Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) BIDS is an autonomous public multi-disciplinary organization which conducts policy oriented research on development issues facing Bangladesh
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The strategic objectives of BIDS are crystallized around the theme of generating credible policy oriented research on development issues facing Bangladesh and other developing countries along with strengthening research-policy links to promote informed policy making in Bangladesh. In the pursuit of its strategic objectives, BIDS activities are multi-dimensional and inherently straddle several objectives:

* Promote excellence in policy research and extend the knowledge frontiers to facilitate learning in development solutions especially in priority areas of development related to social well being of the poor and disadvantaged groups in society;
* Collect and generate socioeconomic data to facilitate the conduct of analytical research on current economic and social issues and facilitate development planning and policy formulation by the government;
* Disseminate knowledge and research based policy options to the policy makers and assist them in designing credible development strategies for achieving economic and social goals;
* Expand outreach of research to civil society and other stakeholders to help shape policy debates on key development issues, develop broader understanding and consensus, and promote knowledge based policy agenda;
* Conduct training and capacity building programs and promote the application of cutting edge research techniques and appropriate methodologies in economics and allied social sciences to develop human and institutional capacities within the government and in other institutions;
* Promote research communication and networking to share research findings on the BIDS knowledge base and stimulate interaction within the research community, policy makers, civil society, and other stakeholders through organizing workshops, seminars, conferences, and using different modes of print and electronic media.

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐ƒ๐’)Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS...
01/09/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐ƒ๐’)

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is pleased to announce the publication of The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS), Volume 48, Nos. 1 & 2 (March & June 2025).

This issue brings together research examining a range of important development issues in Bangladesh and beyond, including economic growth and welfare, workersโ€™ wages and trade unions, religious education and poverty, environmental health risks, and poverty among manufacturing workers.

Articles
๐Ÿ”น Welfare Indicators and Economic Growth in Bangladesh: Evidence from Macro-level Associations and Structural Change โ€” Enayet Fatema Chowdhury

๐Ÿ”น Wage Earnings of Manufacturing Workers in Bangladesh: Do Trade Unions Matter? โ€” Mahmudul Hasan

๐Ÿ”น Madrassa Trap? Muslim Religious Education and Poverty in Indonesia โ€” Nazmul Hoque & Bryan L. Boulier

๐Ÿ”น Health Risk Assessment of BTEX Compounds in Indoor and Outdoor Air of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Cancer and Non-cancer Risks โ€” Mitali Parvin

๐Ÿ”น Poverty among Manufacturing Workers in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Intra-industry Differences โ€” Md. Nadim Uddin

๐Ÿ“– Explore the latest issue of The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS).
Link: https://bids.org.bd/page/journal?status=bds&issue=current&volume=201

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐ƒ๐’)Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS...
10/06/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐ƒ๐’)

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is pleased to announce the publication of The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS), Volume 47, Nos. 3 & 4 (Septemberโ€“December 2024).

This latest issue features scholarly contributions on a range of critical development issues, including women's empowerment in the manufacturing sector, rural livelihood transformation, renewable energy transition in South Asia, employment generation in Bangladesh, and the evolving dimensions of globalisation.

Articles
โ–ช๏ธ Unionisation and Womenโ€™s Empowerment in the Manufacturing Industry of Bangladesh โ€” Papri Das
โ–ช๏ธ Transforming Livelihoods: A Comparative Study of a Village Community in Bangladesh between 2001 and 2023 โ€” Iqbal Husain
โ–ช๏ธ Does Political Stabilisation Foster a Sustainable Renewable Energy Transition in South Asia? โ€” Muntasir Murshed

Notes
โ–ช๏ธ Is Economic Growth Generating Fewer Jobs in Bangladesh? Evidence from Sectoral Growth Accounting โ€” Syed Abul Basher & Asaf Ibne Salim
โ–ช๏ธ Rethinking the Phases and Dimensions of Globalisation: A Historical Perspective โ€” Mitali Parvin

Link: https://bids.org.bd/page/journal?status=bds&issue=current&volume=200

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸThe Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is ple...
02/06/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) is pleased to announce the publication of Research Report No. 211, "๐™‰๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ: ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™–๐™›๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™", authored by ๐’ ๐Œ ๐™๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ช๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข, Research Director, BIDS, and ๐๐š๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š ๐€๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS.

This study sheds light on the effectiveness of the social protection systems for vulnerable groups in broadening their capacity to cope with loss of earnings during crises.

Link to the full report:https://bids.org.bd/public/bids-org/uploads/publication/research_reports/RR_211.pdf

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has pu...
18/05/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ—

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) has published Research Report No. 209 titled โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™Ž๐™๐™ž๐™›๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค โ€˜๐˜ผ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ž-๐™‘๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™šโ€™: ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ, ๐™ƒ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™€๐™˜๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™™๐™šโ€ authored by ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐›๐ข ๐Œ๐จ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ž๐ซ, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS.

The report examines the ongoing transformation of agriculture in Bangladesh and identifies three major characteristics shaping contemporary agricultural practices: the widespread adoption of modern agricultural machinery, extensive cultivation of hybrid and high-yielding variety (HYV) crops, particularly rice and vegetables, and increasing dependence on synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. The study contributes to the broader discourse on agricultural transformation, environmental sustainability, and rural socio-economic change in Bangladesh.

Link to the full report:https://bids.org.bd/public/bids-org/uploads/publication/research_reports/RR_209.pdf

Wishing you a very happy Bengali New Year on behalf of Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh Institute ...
14/04/2026

Wishing you a very happy Bengali New Year on behalf of Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

May this new year bring you and your loved ones happiness, good health, and prosperity. Shubho Noboborsho!

Wishing you a very happy Eid-ul-Fitr on behalf of Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh Institute of De...
20/03/2026

Wishing you a very happy Eid-ul-Fitr on behalf of Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

May this auspicious occasion bring you and your loved ones abundant joy, peace, and prosperity. Eid Mubarak!

๐–๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐€. ๐Š. ๐„๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž, ๐๐ก๐ƒ, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ, ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž...
01/01/2026

๐–๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐€. ๐Š. ๐„๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐ž, ๐๐ก๐ƒ, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ, ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’).

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ž!

07/12/2025

๐€๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐๐‚๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.
Explore all the insightful sessions shared by our speakers.

ABCD 2025 Abstracts

Three papers dissect how and for whom Bangladeshโ€™s health system performs on the ground -from sub-district hospitals to ...
06/12/2025

Three papers dissect how and for whom Bangladeshโ€™s health system performs on the ground -from sub-district hospitals to dense urban neighborhoods.

Join our panel of academics in the last academic session of the event.

๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ: ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ– ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ”: ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ

How Bangladeshโ€™s food systems and rural livelihoods are evolving-IFPRIโ€™s session brings fresh evidence on Bangladeshโ€™s d...
05/12/2025

How Bangladeshโ€™s food systems and rural livelihoods are evolving-IFPRIโ€™s session brings fresh evidence on Bangladeshโ€™s development challenges.

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๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ: ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ– ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ“: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก: ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐…๐๐‘๐ˆ

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