Dr. Monzur Hossain, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, attended workshop on “Land Management in Asia: Achieving the SDGs” held in Tokyo, Japan from 10-11 December, 2018. Dr. Hossain presented a paper titled "Land Trust Plus Approaches for Sustainable Land Management in Bangladesh" (jointly written...

Dr. K A S Murshid, Director General, BIDS, attended the “Supporting the Least Developed Countries (LDC) in Asia-Pacific in meeting the challenge of resource mobilization for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 6-7 December, 2018. He was the...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended “International Forum on China’s Reform and Opening-Up and Poverty Reduction” November 1-2 in Beijing, China. Dr. Mahmud was a panelist in the session “Poverty Reduction in the New Era”. The conference was organized by National...

Dr. Monzur Hossain, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS participated in the “Regional Workshop on Fiscal Policy in South Asia” held in Nepal, 17-18 September, 2018.  Dr. Hossain presented a paper titled “Impact of Energy Price Adjustments on Bangladesh Economy: A Macro-Econometric Modeling...

Dr. K.A.S Murshid, DG, BIDS participated in the “ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum-2018” held this year in Canberra, Australia from 22-23 August. Dr. Murshid moderated the session on Country Paper Presentations. It was an excellent opportunity to learn from each other and deepen...

Dr. Monzur Hossain, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS participated in the “ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum-2018” held this year in Canberra, Australia from 22-23 August, 2018. Dr. Hossain presented a paper titled "Labour Market and Skills Gap in the ICT Sector in Bangladesh: An Exploratory...

Dr. Mohammad Mainul Hoque, Research Fellow, BIDS attended the "Advancing South-South Learning in Asia and Evaluation Capacity Development Training” in South Korea from 3-4 July, 2018. The visit was sponsored by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Siban Shahana, Research Associate, BIDS attended the "Advancing South-South Learning in Asia and Evaluation Capacity Development Training”  in South Korea from 3-4 July, 2018. The visit was sponsored by Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended the conference titled “6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE)-2018”, organized by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden on 26-29 June, 2018. Dr. Mahmud made a presentation on "National Disaster and Risk Sharing...

Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS attended research meetings on a study “Creating Social and Political Climate for Climate Change Adaptation” at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) on 24-25 June in Bergen. The visit was sponsored by CMI.