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The costs and benefits of digitization of land records via simplified application process
(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 ...
Public finance and revenue mobilization in union parishads
(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 State of Governance Bangladesh 2016: regulation process performance
(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 ...
Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 and Policy Implications for Bangladesh
(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 2014-2015: institutions, outcomes, accountability
(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 ...
Economic growth, poverty and inequality revisited
(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 ...
The savings and growth nexus in Bangladesh
(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 ...