COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 4th Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in April 2021 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., & Ahmed, M.T. (2021). COVID-19 and business confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 4th round of nationwide firm-level survey in April 2021. SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. .Abstract: COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant,…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 12: May 2021 The May 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “Stimulating private investment in the time of pandemic” highlighted that in Bangladesh, despite the gradual rise in the investment-GDP ratio over the past three decades, private sector…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 11: April 2021 The April 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 fallout on labour market in Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “Strategies to address COVID-19 induced labour market challenges in Bangladesh” highlighted that COVID-19 deeply affected the labour market in Bangladesh. It intensified some of the existing…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 10: March 2021 This March 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud has been dedicated to the Bay of Bengal Economic Dialogue 2021 on “Post-COVID-19 Challenges in the Bay of Bengal Region”, which was held virtually during 8-11 February 2021. The first page article on ‘Post-COVID-19 Challenges in the Bay of Bengal…
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 3rd Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in January 2021 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M.T., (2020). “COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Results from the Firm-level Survey in October 2020”, SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract: Since the first local case of COVID-19 in March and…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VII, Issue 9: February 2021 The February 2021 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “COVID-19 fallout on poverty and livelihoods in Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “Strategies to tackle the pandemic induced poverty in Bangladesh” highlighted that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented rise in poverty in Bangladesh in…
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…
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…
COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Findings from the 2nd Round of Nationwide Firm-level Survey in October 2020 Citation: Raihan, S., Uddin, M., Ahmed, M.T., (2020). “COVID-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh: Results from the Firm-level Survey in October 2020”, SANEM Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Abstract: Since the onset of the crisis in early 2020, the COVID-19…
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…