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Research ALMANAC 2017 Held
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...
Seminar titled "DVD-based Learning Programme for University Entrance Exams: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh" held
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...
Seminar on "Import Substitute Protection and the Challenge of Export Diversification" by Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute (PRI) held.
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...
Seminar on "Estimating Potential Growth for Bangladesh: A Production Function Approach" held
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled "Estimating Potential Growth for Bangladesh: A Production Function Approach", on 9 August 2017 at the BIDS seminar room. The seminar was chaired by the Director General of BIDS, Dr. K.A.S Murshid, with the...
"BIDS Critical Conversations 2017" Held
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...
Formal-Informal Labor Nexus and Bangladesh's Growth
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 Critical Conversation 2016
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...
BIDS Research Almanac, 2016
BIDS Research Almanac, 2016 was held on 7th and 8th December in Dhaka. This annual research dissemination program was organized with a view to discussing the recent research findings of BIDS Researchers. In the whole span of the two-day event, 11 papers and five posters were presented in five...
Visit by Dr S M Zahedul Islam Chowdhury
Dr S M Zahedul Islam Chowdhury, Research Fellow, BIDS attended and presented a paper at the 14th Annual SANEI Conference held on 7-8 November, 2016 at Nepa Hall, Radisson Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal organized by South Asian Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI).He has presented a paper...
Uploaded Date : 2016-11-15Seminar on "Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms"
Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage worldwide and the highest rate of marriage involving girls under 15. Fifty-two percent of girls are married by their 18th birthday and 18% by the age of 15. As well as strongly embedded cultural and religious beliefs, poverty, parents’...