Recent Publications (2005 till date)

• Bangladesh’s Robust RMG Export Performance: The Underlying Drivers published in The Apparel Digest, Year 1, Volume 6, February, 2022.
• সংলাপ সংকলন: অতিমারি অর্থনীতি এবং নাগরিক অধিকার (ed.) Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, 2022.
• বাংলাদেশের বৈদেশিক খাত: বিবর্তন, অর্জন এবং আগামীর চ্যালেঞ্জ in the volume titled বাংলদেশঃ স্বাধীনতা উত্তর পঞ্চাশ বছরে রুপান্তর published by Asiatic Society Bangladesh (ASB). Dhaka, February, 2022.
• Explaining Pro-Women Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh (with Al-Hasan), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh and Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2021.
• Income and employment situation in COVID times: How the people are coping? (with Khan T.I, Kamal M. and Alam, M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
• Effective delivery of social protection in Bangladesh: Twelve takeaways from experiences during COVID times (with Khan T.I, Kamal M., and Alam, M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
• Delivery of Efficient Social Protection: Recommendations in view of Implementing Five Programmes in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, and Kamal M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
• Bangladesh Economy in FY2020–21: Interim Review of Macroeconomic Performance, Published by CPD, September, 2021, Dhaka
• Policy recommendations for budget FY22 published in Financial Express on 1 June 2021
• Rahman, Mustafizur & Wirtz, Veronika & Kaplan, Warren & Thrasher, Rachel & Gallagher, Kevin. (2022). Policy Space for Building Production Capabilities in the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Globalization and Development. 12. 10.1515/jgd-2021-0009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360219481_Policy_Space_for_Building_Production_Capabilities_in_the_Pharmaceuticals_Sector_in_Low-_and_Middle-Income_Countries_Evidence_from_Bangladesh
• COVID-19 and Employment Related Adjustments: Findings from Household Survey in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, Kamal M., Nawar, N., Alam, M. and Hossain Md. S.). A paper prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
• Delivering SDGs at the Local Level – Efficiency of Social Protection Programmes in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, Kamal M. and Nawar, N.). A paper prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
• Graduating in the Shadow of the Pandemic: Implications and Required Actions, a Position Paper on Trade for the LDC Gradation Trajectory of Bangladesh and COVID-19 Implications Under the Support to Sustainable Graduation Project [A Japan funded DRGA-CF project], Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, GoB.
• Prospects of Developing Value Chains Towards Greater Integration in BIMSTEC Region (with Estiaque Bari). RIS, New Delhi
• An Estimation of the Implementation Costs and Financing Options for Introducing a Universal Pension Scheme in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I., Sabbih M.A.). South Asia Economic Journal. 2021;22(1):110-131.
• Least Developed Country Graduation: Can South‐South Cooperation Have a Positive Impact on Trade and Finance? (paper prepared under the project South-South Global Thinkers- A Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC for UNDP and UNOSSC), 2021 [Forthcoming]
• Bangladesh External Sector Performance: Past Achievements and Next Challenges. in the volume titled Bangladesh: 50 Years of Transformation Since Liberation published by Asiatic Society Bangladesh (ASB). Dhaka, April, 2021.
• Sustainable Graduation: International Support Measures for Graduating LDCs (With Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, September 2020.
• SDG implementation progress: What does the Asian experience reveal? (with Khan TI and Sadique, M.Z.), SV Occasional Paper Series No 67, Southern Voice, July, 2020.
• CPD’s Recommendations for the National Budget FY2020-21, CPD Working Paper 134, Dhaka, June, 2020
• In Preparation for WTO MC 12: Safeguarding Trade Interests of LDCs and Securing Trade Interests of Graduating LDCs (With Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), published by UNESCAP, Bangkok, May 2020.

