The global economy is being raged by the Covid-19 pandemic. The world is passing through the worst economic downturn ever since the great depression of the 1930s. Economic activities are almost stagnant or being operated at less than full capacity all over the world ever since the onset of the pandemic. Mitigating the macroeconomic challenges has never been so defying. While international trade is heavily disrupted, the adverse impacts across the supply chain are severe for all countries. As more and more businesses are closing, the livelihood of hundreds of millions of people is at stake. Countries, dependent on the foreign remittances, are on the verge of an additional crisis of falling remittance income as well as reverse migration. Moreover, an internal reverse migration from urban to rural has been observed in many developing countries. With increased unemployment rates, poverty and inequality situations are worsening as the crisis prolongs. The necessity of a strong social protection system has never been felt so dire ever before. The impact of the pandemic on growth, poverty and inequality, education, and public health services can trigger a transgenerational socioeconomic consequence. To understand the lengths and depths of challenges in these fronts ignited by the pandemic, there is no alternative to an in-depth https://asahiramen.com/ativan-for-sale/ academic discourse. With that note, SANEM announces to host the International Development Web-Conference on “Covid-19 and the Development Challenges” on October 1-3, 2020. The conference will start at 5:00 PM Bangladesh Standard Time (GMT+6) on 1st October and at 2:30 PM Bangladesh Standard Time (GMT+6) on 2nd and 3rd October). The conference will be hosted live on the video-conferencing app Zoom. SANEM is delighted to announce that it has received an overwhelming response to the call for papers for the conference. As the last date for submission has passed, the call for papers is closed now. However, the call for participation is still open and registration is ongoing.

Papers on the following themes, in relation to the pandemic, will be presented in the conference:

• Macroeconomic challenges

• International trade

• Public health and healthcare services

• Education

• Labour market, employment, remittances, and migration

• Poverty, inequality and social protection

The Keynote Speaker in the conference is Professor Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The conference will also be attended by Professor Francois Bourguignon, Former Chief Economist, the World Bank, and Chair Emeritus, Paris School of Economics and Professor Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER.

Interested participants are requested to apply for registration. To register, kindly fill up the google form in this link: https://tinyurl.com/y287ja6s

Conference Convener: Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM, and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka