Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS participated in the annual conference of GReCEST (The Global Research Consortium on Economic Structural Transformation) held this year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over 12-13 December. Dr. Murshid moderated the panel on Special Economic Zones where a total of five country...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the conference titled “Agriculture and Rural Transformation in Asia: Past Experience and Future Opportunities”, jointly organized by ReSAKSS-Asia, International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI) and Thailand Development Research...

Dr Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the workshop on “Gender Equality in Global Supply Chains “and “Ethical trading Initiative” held on 20-23 November 2017 in Manchester, UK.  The workshop was organized by the University of Manchester, UK.

The two-day long BIDS Research ALMANAC was held on 6-7 December, 2017 at Lakeshore hotel in Dhaka with the theme of “Bridging the Research-Policy Divide”. The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity to undergo public scrutiny of BIDS work and to highlight new research ideas and...

BIDS organized a seminar titled “DVD-based Learning Program for University Entrance Exams: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh” on 7 November 2017 at the conference room. The presentation was made by Professor Hisaki Kono from the University of Kyoto, Japan. Professor Kono evaluated a...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the “3rd IZA/DFID GLM-LIC Research Conference: New Research on Labor Markets in Low Income Countries”, 19- 21 October, 2017 in Washington D.C, USA. Dr. Mahmud was invited by Institute for Labor (IZA), Germany and presented his paper, "What...

Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, Research Associate, BIDS attended the ”ASEAN & South Asian Youth Mission to Japan” from 18-25 October, 2017 at the University of Tokyo, Japan. The visit was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan and the University of Tokyo.

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled ""Import Substitute Protection and the Challenge of Export Diversification" on 5th October, Thursday at the BIDS conference room. The keynote presentation was made by Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute...

Dr. Anwara Begum, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the “2017 Asian Evaluation Week” held in Hangzhou, China from 4th to 8th September 2017. The event was organized by premier training institute of Ministry of Finance of the PRC, the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Institute (AFDI) and...

Dr. K.A.S. Murshid represented BIDS and Bangladesh in the annual meeting of the Asian Think Tank Network (ATTN) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 20-21 September, 2017. This was the 5th meeting of the network which is supported by ADB. This year's host was the Institute of Policy Studies in...