Poems
May 2020
With Covid-19 hitting the poorest hardest, we must help them to recover
Daily Star, September 11, 2020
What to do and what not to do in Covid-19: A public policy lesson (in Bangla)
Bonik Barta, September 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Measured optimism from Dhaka slums?
Financial Express, August 23, 2020
For the future, look to the past
Dhaka Tribune, July 2, 2020
Automation is not hurting RMG employment ... yet
Daily Star, June 25, 2020
Should the asking price be tax-plus or tax-minus?
Financial Express, June 11, 2020
The fair value of the taka
Financial Express, May 29, 2020
The toll of coronavirus on our exports
Financial Express, May 4, 2020
Why research is hard (in Bangla)?
Bonik Barta, February 17, 2020
An English version is published in Dhaka Tribune, March 1, 2020
What my father's cancer taught me
Financial Express, February 15, 2020
On choosing the right PhD programme
Financial Express, November 13, 2019
What I learned as Chair of Economics Department
Bonik Barta, October 2, 2019 (in Bangla)
(English version)
"Taka policy in a changing world"
Daily Star, August 8, 2019.
"Why do the best minds of public universitities perform so poorly in research?"
Daily Star, July 23, 2019.
"How to think about automation"
Daily Star, June 7, 2018.
"A global aging population and Bangladesh's economy"
Daily Star, May 25, 2018.
"Choosing a university? Beware of false promises"
Financial Express, November 15, 2017.
"Why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't"
Daily Star, August 13, 2017.
"The puzzle of hiding data"
Daily Star, July 25, 2017.
"Bangladesh in the next 50 years"
Daily Star, June 13, 2017.
"Money velocity in Bangladesh"
March 25, 2015.
"Bangladesh in a 'low-income trap'?"
March 15, 2015 (Click here for a Bangla version).
"The evolutioon of public food distribution system in Bangladesh"
November 3, 2014.
Bangladesh's "Lewis Point"
October 19, 2014.
"Equity risk premium for GCC stock markets"
August 3, 2014.
"The A,B,C of virtual currency bitcoin"
Gulf News, January 26, 2014.
"Qatar World Cup increases risk of overheating"
Gulf News, November 25, 2013.
"The industrial organization of food imports in small countries: the curious case of Qatar"
EconoMonitor, June 19, 2012.
"Who pays the reserve tax in Qatar?"
July 31, 2011.
"Qatar's policy crisis"
June 29, 2011.
"The dollar is our currency, but your problem"
May 10, 2011.
"The economics of the GCC monetary union"
April 25, 2011.
"The economics of the 2022 FIFA World Cup"
Vox EU, December 24, 2010.
"Small countries, small problems?"
EconoMonitor, August 27, 2009.
"Economic wisdom tempers Gulf approach to oil bounty"
Gulf News, August 8, 2009.
"Islamic finance lacks government support in some GCC countries"
Gulf News, July 4, 2009.
"Owning a house the Islamic way"
Gulf News, June 27, 2009.
"Watching and waiting for rebound"
Gulf News Quarterly Financial Review, June 5, 2009.
"GCC monetary union: what criteria should we use to determine the location of the common central bank?"
EconoMonitor, May 27, 2009.
"GCC to experience sharpest dip in capital flows"
Gulf News, April 4, 2009.
"Global crisis brought power to GCC central banks"
EconoMonitor, November 8, 2008.
"Understanding GCC inflation"
EconoMonitor, August 11, 2008.
"Why it is difficult to fight inflation in GCC economies?"
EconoMonitor, July 1, 2008.
"Is Qatar heading backward?"
EconoMonitor, June 25, 2008.
"Qatar's currency in need of reform"
Gulf News, December 6, 2008.
"Oil tracing past patterns in its rise and fall"
Gulf News, November 8, 2008.
"Unravelling the myths of the GCC dollar peg"
Gulf News, October 11, 2008.
"Uncoupling is still a myth"
Gulf News, September 6, 2008.
"What lies beneath EU-GCC alliance?"
Gulf News, August 18, 2008.
"Facing economic meanings of VAT"
Gulf News, August 2, 2008.
"Qatar needs more diversification"
Gulf News, May 31, 2008.
"Inflation in a very uncertain state"
Gulf News Quarterly Financial Review, May 26, 2008.
"Follow the money to shed some light"
Gulf News, December 29, 2007.
"All fall down"
Gulf News, December 8, 2007.
"Hard pegging and a vicious circle"
Gulf News, November 24, 2007.
"Construction growth spurs UAE inflation"
Gulf News, October 27, 2007.
"On inflation and macroeconomic activity"
Weekly Holiday, August 31, 2007.
"The inflation debate"
Daily Star, July 31, August 31, 2007.
"Public wage: Some alternative interpretations"
Bangladesh Observer, November 19, 2003.
"Microcredit: Friend or foe?"
The Independent, May 9, 2003.
"Let there be light"
Financial Express, June 21, 2001.
"In the abyss of corruption"
Daily Star, March 23, 2001.
"Corruption buffets the macroeconomy"
Financial Express, February 15, 2001.
"The economics of information"
Daily Star, May 5, 2000.
"A case of coordination failure"
Daily Star, March 3, 2000.
"Bangladesh capital market in the new millennium"
Daily Star, January 13, 2000.
"The menace of tariff evasion"
The Independent, December 26, 1999.
"The economics of hartal"
Daily Star, December 13, 1999.
"Traffic congestion: Day in, day out with a demon"
Daily Star, March 19, 1999.