• Four years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Non-state actors as delivery partners. Edited by Mustafizur Rahman. Published by Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, February 2020. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Four years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Measuring progress and charting the path forward. (With Khatun, F., Bhattacharya, D., Moazzem, K. G., Khan, T. I., Sabbih, M. A. and Saadat, S. Y. Published by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Citizen’s Platform for SDGs. February 2020. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Dimensions of Informality in Bangladesh Labour Market and the Consequent Wage Penalty (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya and Md. Al-Hasan) in South Asia Economic Journal volume: 20 issue: 2, page(s): 224-247, India, September 2019.
• Making the Most of Bangladesh–India Trade, in East Asia Forum, September 2019.
• Ensuring food security in Bangladesh: Issues Beyond Production and Challenges Ahead (with Towfiqul Islam Khan), in Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia, Edited by Nagesh Kumar, Joseph George, Published by Routledge, India, 2019.
• SAARC Food Bank: Raising Operational Efficacy (with Estiaque Bari and Sherajum Monira Farin), in Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia, Edited by Nagesh Kumar, Joseph George, Published by Routledge, India, 2019.
• Graduating LDCs in an Evolving WTO: Options and Strategies (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh and Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2019.
• Brexit and Bangladesh: Implications for Trade and Market Access (with Towfiqul Islam Khan and Sherajum Monira Farin), in Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 19(1 & 2), 11-24.
• “Male–Female Wage Gap and Informal Employment in Bangladesh: A Quantile Regression Approach,” (with Md. Al-Hasan), South Asia Economic Journal, 2019, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 106–123.
• Pathways to Bangladesh’s sustainable LDC graduation: prospects, challenges and strategies (with Estiaque Bari), in Bangladesh’s Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Group: Pitfalls and Promises, Edited by Debapriya Bhattacharya, Published by Routledge, Oxford, UK, 2019.
• Returns to Schooling in Bangladesh Revisited: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach (with Md. Al-Hasan), in Volume XLI(2), The Bangladesh Development Studies, Published by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2018.
• Improving Trade Facilitation: An Emerging Urgency in South Asia, in Putting Consumers First: Essays in honour of Pradeep Mehta, published by CUTS International, Jaipur, India, April 2018.
• The Legacy of Rana Plaza: Improving Labour and Social Standards in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem) in Governing Corporate Social responsibility in the Apparel Industry After Rana Plaza, Edited by Anil Hira and Maureen Benson-Rea, Palgrave Macmilan, New York, 2017.
• Regional Integration in South Asia: Essays in Honour of Dr. M. Rahmatullah (co-editor with Dr. Prabir De), KW Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, 2016.
• The Political Economy of Change – Escaping the Middle-income Trap: Perspectives from Bangladesh (with Estiaque Bari), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh Office, 2016.

