Browsing by Author "Rahman, Sultan Hafeez"

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    • The costs and benefits of digitization of land records via simplified application process 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir (Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)
      Bangladeshis are closely connected to the land for their livelihood, social norms and economic activities. Hence, for the development of Bangladesh, land administration and management needs an effective system. In this ...

    • Economic growth, poverty and inequality revisited 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Mukhopadhay, Hiranya (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-09)
      The paper inspects the dynamics of economic growth, poverty and income inequality in different countries over time. The experience with economic growth and inequality show that both absolute and relative inequalities in ...

    • Growth effects of budgetary fiscal variables in a panel of middle-income countries 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat (Springer Link, 2023-02-14)
      This paper assesses the growth-enhancing and growth-retarding effects of different budgetary fiscal variables using a balanced panel of 32 middle-income countries for the time period of 2000–2017. Much of previous research ...

    • Public finance and revenue mobilization in union parishads 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah (BRAC University, 2016-07)
      Despite the long history of local government in Bangladesh, these institutions, particularly Union Parishads (UPs), are heavily dependent on central government grant allocations rather than local revenue. This makes the ...

    • The savings and growth nexus in Bangladesh 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Pabon, Md. Nahid Ferdous (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-09)
      The paper investigates the causal relationship between Bangladesh’s gross domestic savings (GDS) and gross domestic product (GDP). Using yearly time series data from 1980 to 2018, we employ two short-run and one long-run ...

    • Short- and long-run growth effects of fiscal policy in Bangladesh 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat (Springer Link, 2022-09-01)
      The potential interactions between government expenditure, taxation and growth are complex and manifold and thus, it gives rise to a constant debate about the growth-effectiveness of the fiscal policy, especially in ...

    • Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 and Policy Implications for Bangladesh 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Razzaque, Abdur; Rahman, Jillur; Shadat, Wasel Bin (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2020-10)
      The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented health and economic crisis for global economies, including Bangladesh. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic as reflected in a massive loss of human life ...

    • The State of Governance Bangladesh 2013 

      Institute of Governance Studies (BRAC University, 2014-08)

    • The State of Governance Bangladesh 2014-2015: institutions, outcomes, accountability 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Ahmed, Kazi Niaz; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Mannan, Sadiat; Rahman, Muhammad Ashikur; Rashid, Md. Harun-Or-; Razzaque, Farhana; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah; Zillur, Kaneta (BRAC University, 2015)
      The current report, i.e. SOG 2014-2015 uses a set of simply constructed quantitative indicators supplemented by qualitative assessments to 'gauge' governance performance of Bangladesh around three broad analytical ...

    • The State of Governance Bangladesh 2016: regulation process performance 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Abdallah, Wahid; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Ferdous, Nahid; Rahman, Muhammad Ashikur; Rashid, Md. Harun-Or-; Razzaque, Farhana; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah; Zahan, Iffat; Zaman, Nabila; Zillur, Kaneta (BRAC Univeristy, 2016)
      BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) has been publishing the State of Governance (SOG) Report since 2006. This year, the SOG has focused on four kinds of governance: Democratic Governance, Public Sector ...