BIDS mourns the death of  Dr. Monowar Hossain, Acting Chairman, BIDS (1975-83) who passed away in Dhaka on 4 March, 2020 due to old age complications. He was a brilliant scholar, a PhD from the London School of Economics,  and a deeply committed researcher. Before joining BIDS, he was Head...

The launching event of the UPL published book titled "Seeing the End of Poverty: Bhaimara Revisited" authored by Dr. Eirik Jansen was held on Sunday, March 1, 2020. It was hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, attended the ”Empirical Study on Risk and Poverty in Bangladesh” as the Visiting Research Scholar of the JICA Research Institute, Tokyo during 16-22 February, 2020. 

Newsletter Vol. 7 Issue 2 December 2019Pdf

BIDS announces with great sadness that our Research Director, Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, passed away in Dhaka on 11 February, 2020. Dr. Toufique completed his B.S.S. and M.S.S. in Economics in 1982 and 1983 from the University of Dhaka. He obtained his M.A. from Fordham University, New York, in 1987. He...

BIDS is proud to share that it has been ranked 26th in the “Top International Development Policy Think Tank Category” in The 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) published by the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Moreover, among 100 Top Think Tanks in Southeast Asia and...

Seminar on the book “Dhaka's Changing Landscape: Prospects for Economic Development, Social Change and Shared Prosperity” authored by Dr. Rita Afsar and Dr. Mahabub Hossain was held on Sunday, December 29, 2019. It was hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).Dr. Shamsul...

BIDS held a Workshop on “Economics of Honesty” on 22 December, 2019 at the Seminar Room. Three papers were presented at the Workshop titled “Honest Agents in a Corrupt Equilibrium” by Dr. Fahad Khalil, University of Washington ; “Honesty, Ability, Norm, and Socioeconomic Status:...

Researchers: Minhaj Mahmud, Golam Nabi Mozumder, Siban Shahana and Shahidul Islam18 December, 2019

Dr. Binayak Sen, Research Director, BIDS participated in the conference titled "Dui Bangla: from Environmental Issues to Cultural Perspectives" in Paris, France during 7-17 December, 2019. Dr. Sen presented his paper titled "Poverty Convergence in Two Bengals" in the conference. The visit was...