Thinking Aloud: Volume X, Issue 2: July 1, 2023 The theme of the July 2023 issue of Thinking Aloud is “National Budget FY 2023-24”. The first-page article, “Current economic challenges and the national budget 2023-24”, dives into the shortcomings of the national budget for FY 2023-24, in the context of the current economic challenges. Discussing…
100th Issue of Thinking Aloud: Volume IX, Issue 4: September 1, 2022 It is our great pleasure to announce that September 2022 marks the 100th issue of Thinking Aloud. Since 1 June 2014, SANEM has been bringing out this monthly publication on the first day of each month or in some cases even before that.…
Thinking Aloud: Volume VI, Issue 4: September 2019 The September 2019 issue of Thinking Aloud focuses on “Social Protection in Bangladesh”. The first page article titled “The Economics of Social Protection” stresses that while most of the developed economies spend a quite high proportion of their GDPs on social protection (15-30%), a large number of…
Thinking Aloud: Volume I, Issue 3 SANEM Thinking Aloud, August 1, 2014 issue focuses on social protection. The first article, based on an empirical study, shows that social protection programs have positive contribution to raising female labor force participation in Bangladesh. The second article underscores the need for reforming the Bangladesh social protection system and points…