• Addressing the Trade Facilitation Deficit: Raising Export Competitiveness in the Indian Market (with Khaleda Akhter) in Bangladesh: History, Politics, Economy, Society and Culture, Essays in honour of Professor Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin, Edited by Mahmudul Huque, University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, April, 2016.
• Bangladesh: perspectives on deepening cross-border links, in Connecting Asia: Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mehruna Islam Chowdhury and Farzana Sehrin), Edited by Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan, Ganeshan Wignaraja, published by Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016.
• Towards Regional Integration in South Asia: Promoting Trade Facilitation and Connectivity, Edited by Mustafizur Rahman, Published by CPD, November, 2015, Dhaka.
• Second-generation Cooperation Agenda: Opportunities and Challenges of Enhanced Integration among the Asian Subregions (with Hosna Jahan), in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 16:1, March, 2015, New Delhi.
• Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure (Chapter 3) in Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem), published by Asian Development Bank Institute, 2015.
• Trade and Transport Facilitation in Bangladesh: An Audit of the State of Play (with Khaleda Akhter and Naimul Gani Saif). CPD Working Paper 110, Dhaka, April, 2015.
• Non-tariff Barriers in South Asia: Nature and Modalities to Address the Attendant Issues (with Mohammad A Razzaque) in Regional Integration in South Asia: Trends, Challenges and Prospects, Edited by Mohammad A Razzaque and Yurendra Basnett, published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2014.
• Leveraging Migration and Remittances towards Graduation of the LDCs (with Md. Zafar Sadique) in Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs (2011-2020): Monitoring Deliverables, Tracking Progress – Analytical Perspectives, LDC IV Monitor, published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2014.
• Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia: A Bangladesh Country Study (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mehruna Islam Chowdhury and Farzana Sehrin), ADBI Working Paper Series No. 500, published by Asian Development Bank Institute, September 2014.
• Trade Facilitation Towards Export Promotion in India: Addressing the Emerging Gaps (with Khaleda Akhter), CPD Research Monograph 8, published by the CPD and The Asia Foundation, September 2014.
• Realising the Potential Opportunities of India’s Market Access Offer to Bangladesh, published in Janata Bank Journal of Money, Finance and Development, Volume 1, Number 1, June 2014.
• The Economy of Tomorrow: How to Produce Socially Just, Sustainable and Green Dynamic Growth for a Good Society, Case Study of Bangladesh (with Towfiqul Islam Khan and Muhammad Al Amin), published by FES Bangladesh, March 2014.
• Bali Outcome of the WTO: Reflections from an LDC’s Perspective in Trade Insight 10, No. 1, Published by South Asia Watch on Trade Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu, , 2014.
• Realising the Potential of Bangladesh Villages: Looking Back at Mosharaff Hossain’s Assault that Failed in Development Constraints and Realisations (Essays in memory of Mosharaff Hossain) (with Nazrul Islam), edited by Mustafa K. Mujeri, Published by The University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, 2014.
• Post-Bali: What does the Bali package mean for the LDCs? in Bridges Africa, Volume 3, Issue 3, published by International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, April, 2014.
• Development of the Private Sector in South Asia: Addressing the Challenges for Building Competitiveness (with Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem); paper presented at Sixth South Asia Economic Summit, September, 2013, Colombo (forthcoming publication by Institute of Policy Studies Sri Lanka).
• India’s Recent Market Access Initiatives for the LDCs: Realising the Potential Opportunities in Bank Parikrama: A Journal of Banking & Finance Volume XXXVII, Special Issue (Nos. 3 & 4), Published by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Dhaka, September and December, 2012.
• An analysis of Bangladesh’s food security concerns: nature of the problem and potentials of SAFTA-RTA in Regional Trade Agreements and Food Security in Asia (with Md Ashiq Iqbal), Published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 2012.
• Bangladesh in South Asian RTAs: Emerging Opportunities and Next Challenges in Bangladesh at 40: Changes and Challenges (with Md Ashiq Iqbal), edited by Abdul Bayes, Published by A H Development Publishing House, Dhaka, 2012.
• Non-tariff barriers in South Asia: Nature, implications and measures to address the challenges in Regional Economic Integration: Challenges for South Asia during turbulent times, edited by Saman Kelegama, Ratnakar Adhikari, Puspa Sharma, Paras Kharel. Published by SWATEE and SACEPS, Kathmandu, 2012.
• Agricultural Trade between Bangladesh and India: An Analysis of Trends, Trading Patterns and Determinants (with Mazbahul Golam Ahamad, A K M Nazrul Islam and Muhammad Al Amin). CPD-CMI Working Paper Series 3, Dhaka, September, 2012.
• Adopting Transfer Pricing Regime in Bangladesh: Rationale and the Needed Initiatives (with Md. Shabbir Ahmed and Towfiqul Islam Khan). CPD Working Paper 94, Dhaka, November, 2011.
• National Budget: Are the commitments to the children of Bangladesh being kept? (with Fahmida Khatun, Syed Saifuddin Hossain, Md. Ashiq Iqbal, Ashiqun Nabi), UNICEF Bangladesh, June, 2011.
