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Virtual engagement with the government
Sajjad Zohir | The Business Standard | 14 July, 2021 | Despite the Cabinet Division’s instruction to all government offices to conduct their official activities virtually, income tax office asked randomly selected regular taxpayers to be physically present at the office for audit A friend of mine received a notice from her income tax office mentioning that her tax file for the last assessment year was selected for audit...
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Primary & Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh – A Framework to Assess the Impact of COVID-19
Primary & Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh – A Framework to Assess the Impact of COVID-19 Research Team: Dr. Sajjad Zohir and Wasama A Khan Webinar presentation on 10 April 2021 organized by Economic Research Group
আন্তর্জাতিক ব্যবস্থাপনার সংহতিকালে দুর্বল দেশের রাজনৈতিক অর্থনীতি
Sajjad Zohir | Daily Bonik Barta | 28 April, 2021 | কিছু স্বল্পোন্নত দেশের অভিজ্ঞতা এবং গত দুই দশকের বেশি সময় বিশ্বজুড়ে যা ঘটেছে, তার নিরিখে আমি সমাজ, অর্থনীতি ও রাজনীতির অঙ্গনে পরিলক্ষিত কিছু নিয়ম বা সম্পর্কের উল্লেখ করব। এগুলোকে ধ্রুব সত্য না ভেবে পর্যবেক্ষণ গণ্য করে কয়েকটি ‘মন্তব্য’ হিসেবে উল্লেখ করব। মন্তব্যগুলোকে যুক্তিপরম্পরায় গ্রথিত করে দুর্বল দেশগুলোর সংকটের উৎস ও স্বকীয়তা রক্ষার সম্ভাবনার প্রতি আলোকপাত করব। প্রতিটি মন্তব্যের ওপর...
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Innovative MSE- Financing Products and Delivery Channels in Bangladesh:Opportunities & Challenges
Financing Products and Delivery Channels in Bangladesh:Opportunities & Challenges Research Report Author(s): Sajjad Zohir, Shafiun Shimul, Asad Karim Khan Priyo, Tariq Ali, K M Masnun Hossain Published by: Economic Research Group (ERG) [
Economics of Politics in a Weak Nation
-Sajjad Zohir- Reflecting on experiences around the world, this brief was prepared prior to making a presentation at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2007 and was shared with friends and colleagues back home. All mentions of time periods are with reference to 2007. ‘Global Governance’ was added to the title in 2021. Drawing upon experiences in some of the less developed countries and the happenings around the...
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Coping with the Pandemic: ERG follow-up study on non-IT Firms
Prepared by: Sarah Muniyat & Mutasim Billah Mubde Economic Research Group had administered a survey on 106 firms in May 2020 to investigate the impact of Covid-19 and associated mitigation strategies on businesses, in four domains – work orientation, adverse market conditions, rental contract renegotiation and employee contract renegotiation. A month later, in June 2020, two follow-up surveys were conducted. This paper presents findings from a matched sample of 63...
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