BIDS CC 2020 this year took the shape of a webinar and was held on 24 June 2020. BIDS researchers highlighted their work focusing on three core areas of covid impact, namely effect on unemployment, especially in the SME/MSME sector, the consequences for poverty and a more general assessment of covid...

BIDS deeply mourns the demise of National Professor Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury who breathed his last in the early morning of April 28th 2020. He was 77.He was an honorable member of the Board of Trustees of BIDS.Professor Choudhury was the current vice chancellor of University of Asia Pacific and...

BIDS mourns the death of Mr. Shamsul Huq, a staff of BIDS who passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Dhaka at the age of 53. He has ensured timely pick and drop of BIDS staff for the last 22 years with dedication and professionalism. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter. May his...

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)...

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:...