• Bangladesh’s Export Opportunities in the Indian Market: Addressing Barriers and Strategies for Future (with Towfiqul Islam Khan, Ashiqun Nabi and Tapas Kumar Paul) in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 12:1 (March 2011), India.
• Bangladesh Apparels Export to the Japanese Market: Opportunities and Challenges (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem). CPD Research Monograph 5, Dhaka, May 2010.
• Trade Liberalisation, Manufacturing Growth and Employment in Bangladesh (with Wasel Bin Shadat and Selim Raihan). Published by International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva and Academic Foundation; New Delhi, 2010.
• Global Financial Crisis and Bangladesh Economy: Implications for Employment and Labour Market (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Syed Saifuddin Hossain). CPD Research Monograph 4, December, 2009.
• Macroeconomic Management in the Face of Global Challenges (with Debapriya Bhattacharya, Md. Ashiq Iqbal, Towfiqul Islam Khan and Tapas Kumar Paul) in The Bangladesh Accountant, Volume 62, No. 35, pp 57-95; The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), 2009.
• Bangladesh’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Case Study for Creating Systemic Change. Prepared for Harvard Business School, Boston, USA (Team Member) (on-going).
• Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Employment and Labour Market of Bangladesh: A Preliminary Assessment. Paper prepared for International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland, February, 2009 (Author and Team Leader).
• Macroeconomic Management in the Face of Global Challenges. Paper prepared for Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK, May, 2009. Published as Working Paper Series of ODI (Paper # 1) (Author and Team Leader).
• Ongoing Doha Round Negotiations and the LDCs: Issues of Interest, Concerns and Strategies. Paper prepared for Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK, May, 2009.
• Public Finance Implications of Trade-Related Policy Reforms in Least-Developed Countries: Bangladesh Case Study. Paper prepared for UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Colombo, December, 2008 (Author and Team Leader).
• Global Trade in T&C after the MFA Phase-out: Emerging Trends and Challenges for Low Income Developing Countries. Paper prepared for Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK, October, 2008.
• Dynamics of Ongoing Changes in Bangladesh’s Export-Oriented RMG Enterprises: Findings from an Enterprise Level Survey (with Debapriya Bhattacharya and Khondaker Golam Moazzem), in Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Volume 24, No.1&2, pp. 201-226, December, 2008.
• Competitiveness of Bangladesh’s Export-Oriented Garments Industry in the Quota-free World: Major Challenges and Recommendations (with Debapriya Bhattacharya and Khondaker Golam Moazzem) in Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha, Volume 26, pp 249-284 in bangla; Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2008.
• Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector in Post-MFA Period: A Study on the Ongoing Restructuring Process; Forthcoming Publication, February, 2008 (lead author).
• Multilateralism at Cross-roads: Reaffirming Development Priorities, South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development 2006, published by Wiley-India and Centad, New Delhi, India, March, 2007 (Co-editor).
• “NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Bangladesh and Other Asia-Pacific LDCs” (with Wasel Bin Shadat) in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 7:2 (2006), India.
• SAFTA Accord: Salient Features, and Challenges of Realising the Potentials in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Regional Cooperation in South Asia: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2004, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2006.
• Proposed Changes to WTO Special and Differential Treatment Provisions: An Analysis from the Perspective of Asian LDCs; (with Kazi Mahmudur Rahman), Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) Working Paper Series, No. 13 (April); UNESCAP, 2006.
• Hong Kong Declaration of the WTO: Bangladesh’s Achievements and Strategy; (with Debapriya Bhattacharya, Uttam Deb, and Fahmida Khatun); Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha (Volume 23, pp 52-74 in bangla); Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2006.
• “Rules of Origin in EU and US GSP Schemes: Concerns and Interests of Bangladesh” in Grynberg Roman (ed.) Rules of Origin: Textiles and Clothing Sector, Cameron Publishers, May, UK, 2005.
• Voices of the Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Through a Global Partnership, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Lead Researcher, New Delhi, 2005.
• NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Asia-Pacific LDCs, A Policy Paper Prepared for ARTNeT, UNESCAP, 2005.
• EU Sanctions on Import of Chinese Apparels: Implications for Bangladesh, CPD Trade Policy Brief, volume 2, Issue 3, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, September 2005.
• NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Bangladesh and Other Regional LDCs, CPD Occasional paper series no. 51, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, September 2005.
• Ongoing WTO Negotiations and the Issue of Preference Erosion: Concerns of Asia-Pacific LDCs; Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) Policy Brief, No. 1 (August); UNESCAP, 2005.

