BIDS RESEARCH ALMANAC 2018 HELD.
"BIDS Research ALMANAC was held on 11-12 November 2018 at Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka. The aim of this annual flagship event of BIDS is to provide an opportunity to highlight new research ideas and findings and to undergo public scrutiny of BIDS work. Spread over a total of five technical sessions, this year’s ALMANAC had 17 papers by BIDS researchers covering a wide range of subjects, including Agriculture and Employment,SME Productivity, Financing and Women Entrepreneurs, Quality of Growth and Human Development, Urbanization, Disaster Vulnerability and Social Safety Nets, and Energy Use, Migration and Household Welfare.
Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, inaugurated the event as the Chief Guest and Begum Kajal Islam, Additional Secretary, Planning Division was present as the Special Guest. Dr. K A S Murshid, Director General of BIDS chaired the session.
The concluding session titled “The Development Outlook - Key Messages for the Next Government” was chaired by Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank. Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud, Former Adviser for Finance and Planning to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, graced the event as Chief Guest. The distinguished panelists of the session included Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Dr. M A Taslim, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Dr. Mohammad Tareque, Director, Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM), Dr. Zahid Hussain, Lead Economist, World Bank and Professor Shapan Adnan, National University of Singapore."
The presentations and videos of the program are available below.
Inaugural Session: Sustaining Growth 
Chair: Dr. K A S Murshid, Director General, BIDS
Chief Guest: Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Guest of Honour: Mr. M Syeduzzaman, Former Minister for Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (TBC)
Special Guest: Mr. Ziaul Islam, Senior Secretary, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Technical Session 1: Agriculture and Employment
Paper 1: Rise of Landless Tenancy in Bangladesh
Binayak Sen Find the Presentation
Paper 2: Why do Bangladeshi Cattle yield High Positive Returns?
Wahid Ferdous Ibon Find the Presentation
Paper 3: Assessing Competition in the Onion Market of Bangladesh
Mainul Hoque Find the Presentation
Paper 4. Tell-tale Signs from Recent BBS Surveys on Changes in Female Mobility
M Asaduzzaman Find the Presentation
Technical Session 2: SMEs Productivity, Financing and Women Entrepreneurs
Paper 1: Cluster vs. Non-cluster SMEs: Productivity Differences and Marshallian Externalities
Kazi Iqbal Find the Presentation
Paper 2: Local Financial Development, Access to Credit and SMEs Performance: Evidence from Bangladesh
Monzur Hossain Find the Presentation
Paper 3: Women Entrepreneurs in SMEs: Bangladesh Perspective
Iqbal Hossain Find the Presentation
Technical Session 3: Quality of Growth and Human Development
Paper 1: Quality of Growth in Bangladesh: Some New Evidence
Nahid Ferdous Pabon Find the Presentation
Paper 2: An Analysis of the Link between Education and the First Demographic Dividend of Bangladesh
Shahidul Islam Find the Presentation
Paper 3: Human Resource Development and the Challenge of Sustaining Quality Education
Anwara Begum Find the Presentation
Technical Session 4: Urbanization, Disaster Vulnerability and Social Safety Nets
Paper 1: Organic Solid Waste Management and the Urban Poor in Dhaka City
Mitali Parvin Find the Presentation
Paper 2: An Evaluation of the Activities of Grihayan Tahobil (Housing Fund)
Md. Harunur Rashid Bhuyan Find the Presentation
Paper 3. Disaster Impacts: Are these "an equal opportunity menace" to Development?
Azreen Karim Find the Presentation
Paper 4: Implication of Employment Generation Programme for the Poorest (EGPP) to Reduce Disaster and Gender Vulnerability
S. M. Zahedul Islam Chowdhury Find the Presentation
Technical Session 5 : Energy Use, Migration and Household Welfare
Paper 1: Impacts of Improved Cooking Stoves: Evidence Relating to Bondhu Chula
Nazneen Ahmed Find the Presentation
Paper 2: Gender Differentiated Impacts of Kerosene Pricing Reform in Bangladesh
Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury Find the Presentation
Paper 3: Impact of Migration on Nutritional Condition of Children under Five Years of Age in the Rural Households of Bangladesh
Kashfi Rayan Find the Presentation
Closing Session: The Development Outlook-Key Messages for the Next Government
Chair: Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank
Chief Guest: Professor Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud, Economist and Former Advisor for Finance and Planning to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
Special Guest: Professor Dr. Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary & Member, General Economics Division (GED), Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Government
of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Distinguished Panelists:
1. Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute (PRI)
2. Dr. M A Taslim, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
3. Dr. Mohammad Tareque, Director, Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM)
4. Dr. Zahid Hussain, Lead Economist, World Bank
5. Ms. Nihad Kabir, Barrister-at-Law, President, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TBC)