Thoughts & Initiatives
Thoughts & Initiatives – Founding Editor, Dr. Ashraf Ali
Thoughts and Initiatives is the predecessor to the Journal of Bangladesh Studies. Check out the issues to the right by clicking on an issue number from the menu and then on the links below to certain sections of that issue. Each segment of the issues will open in their own web-browser Window. When done with viewing the segment, you can simply close that Window and get back to the issue page that the segment page originated from.
Thoughts and Initiatives Issues link
Issue 3 – 1995
0. Editor’s Note & Table of Contents
1. Pittsburgh Conference 1995 on Socioeconomic Development of Bangladesh – Authors and Papers
2. The Economies of the Middle East
3. Migration and Bangladesh’s Economic Development
4. Comments on Salim Rashid’s Essay – Migration and Bangladesh’s Economic Development
5. Bangladesh’s Economic Options
Issue 2 – 1994
0. Editor’s Note & Table of Contents
1. BDI Conference on Socio-Economic Development of Bangladesh
2. Computer for Dholai Khal Manufacturers Association and Development of a Database
3. The Manufacturers of Dholai Khal – Their Prospects and Problems
4. The Formation of BDI-NIA Trust and the Preparation for the First Award
7. What Are the Impediments to Implementing Biotechnology in Bangladesh
Issue 1 – 1993
00. Editor’s Note & Table of Contents
01. BDI Work Guidelines – An Overview
02. Individual Approach or Organized Approach
03. Establishment of the National Innovator’s Award (NIA) Fund
04. Proceedings of the Meeting of BDI, IAT and Chemical Alumni Association
05. BDI Proposal to UNDP for Funding the Establishment of the Bangladesh National Fund
06. Bangladesh Today – A Visitor’s Perspective
07. Letter to the Vice Chancellor of BUET
Other Publications
Bangladesh Development Policy – Change Existing Tax Structure
Bangladesh Development Policy – Machinery Manufacturing in Private Sector and Fair Tax Structure
BangladeshAsAMiddle-incomeCountry
Development Policy – National Initiatives Are Better Than Individual Initiatives
InternationalDevelopmentAgenciesAndProblemsOfEconomicDevelopmentInBangladesh
Introductory Statement on Thoughts and Initiatives
MachineryManufacturingInBangladeshPrivateSectorProblemsAndProspects
Problems of Machinery Manufacturing in Bangladesh – Opinions of Dholaikhal Machinery Manufacturers
Simple Socio-Economic Development Process
World Economic System and Bangladesh
WorldEconomicSystemAndDevelopmentAlternativesForBangladesh