2 nd SANEM Annual Economists Conference 2017 Managing Growth for Social Inclusion February 18-19, 2017, BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka

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1 08:30 AM 09:00 AM REGISTRATION 09:00 AM 10:20 AM INAUGURAL SESSION AND KEYNOTE SPEECH () Chair : Dr. Bazlul Haque Khondker, Chairman, SANEM 09:00 AM 09:05 AM Opening Remarks : Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM 09:05 AM 09:30 AM 1 st Keynote Speech : Democracy and Development by Dr. Siddiqur Rahman Osmani, Professor, Developmental Economics, University of Ulster, UK 09:30 AM 09:55 AM 2 nd Keynote Speech : Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change by Professor David Hulme, Development Studies, University of Manchester, UK and CEO, Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Center, University of Manchester, UK 09:55 AM 10:10 AM Open Discussion 10:10 AM 10:15 AM Remarks by the Chair 10:15 AM 10:20 AM Book Launching 10:20 AM 10:35 AM TEA/COFFEE BREAK 10:35 AM 12:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1, 2 & 3 BREAKOUT SESSION 1: TRADE AND INVESTMENT Chair: Dr. Posh Raj Pandey, Chairman, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal Special Guest: Mr. Ali Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI), Dhaka Heterogenous Firms, Trade/FDI and Inequality/Welfare by Dr. Rushde Elahi Akbar, York University, Canada Relative Benefits/Losses of India Aligning with RCEP and BRICS Countries under the Conjecture of Free Trade Area in Goods by Dr. Somesh K. Mathur, Professor of Economics, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India Trade potentials and Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) in South Asia, Mr. Shaquib Quoreshi, Secretary, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), Dhaka 11:20 AM 11:30 AM Discussant: Dr. Mohammad Yunus, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh

2 BREAKOUT SESSION 2: MEETING ROOM 1, 3 RD FLOOR PUBLIC POLICY Chair: Dr. Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid, Director General, Bangladesh Special Guest: Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Economic Advisor, Bangladesh Bank Output Composition and the Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Bangladesh: A Vector Autoregressive Approach by Mr. K. Suranjit, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bank, Dhaka Barriers to the effective tax collection in Bangladesh by Mr. Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, Research Associate, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka Simultaneous Determinants of Fiscal Policy, Income Inequality and Economic Growth In Case Of South Asian Countries, by Dr. Dipyaman Pal, Assistant Professor, Bethune College, Hooghly, West Bengal, India 11:20 AM 11:30 AM Discussant: Dr. Kazi Iqbal, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka BREAKOUT SESSION 3: MEETING ROOM 3, 3 RD FLOOR POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND GROWTH Chair: Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri, Executive Director, Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM), Dhaka Special Guest: Mr. Fakrul Ahsan, Project Manager, Support to Sustainable and Inclusive Planning (SSIP) Project, UNDP, Bangladesh Impact of Climate Change on Income Diversity: Evidence from Southern part of Bangladesh by Md. Jahid Ebn Jalal, M.Sc Student, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), India Demand analysis of chronic poor people in Rural Bangladesh: A Scenario using Almost Ideal Demand System Model by Ms. Kursia Jahan, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Eastern University, Dhaka Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment by Mr. Towfiqul Islam Khan, Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka 11:20 AM 11:30 AM Discussant: Dr. Firdousi Naher, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka 12:00 PM 12:05 PM SESSION BREAK

3 12:05 PM 1:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4, 5 & 6 BREAKOUT SESSION 4: HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT Chair: Professor Barkat-e-Khuda, Supernumerary Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka Special Guest: Professor Abdul Bayes, Director, BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), Dhaka Evaluating the impact of asset transfer on health outcomes of the ultra-poor: evidence using household panel data by Mr. Muhammad Shahadat Hossain Siddiquee, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka Impact of Remittances on Human Capital Formation in Bangladesh by Ms. Siban Shahana, Research Associate, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka Factors Determining the Choice of the Level of Education in Bangladesh: Empirical Evidence from HIES by Mr. Mir Tanzim Nur Angkur, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka 12:50 PM 01:00 PM Discussant: Dr. Rumana Huque, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka BREAKOUT SESSION 5: MEETING ROOM 1, 3 RD FLOOR SECTORAL ECONOMY Chair: Dr. M. Ismail Hossain, Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, North South University, Dhaka Special Guest: Ms. Ferdous Ara Begum, Acting CEO, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD), Dhaka Elections and public health spending in South Asia, by Dr. Nayan Krisha Joshi, Senior Economist, Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Kathmandu University, Nepal Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity by Mr. Sourajit Aiyer, AVP, Investor Relations & Corporate Planning, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd, Mumbai, India Factors Influencing Performance of a Public Private Partnership in the Digital Service Sector: Evidence from Bangladesh by Dr. Wahid Abdallah, Research Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Dhaka 12:50 PM 01:00 PM Discussant: Dr. Minhaj Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh

4 BREAKOUT SESSION 6: MEETING ROOM 3, 3 RD FLOOR LABOR MARKET Chair: Ms. Simeen Mahmud, Head, Gender Studies Cluster and Coordinator, CGST, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Dhaka Special Guest: Dr. Manzoor Ahmed, Professor Emeritus, BRAC Institute of Educational Development, Dhaka What Drives Workers Remittances Flow of Bangladesh? A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis by Mr. Nobinkhor Kundu, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Comilla University, Bangladesh Role of Youth Population on Economic Growth: Estimates from the Time Series Data of Bangladesh by Dr. Sayema Haque Bidisha, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Research Director, SANEM and Mr. S. M. Abdullah, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka How do Education and Skill development affect the Transition from Good-enough Job to Decent Job in Bangladesh? Dr. Selim Raihan, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and Mahtab Uddin, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka 12:50 PM 01:00 PM Discussant: Dr. Ummul Hasanath Ruthbah, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka 01:30 PM 02:45 PM LUNCH 02:45 PM 04:30 PM SANEM-ESID SPECIAL SESSION: () Session title: THE POLITICS OF GROWTH Partner: Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, Manchester University, UK Chair: Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Dhaka Paper Presentations: Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes by Professor Sabyasachi Kar, Institute of Economic Growth, India Navigating the Deals World: The Politics of Economic Growth in Bangladesh by Dr. Mirza M. Hassan, Adjunct Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Dhaka and Dr. Selim Raihan, Executive Director, SANEM and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka The Stroll, The Trot and The Sprint of the Elephant: Understanding Indian Growth Episodes by Dr. Sabyasachi Kar, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, India, Jagdish Prasad Sahu, Sr. Research Analyst, Institute of Economic Growth, India and Professor Kunal Sen, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK and Joint Research Director, Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre Discussant: Dr. Ashikur Rahman, Senior Economist, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Dhaka Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, Research Director, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka 04:30 PM 04:45 PM TEA/COFFEE BREAK

5 04:45 PM 06:45 PM HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION PANEL DISCUSSION: MANAGING GROWTH FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION IN SOUTH ASIA Guest of Honor: Professor Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh Chair: Panelists: Professor Wahid Uddin Mahmud, Eminent Economist, Bangladesh Dr. Selim Raihan, Professor of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman, Executive Director, BIGD, Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director, CPD, Bangladesh Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director, IPS, Sri Lanka Dr. Posh Raj Pandey, Chairman, SAWTEE, Nepal Dr. Sajid Amin Javed, Research Fellow, Head, Policy Solutions Lab, SDPI, Pakistan Dr. Sabyasachi Kar, Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, India 7:00 PM Dinner in Honor of Professor Rehman Sobhan