Earlier Publications (2004 and before)

• External Sector Performance in FY2002: Recovery and Beyond in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Revisiting Foreign Aid: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2003, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2004.
• Fisheries Subsidies and Marine Resource Management: Lessons from Bangladesh, Prepared for The Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Switzerland, 2004.
• Globalisation and the LDCs: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region, Co-author, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and Pathak Shamabes, Dhaka, 2004.
• Emerging Concerns in Bangladesh’s External Sector in FY2002: A Wake-up Call in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Employment and Labour Market Dynamics: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2002, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2003.
• Phasing Out of the Apparel Quota, Co-author, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2003.
• South Asia in the WTO: Is there a Common Agenda? in Dipankar Banerjee (ed.) SAARC in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a Cooperative Future, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and India Research Press, New Delhi, 2002.
• Bangladesh’s External Sector in FY2001: Review of Performance and Emerging Concerns in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Bangladesh Facing the Challenges of Globalisation: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2001, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2002.
• Bangladesh-India Bilateral Trade: An Investigation into Trade in Services in TN Srinivasan (ed.) Trade, Finance and Investment in South Asia; Social Science Press, New Delhi, 2001.
• Performance of the Bangladesh External Sector in FY 2000: Growth Dynamical and Emergent Concerns in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Changes and Challenges: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2000, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2001.
• “Export Promotion Through Export Incentives: The Bangladesh Incentive Regime in a Regional Context” in Strategies for Industrialization: The Case of Bangladesh edited by Mozammel Huq and Jim Love; 2000.
• “Bangladesh’s Apparels Sector: Growth Trends and the Post-MFA Challenges” in Growth of Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Economic and Social Dimensions edited by Majumder and Sen; (Co-author), 2000
• Bangladesh External Sector: Changes and Challenges in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) in Trends in the Post-Flood Economy: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1998-99, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2000.
• “Environmental Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies: The Case of Export-Oriented Shrimp Culture in Bangladesh” in UNEP, Occasional Paper November, 1999.
• Trade and Transit in “South Asian Growth Quadrangle: Framework for Multifaceted Cooperation” ed. Dubey, M., Baral, L.R. and Sobhan, R.; McMillan India Limited; 1999.
• Export Promotion Through Export Incentives: Bangladesh Incentive Regime in the Regional Context in “Bangladesh Industrialisation Strategies”; edited by Dr. Mozammel Huq; University Press Limited, 1999.
• The Future of Bangladesh Apparels Sector (with A. Razzaque); ­Journal of Social Studies, Dhaka University, June, 1999.
• East Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons for Bangladesh; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, June, 1999.
• Prospects of Apparels Export From Bangladesh: Market Access Under Uruguay Round and Beyond; Social Science Review; Vol. XV. No. 2. December, 1998 (with Mohammad Abur Razzaque).
• The Asian Financial Crisis: Genesis and Implications; Journal of Business Studies; Volume XiX; No. 2; December, 1998 (with Md. Maksudur Rahman Sarker).
• Bangladesh-India Bilateral Trade: Current Trends, New Perspectives, New Challenges, BIISS Journal, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies; volume 19, No. 1, January 1998.
• Management of Import Liberalisation and Export Promotion Strategies in Bangladesh (with M. Ali Rashid) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Crisis in Governance: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1997; Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1998.
• External Sector performance in FY 1997: An Update (with M. Ali Rashid) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Crisis in Governance: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1997; Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1998.
• Preferential Market Access Under EU GSP Scheme and Bangladesh’s Export Sector Performance: Evidence and Emerging Issues; BIISS Journal, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies; volume 18, No. 3, July 1997.
• Current External Sector Performance and the Emerging Issues (with M. I. Hossain) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Growth or Stagnation? A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1996, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1997.
