Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB)

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Announcement

 

 

Welcome to AEDSB—

A premier organization devoted to the Economic and Development studies of Bangladesh. The AEDSB was established in 1996 and formerly known as Bangladesh Development Forum. It constitutes a professional body of economists, development practitioners and others interested in the development of Bangladesh. It is primarily based in North-America but has members from other parts of the world including Europe, Australia and Bangladesh. It is governed by a nine member elected Executive Body whose current President is Professor Mahmudul Anam, Professor of Economics, York University, Toronto, Canada.

 

ASSA Sessions—

AEDSB has been organizing sessions at the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Meetings every year. Read More…

 

Washington Seminar Series—

AEDSB also hosts regular seminars in Washington, D.C. at the World Bank premises on economic development issues related to Bangladesh. The AEDSB Washington Seminar Series on Bangladesh has hosted Prime Ministers, Ministers, and Justices from Bangladesh as well as Bangladeshi and non-Bangladeshi academicians, businessmen, NGO leaders, diplomats, Bankers, civil servants, and World Bank and IMF staff. Read More…

 

CEA Sessions—

AEDSB hosts regular sessions at the annual meetings of Canadian Economic Association (CEA). Read More…

 

SEA Sessions—

The sessions at Southern Economic Association (SEA) annual meetings are held with partnership of Bangladesh Young Economists (BYE). Read More…

 

 

 

Events

 

Special AEDSB-BDI session to honor Prof. Salim Rashid

 

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Call for Papers

ASSA 2014

 

AEDSB is inviting papers for the 2014 American Economic Association Meeting at Philadelphia.

 

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AEDSB Best Paper Award 2013

 

Reshad N. Ahsan

for the paper

"Input Tariffs, Speed of Contract Enforcement, and the Productivity of Firms in India"

 

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AEDSB Membership Form

 

 

 

 

 

WEAI 2013

 

Development Issues related to Bangladesh

 

Date: July 01, 2013

Time:8.15am - 10.00am

Location: Grand Hyatt Seattle

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ESAM 2013

 

Debayan Pakrashi (The University of Queensland)
Lutfunnahar Begum (Monash University)
Rejaul Karim Bakshi (Deakin University)

 

July 12 (Friday) 2.00pm- 3.15pm

 

Location: University of Sydney

 

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DC Seminars

 

Bangladesh: Economic Challenges, Policies and Prospects
Speaker: Dr. Hassan Zaman, Chief Economist, Bangladesh Bank
Time: Monday, June 3, 2013; from 12:30 p.m to 2:00 p,m
Location: World Bank, Main Complex Room No: MC 8-100, 1818 H Street NW, Washington D.C.

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ASSA 2013

 

Improving the Lives of Poor and Ultra-poor: Arsenic Information, Empowerment of Adolescents, Entrepreneurship, and SME

 

Date: January 04, 2013

Time: 2:30 pm

Location:Manchester Grand Hyatt, Ford A

 

Presenters

Alessandro Tarozzi (Duke University)

Selim Gulesci (Universita' Bocconi)

Erica Field (Harvard University)

Jonathan Morduch (New York University)

 

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Miscellaneous  

 

  A Special Thanks to Prof. Fahad Khalil by Tanweer Akram

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