Geof Wood, M. A. Sattar Mandal               Following two papers published in the Review of Agrarian Studies in 2022 and presentations of these to a BIDS seminar and the ABCD Conference in 2023, BIDS allocated funds under its Research Endowment Fund...

The paper examines the economics of quick rental power plants in Bangladesh. Over the last few years, severe power crisis compelled the government to enter into contractual agreements with the private entrepreneurs for high-cost temporary solution, such as rental power and small independent power...

The paper examines the conceptual issues surrounding the estimation of savings and investment in  Bangladesh and explains why there exist perceptible differences between the estimates of savings and investment, given the relevant theory and the adopted practice. The study also draws some...