Chief Guest:
Professor Shamsul Alam, Honorable Minister of State, Ministry of Planning, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh

Moderator:
Dr Bazlul Haque Khondker, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Chairman, SANEM

Trigger Presentation:
Dr Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director, SANEM

Distinguished Panellists:
Dr Ahsan H Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC)
Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Dr Zahid Hussain, Economist, Bangladesh

BREAKOUT SESSION 1: LABOUR MARKET I

• “Online Freelancing and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh”, by Mr Md. Raied Arman, Senior Research Associate, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Ms Anindita Bhattacharjee, Save the Children International, Dr Narayan C. Das, BIGD, Ms Mohima Gomes, BIGD, Dr Sakib Mahmood, BIGD
• “Occupational Health in the Context of High Labour Market Informality in Bangladesh: Evidence from Nationwide Labour Force Survey”, by Ms Farhin Islam, Research Associate, SANEM and Ms Afia Mubasshira Tiasha, Research Associate, SANEM
• “Labour Productivity, Employment Elasticity and Structural Transformation in Uttar Pradesh”, by Dr Nagendra Kumar Maurya, Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Lucknow, India and Dr Sanjay Upadhyay, University of Lucknow
• “Labour Scarcity and Explanations for an Endogenous Natural Rate of Growth: Evidence from Developed Economies”, by Ms Sabarni Chowdhury, Research Associate, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India

BREAKOUT SESSION 2: MACROECONOMY I

• “Deficit Financing with National Saving Certificate and its Macroeconomic Consequences on Bangladeshs Economy”, by Mr Mohammad Mahabub Alam, PhD Candidate, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (Online Presentation)
• “Fiscal Policy Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan”, by Professor Saira Ahmed, Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Network and Dr Vaqar Ahmed, Joint Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan (Online Presentation)
• “Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Data Frequency: Firm-Level Evidence from Bangladesh”, by Dr Deluair Hossen, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Tennessee, USA (Online Presentation)
• “Organization Capital and Optimal Monetary Policy Inertia”, by Dr Bidyut Talukdar, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Saint Mary’s University, Canada (Online Presentation)

BREAKOUT SESSION 3: ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE I

• “Depiction of Real Scenario of Climate Change Using Rainfall, Sunshine & Humidity Trends in Patenga Station, Chittagong, Bangladesh", by Mr Sujan Rudra, Researcher, Bangladesh and Ms Arpita Datta, Lecturer, Premier University Chittagong, Bangladesh and Sujan Rudra, Independent Researcher, Bangladesh
• "Impact of European Union Policy Tools on Certified Emission Reduction (CER) Prices - Feeble Future of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Market”, by Ms Komal Biswal, PhD Student, Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India and Dr Aparna Sawhney, Professor, Centre for International Trade and Development, JNU, New Delhi (Online Presentation)
• “Multidimensional Vulnerability of Household to Climate Change: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan”, by Dr Bushra Yasmin, Professor of Economics, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan; Ms Iffat Irshad, Assistant Professor, Fatima Jinnah Women University and Ms Sadia Sherbaz, Lecturer, Fatima Jinnah Women University (Online Presentation)
• “Role of ICT Diffusion, Energy Consumption, and Institutional Quality on Environmental Sustainability in Emerging Economies”, by Ms Anushka Verma, Research Scholar, Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India; Ms Megha Chhabra, Research Scholar, BITS and Dr Arun Kumar Giri, Professor, BITS (Online Presentation)

BREAKOUT SESSION 4: HEALTH I

• "A Systematic Scoping Review on People-Centered Economy for Building Macroeconomic Resilience in Healthcare Using Perceived Economic Model of Health Equity in the context of South Asian LMICs”, by Ms Fahmida Akter, Student, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka
• “Child Health Outcome in Nepal: Inequalities and Determinants”, by Dr Purna Bahadur Khand, Associate Professor of Economics, Pokhara University, Nepal
• “Does Controlling for Scale Heterogeneity Better Explain Respondents’ Preference Segmentation in Discrete Choice Experiments? A Case Study of US Health Insurance Demand”, Dr Suzana Karim, Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka; Dr Benjamin M. Craig, University of South Florida; Dr Stephen Poteet, University of South Florida.
• "Effect of Tobacco Consumption on Health-related Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization of Adult Population of Korail Slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh", Mr Mohammad Ihtesham Hassan, Student, Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka.