• A Note on Bangladesh Economy, in Governance and the Electoral Process in Bangladesh, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Recent Policy of Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh and Issues of Regional Cooperation in South Asia; Journal of Asian Economics; JAI Press, Connecticut, USA, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1997.
• Regional Integration: Formation of NAFTA and Potential Implications for Bangladesh; Journal of Business Studies; volume XVII, No. 2; December 1996 (with M.A. Razzaque).
• Implementing the Financial Sector Reforms in Bangladesh: Some Emerging Issues of the Early Phase and the Role of the State in Information Systems for Economies in Transition; Tata-McGraw-Hill Publication Co. Ltd., 1996.
• GSP and Export Competitiveness of Bangladesh: Some Emerging Issues of Post-GATT Phase; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XVI, No. 2, 1995.
• Trends in the External Sector: Trade and Aid in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Experiences with Economic Reform: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1995 (with Prof. A. Bayes and Prof. M. I. Hossain); Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1995.
• The GATT UR Multilateral Accord: Implications for Bangladesh in Bangladesh Strategies for Development (ed. Prof. Roy H. Grieve and Dr. M. Huq); University Press Limited, 1995.
• People’s Initiatives for Sustainable Development: Lessons of Experience; ed. S.A. Samad and Watanable, T. (Chapter on Bangladesh with Prof. S.A.L. Reza); Asia Pacific Development Centre; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1995.
• Export Incentives in a Challenging Environment: How Bangladesh Compares with Some of Her Neighbours; Journal of Business Administration; Dhaka University, July, 1995.
• Promotion of Foreign Investible Resource Flows to Bangladesh: Dynamics and Incentives; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XV, No. 3. June, 1995.
• Technology, Productivity and Poverty Alleviation: Rural Non-Farm Activities in Bangladesh; Journal of Science, Technology and Development, Glasgow, U.K., April, 1995.
• Rural Non‑farm Economy in Bangladesh: A Dynamic Sector or a Sponge for Absorbing Surplus Labour? (with Dr. Mahabub Hossain and Prof. Abdul Bayes), ILO Working Paper, New Delhi, March 1995.
• Implications of GATT Multilateral Accord for Bangladesh: Emerging Challenges, Unfolding Opportunities; Journal of Business Studies, D.U. Vol. XV. No. 2, 1994.
• Impact of Exchange Rate Policy : A Review of Recent Policy Measures in Bangladesh; The Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Bangladesh Economic Association, Vol. XIII No. 1, 1995.
• Socio‑Economic Implications of Transition to Democracy (with Dr. Binayak Sen), in the Journal Society, Economics, State, Jan., 1994 (in Bangla).
• Missing Links in Development Strategy, in Sustainable Medium‑Term Development for Bangladesh (ed. by Salehuddin Ahmed); C.E.S.E.R.; Dhaka, 1993 (with Dr. Binayak Sen).
• Sustainability Monitoring in Development Projects: Concepts, Issues and Framework; Journal of Business Administration; Dhaka University, Vol. 18, No. 3 and 4, 1992 (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya).
• Sustainability Monitoring of NGO Poverty Alleviation Projects: Concept, Framework and Issues, in Development Management; Tata-McGraw-Hill Publication Co. Ltd., 1992.
• Devaluation Policy in Bangladesh: An Appraisal of Recent Policy Measures, Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XII, No. 2, 1991.
• Relationship of Bangladesh with Development Partners: Issues and Implications, in National Task Force Reports, Vol. II; University Press Limited, 1991 (co‑author).
• External Sector in the Economy of Bangladesh: A Review of Performance and Policies, in The Decade of Stagnation: A Report on the State of Bangladesh Economy in the 1980s (ed. Prof. Rehman Sobhan); University Press Limited, 1991.
• Diffusion of Irrigation Technology and the Issue of Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh, Bank Parikrama; Vol. 13, 1988.
• Crisis of Vocational Training in Bangladesh: Crisis of Development Strategy; The Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Bangladesh Economic Association, 1988 (in Bangla).
• Crisis of Social Infrastructure in Bangladesh (in Bangla) in The Bangladesh Economy: The Nature of Crisis (ed. Dr. A. Gafur). Muktodhara, Dhaka, Feb. 1987
• Problems of Regulating Economic Development in Bangladesh (in Russian), Moscow State University, 1985.
• Rural ‑ Urban Intersectoral transfer of Resources; The Journal of Social Studies, C.S.S., University of Dhaka, Oct. 1984 (with Dr. Binayak Sen).
• Is a member of the team at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) which organises the survey in connection with the preparation of The Global Competitiveness Report (successive years) in partnership with World Economic Forum (Davos Forum).

