Miss Siban Shahana, Research Associate, BIDS will attend "WTO/ESCAP Eighth ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research" in Bangkok during 23-27 July, 2012.

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS will be in New Delhi during 30 July-1 August to participate in an international workshop on "Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability". The workshop is organized by the The Global Development Network.

Wajid Hasan Shah, Research Fellow, and Ms. Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury, Research Associate, BIDS will attend "J-PAL South Asia at IFMR Course" in New Delhi during 23 - 27 July, 2012. The course is organized and supported by J-PAL South Asia.

Dr. Binayak Sen, Research Director, BIDS will be in the University of Manchester, UK during  25 July-30 September, 2012 to work on writing a book on "Growth and Development in Bangladesh 1972-2012. This visit will be supported by The Brooks World Poverty Institute.

Ms. Humayra Ahmed, Research Associate, BIDS will attend a Refresher Course in Public Economics in Delhi during 14 May-8 June, 2012. The course is organized by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi.

Dr. Binayak Sen, Research Director, BIDS will be in the University of Manchester, UK during  18-28 May, 2012 to work towards writing a book on "Growth and Development in Bangladesh 1972-2012. This visit will be supported by The Brooks World Poverty Institute.

Ms. Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury, Research Associate, BIDS will attend a Refresher Course in Public Economics in Delhi during 14 May-8 June, 2012. The course is organized by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi.

Dr. Mustafa Mujeri, Director General, BIDS will be in Kathmandu during 18-20 April, 2012 to participate in "Advocacy Training Workshop for LDCs in Achieving MDGs as Part of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action". His visit will be sponsored by the Economic and Social Commission for...

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS will be in Istanbul during 25-27 April, 2012 to participate in an international workshop on "Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability". The workshop is organized by the The Global Development Network.

Miss Siban Shahana, Research Associate, BIDS will attend an international workshop on "Assessment and Implication of rationalizing and Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies" in Manila, Philippines during 6-8 February, 2012. Her visit will be sponsored by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).