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09:00 – 09:30 am |
Registration |
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Session 1 (0930-1100) |
Education Policy Issues |
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Atonu Rabbani (DU), Ummul Ruthbah (DU) |
Do Extra Hours of Tuition Pay Off?
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Asadul Islam (Monash) |
Girls Education, Stipend Programs and the
Effects on Younger Siblings’ Education in Bangladesh |
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Munshi Sulaiman (LSE) |
Does it Pay to Have an Easy Certificate: Exam
Difficulty and Labor Market Performance in Bangladesh |
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Session 2 (1115-1300) |
Governance Issues |
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N Asadullah (Reading), W Mahmud (ERG) and Antonio
Savoia (U of Manchester) |
Growth and Governance in Bangladesh |
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Ahsan Mansur (PRI), M. Yunus (BIDS) and Biplob
Nondi (PRI) |
An Evaluation of the Tax System in Bangladesh |
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Wahid Abdullah |
Corruption and Inspection in Bangladesh's
Electricity Sector |
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Observations by Dr. Atiur Rahman (Governor,
Bangladesh Bank) |
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Observations by Dr. Mashiur Rahman (Economic
Affairs Advisor to the PM of Bangladesh) |
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Observations by Dr. M. A. Razzaque (Minister
for Food and Disaster Management) |
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Session 3 (1400-1540) |
Trade Issues |
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Rocco MacChiavello (U of Warwick) and Christopher
Woodruff (U of Warwick) |
Value
Chain Upgrading, Management and Productivity: Evidence from Bangladesh
Woven and Knitwear Sectors |
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M.A. Taslim (DU) and M.S. Haque (BFTI) |
Export Performance of Bangladesh Global
Recession and After |
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Reshad Nazir Ahsan (U of Melbourne) |
Input Tariffs, Speed of
Contract Enforcement, and the Productivity of Firms in India |
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Session 4 (1540-1720) |
Poverty, Empowerment and Inclusiveness |
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Shyamal Chowdhury (U of Sydney), Mushfiq Mobarak
(Yale) and G. Bryan (Yale) |
Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion:
Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh. |
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Zaki Wahhaj (Oxford) and Thi Minh-Phuong Ngo
(UNICEF, Senegal) |
Microfinance and Gender Empowerment |
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Sajjad Zohir (ERG) |
Inclusive Growth:
resorting to the basics |
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Fahad Khalil (U of Washington) |
Contracts Offered by Bureaucrats |
