On 2-3 September 2019, we held a workshop on the Bangladesh institutional diagnostic with authors, discussants, EDI Scientific Committee members François Bourguignon and Umar Salam, and other renowned experts.

The event included presentations and discussions of the first draft chapters of this country diagnostic, which will be our third country study that is contributing towards the development of EDI’s new institutional diagnostic tool. It draws on lessons from our completed studies in Benin and Tanzania. The final study will be published in January 2020 and include the following thematic chapters:

Bangladesh’s Development Challenges: The Country Background Paper

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM

A Cross-country Comparative Analysis of Institutional Indicators: Where Does Bangladesh Stand?

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM; Rafiqua Ferdousi, Research Economist SANEM

The Country Institutional Survey: Experts’ Opinions on Institutions in Bangladesh

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM; Towhid Iqram Mahmood, Research Economist SANEM

Bangladesh’s Development Challenges: The Country Background Paper

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM

A Cross-country Comparative Analysis of Institutional Indicators: Where Does Bangladesh Stand?

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM; Rafiqua Ferdousi, Research Economist SANEM

The Country Institutional Survey: Experts’ Opinions on Institutions in Bangladesh

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM; Towhid Iqram Mahmood, Research Economist SANEM

Political Economy of Private Bank Governance in Bangladesh

  • Mirza Hassan, Senior Research Fellow & Head, Governance & Politics Cluster, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development; Sayema Haque Bidisha, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Research Director SANEM; Towhid Iqram Mahmood, Research Economist SANEM
  • Discussant: Thorsten Beck, Professor, Cass Business School, London, Research Fellow, CEPR; Co-Editor Journal of Banking and Finance; (Co-) Managing Editor Economic Policy

Institutional Dimensions of Tax Reforms in Bangladesh

  • Sadiq Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh
  • Discussant: Christopher Heady, Professor, University of Kent

Institutional Challenges of Public Expenditure in Primary Education of Bangladesh

  • Bazlul Haque Khondker, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Chairman SANEM; Zubayer Hossen, Research Economist SANEM; Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM
  • Discussant: Elizabeth M. King, Formerly Director of Education, Vice President for Human Development, and Senior Education Adviser of the World Bank, Washington, DC.

Institutional Challenges of Export Diversification in Bangladesh in the Context of the Dominant RMG Sector

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM
  • Discussant: Jaime de Melo, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva

Political Economy Analysis of the Role of Judiciary in Land-dispossession Litigation in Bangladesh

  • Kazi Maruful Islam, Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka; Rafiqua Ferdousi, Research Economist SANEM
  • Discussant: Jean-Philippe Platteau, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Namur

Political Economy of the Dual Land Market System in Bangladesh

  • Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Executive Director SANEM; Jahid Ebn Jalal, Senior Research Associate SANEM; Eshrat Sharmin, Research Associate, SANEM; M. Abu Eusuf, Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka
  • Discussant: Dilip Mookherjee, London School of Economics