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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 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. 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…

 

 

 

Events

 

 

AEDSB Best Paper Award 2011

 

Mir Salim

Romel Mostafa

 

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John Adams: A Remembrance

 

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The AEDSB Washington Seminar Series on Bangladesh's Development Presents A Discussion on

Promoting Investment and Private Sector Development in Bangladesh: Policy Formulation, Coordination, and Implementation

Speaker: Mr. M. Abdul Karim, Principal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, Government of Bangladesh

Moderator: Ahmad Ahsan, Lead Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank

 

Date: April 05, 2011

 

Time: 2.30pm-4.00pm

 

Location: Room J 1-050, The World Bank, J Building, 701 18th Street, N.W. Washington D.C. 20433

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ASSA 2012

 

Human Capital, Firm's Hiring Policy, and Gender Issues in a Developing Economy

 

Date: Jan 07, 2012

Time: 2:30 pm

Location: Hyatt Regency, Hong Kong

 

Presenters

Rachel Heath (World Bank)

Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)

Abu Sanchoy (Institute of Developing Economics)

Zaki Wahhaj (University of Oxford)

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Miscellaneous  

AEDSB Membership Form