The economic stress leading to the 36th of July – Professor Mustafizur Rahman

Posted: August 30, 2024

The economic reality that brought Bangladeshi students to the streets also made it a mass movement later on. The interim government must heed the spark that lit the fire

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Posted: August 13, 2024

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ব্যতিক্রমী সময়ে গতানুগতিকতার বাজেট – ড. মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

Posted: June 10, 2024

২০২৪-২৫ অর্থবছরে যে বাজেট উপস্থাপন করা হয়েছে, বলা বাহুল্য এটি একটি চ্যালেঞ্জিং সময়ের বাজেট। তবে এটি ব্যতিক্রমী সময়ের বাজেট হিসেবে গতানুগতিকতার বাইরে যেতে পারেনি। বাংলাদেশ একটি শক্তিমত্তার জায়গায় ছিল।

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A brief note on FY25 fiscal measures

Posted: June 10, 2024

In the national budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), some changes proposed to provide relief to low & middle-income groups, and to impose higher rates of taxes to high income groups.

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Fiscal framework of FY25 budget

Posted: June 8, 2024

The budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) has been presented by the new Finance Minister of the newly elected government. This budget is also the last budget of the Eight Five Year Plan (8FYP) of Bangladesh.

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A wrong signal is being sent by offering tax amnesty – Professor Mustafizur Rahman

Posted: June 8, 2024

Our country’s tax structure is very much dependent on indirect taxes. This ends up weighing heavily on regular consumers. Especially at a time when income, wealth and asset disparity is increasing, this reliance on indirect tax increases the disparities further.

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ব্যয় সংকোচনের ক্ষেত্রে শিক্ষা ও স্বাস্থ্যের মতো গুরুত্বপূর্ণ খাত যেন অবহেলিত না থাকে – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

Posted: June 5, 2024

চলতি বছরের বাজেট একটি ব্যতিক্রমী সময়ের মধ্যে হচ্ছে। উচ্চ মূল্যস্ফীতি চাপের পাশাপাশি সামষ্টিক অর্থনৈতিক স্থিতিশীলতা না ফেরায় বিভিন্ন ধরনের চাপ রয়েছে। সব মিলিয়ে বাজেট প্রণীত হতে যাচ্ছে এমন একটি সময়ে যেখানে উচ্চ মূল্যস্ফীতি নিয়ন্ত্রণই হবে মূল উদ্দেশ্য।

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দুর্নীতি, অর্থ পাচার রোধে পদক্ষেপ চাই – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

Posted: June 3, 2024

৬ জুন ঘোষিত হতে যাচ্ছে নতুন বাজেট। নতুন বাজেটে কোন বিষয়গুলো গুরুত্ব দেওয়া উচিত এবং মূল্যস্ফীতির লাগাম টানতেই বা করণীয় কী—এ নিয়ে কথা বলেছেন অর্থনীতিবিদ ও ব্যবসায়ীরা।

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Economic growth and employment

Posted: June 3, 2024

Bangladesh economy is currently under significant strain due to several ongoing challenges. While external factors such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war have left their mark, persistent domestic issues—such as policy weaknesses, poor governance, and failure to implement necessary reforms

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মূল্যস্ফীতির অভিঘাত রোধে বাজার মনিটরিং জোরদার করুন – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

Posted: June 1, 2024

অর্থনৈতিক ব্যবস্থাপনা নিয়ে সরকার নানাবিধ সমস্যায় রয়েছে। অভ্যন্তরীণ উৎস থেকে ঋণ নিলে বেসরকারি খাতে বিনিয়োগে অর্থসংকট দেখা দেবে। বিদেশি ঋণ নিলে পরিশোধের চাপ আরও বাড়বে।

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