Newsletter Vol. 5   Issue 1  June 2017  Pdf

A two-day long BIDS Critical Conversation 2017 was held during 23 and 24 April, 2017 at a  hotel in Dhaka addressing the “Bangladesh Journey: Accelerating Transformation”. The event created an opportunity for the policy makers and a broad spectrum of academics, practitioners, experts and...

Bangla New Year 1424 was celebrated with fun and fervor on 16th April, 2017 at the BIDS premise. The staffs of BIDS organized a potluck type event with a cultural program. The event became joyous and colorful with traditional attire, traditional dishes like ‘muri-murki’, sweets, green mango...

BIDS and CPD jointly organized a memorial on 4th April 2017, in remembrance of Just Faaland, who was a distinguished political economist from Norway. After Independence, he had worked with the first Planning Commission and developed a close association with Bangladesh which continued throughout his...

BIDS and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) jointly organized a Workshop titled “Formal-Informal Labor Nexus and Bangladesh’s Growth” on 28 March 2017, at the BIDS conference room.  Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud, eminent economist and former Adviser to the Caretaker...

BIDS and Bonik Barta jointly organized ‘Gunijon Shangbardhona- 2017’ on 16th March, 2017, where renowned Economist Professor Rehman Sobhan was felicitated for his life-long contribution as a professional economist, researcher, policy maker and social reformer in Bangladesh. Finance Minister Mr....

This Newsletter is the second issue for the year 2016 and begins with highlights of an extensive study sponsored by the ADB, which examines labour supply and demand, and emerging skill gaps pertaining to ten potentially promising sectors of the Bangladesh economy. Besides the ten sector studies...

A two-day long conference was held at the BICC on 23 and 24 April, 2016 addressing the “Bangladesh Journey”. This was an opportunity to involve policy makers and a broad spectrum of academics, experts and civil society members in a genuine conversation on the journey so far, the current state of...

The 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) marks the tenth year of continued efforts by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania to acknowledge the important contributions and emerging global trends of think tanks worldwide. Every year the rankings...

BIDS arranged its annual picnic event of 2017 on 4th February for the staffs and their families. The picnic destination was Padma Resort in Louhaganj, a 100 minute drive from Dhaka city and then just a five minute boat ride. The whole day passed with fun and fervor. There were arrangements of a...