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Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB)


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 Fahad Khalil, Professor of Economics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. ASSA Sessions— AEDSB has been organizing sessions at the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Meetings every year. Last year the AEDSB session at ASSA’09 hosted Abhijit Banerjee, Kaushik Basu and Jonathan Morduch. Stay tuned for upcoming ASSA session information in Atlanta. 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… SEA Sessions— The sessions at Southern Economic Association (SEA) annual meetings are held with partnership of Bangladesh Young Economists (BYE). Read More…	Important Links
The AEDSB Washington Seminar Series on Bangladesh's Development Presents A Discussion on “Social Development in Bangladesh: Pathways, Surprises and Challenges” Speaker: Wahiduddin Mahmud, University of Dhaka and PKSF Date: July 02, 2009 Time: 12.30pm-2.00pm Location: Room MC 8-100, The World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20433 Read More… ************************************** ASSA 2009 Time: January 04, 2009 at 10.15am Location: Marriott Hotel Title: Microfinance, Poverty and Women's Empowerment Presenters: Abhijit V. Banerjee, MIT Jonathan Morduch, NYU Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University Kaushik Basu,** Cornell University Read More…		Events Conference on Ideas and Innovations for the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade By Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI) Date: October 9 & 10, 2009 Location: Harvard University ****************************** Organizations/Institutions Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics **************************** Miscellaneous** AEDSB Membership Form