Bangladesh's economic partnership with different countries is still very limited. At present, it is member of a number of regional and sub-regional trade agreements (such as SAFTA and BIMSTEC); but those agreements have very limited impact on enhancing its bilateral trade with regional countries...

Liberalization of environmental goods and services as laid out in the work programme of the Doha Ministerial Declaration of the World Trade Organization has implications for least developed countries as these countries are vulnerable to climate change. They need to follow and participate in the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- 3. Overview of Youth Employment in Bangladesh -- 4. State of Youth Employment in South Asia -- 5. Determinants of Youth Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) -- 6. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) -- 7. Role of Institutions in Youth Employment --...

This book brings together pioneering and evidence-based research that focuses on youth employment—one of the foremost development challenges of our time - and fills a critical research and knowledge gap alongside consolidating existing relevant literature. Comprehensive in scope, the book...

A long list of products in sensitive list maintained by the member countries is one of the major weaknesses of SAFTA agreement for its effective operation. Present study analyzes the sensitive list of Bangladesh with a view to identify products for pruning. Pruning the sensitive list should...