-page article titled “COVID-19 and challenges of trade: The Bangladesh perspective” emphasizes that while being a small developing country Bangladesh has little to influence the recovery of the global trade,…

Vol VII, Issue 3: August 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 3: August 2020 The August 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis and South Asian Responses through Stimulus Packages”. The first-page article titled “An anatomy of stimulus package in Bangladesh” emphasises that while Bangladesh’s stimulus package, in proportion to GDP, is much higher than those of South Asian…

Vol VII, Issue 2: July 2020

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Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 2: July 2020 The July 2020 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 Crisis: Economic and Social Challenges”. The first page article titled “An ailing health sector in Bangladesh: Any scope for a politically feasible reform agenda?” emphasizes that the health sector in Bangladesh has a ‘stable anti-reform coalition’ among…