BREAKOUT SESSION 5: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

• “Risk Aversion, Adoption of Safety Nets and Food Security in India: Interlinkages between Crop-Insurance and Crop-Diversification”, by Mr Dinamani Biswal, PhD Student, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India and Dr Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati, Assistant Professor, IIT-Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
• “Land Utilization in Wheat Production of Bangladesh: What Affects Farmers’ Efficiency?”, by Mr Sourav Mohan Saha, Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Finance, Co-operatives and Banking, Khulna Agricultural University, Bangladesh; Mr Md Jahurul Islam, Lecturer, Khulna Agricultural University and Mr Md. Jaber Ranab, Lecturer, Khulna Agricultural University
• “Drivers of Agricultural Commercialization and its Impact on Household Food Security in Kenya”, by Mr Peter Kipkorir, PhD Student, Agricultural Economics and Resource Management, Moi University, Kenya; Mr Vincent Ngeno, and Dr Chepchumba Chumo, Department of Agricultural Economics and Resource Management, Moi University (Online Presentation)
• “Prevalence of Undernourishment and its Associated Factors as a Hardship in Asian and African Regions; a Cross-Sectional Study", by Ms Sathsarani Weerasinghe, Student, Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka; Ms Thilini Navaratne, Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Mr Pasindu Dissanayake, Assistant Lecturer, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Online Presentation)

BREAKOUT SESSION 6: LABOUR MARKET II

• "Are overly attractive government jobs distorting the labour market? Evidence from Bangladesh”, by Ms Shahida Pervin, PhD Student, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan (Online Presentation)
• “Relative Occupational Aspirations and Youth Unemployment in India”, by Mr Basit Abdullah, PhD Student, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Kerala, India; Dr Vinoj Abraham, Professor, CDS, Kerala and Dr Ritika Jain, Assistant Professor, CDS, Kerala (Online Presentation)
• “Social Groups and Unequal Employment Opportunities in Skilled Occupations in Indian Manufacturing Sector- Endowment Gap and Discrimination”, by Dr Tanima Banerjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Commerce, Adamas University, West Bengal, India (Online Presentation)
• “COVID-19, Lockdown & Reverse Migration in Indian Labour Market: Evidence from Periodic Labour Force Survey 2020-21”, by Dr Puneet Kumar Shrivastav, Assistant Director, National Institute of Labour Economics Research & Development, New Delhi, India (Online Presentation)

BREAKOUT SESSION 7: EDUCATION

• "Determinants of Female Participation in the Tertiary level of Education in Bangladesh”, by Dr Md Deen Islam, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
• “Investigating Educational Inequality in Bangladesh: A Decomposition Analysis”, by Mr Nadim Uddin, Lecturer, Department of Economics, Sheikh Hasina University, Netrokona, Bangladesh and Mr Sakil Ahmed, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
• “Heterogeneity in Education and in Return to Education among Eight Divisions in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study between Wage Earners and Entrepreneurs”, by Mr Ekramul Hasan, Research Associate, SANEM
• “Does Gender of a Child Matter for School Choice in India? Research Says ‘Yes’”, by Dr Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, Assistant Professor of Economics, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Mr Amit Kumar, PhD Scholar, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, India and Dr Angrej Singh Gill, Assistant Professor, Panjab University Rural Centre, India (Online Presentation)

BREAKOUT SESSION 8: MACROECONOMY II

• "Do Interest Rate Controls Work? Evidence from Bangladesh”, by Mr Sajid Bin Hasnat, Research Assistant, Department of Economics and Social Science, BRAC University and Mr Golam Mortaza, Islamic Development Bank
• “A Test of the Balassa-Samuelson Hypothesis on the Real Exchange Rate for Newly Industrialized Countries Using the Generalized Method of Moments”, by Ms Asma Ul Hosna Mim, Student, Department of Economics, Comilla University, Bangladesh and Mr Nobinkhor Kundu, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Comilla University
• “Impact of FDI on the Agriculture Sector in Bangladesh: An Econometric Analysis”, by Ms Zakia Sultana, Student, Department of Economics, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Bangladesh; Mr Yousuf Hossain, MBSTU; Mr Md Mahbub Alam, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh and Md Nazmus Sadekin, MBSTU