SAWTEE`s Research Director spoke as a panelist at the University of Dhaka International Conference, Bangladesh

Dr Paras Kharel, Research Director, SAWTEE spoke as a panelist in a session on “Trade and Regional Connectivity for Shared Prosperity” at the “BER International Conference for Economists 2019: Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Development” in Dhaka on 6 July 2019. The conference was organized by the Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

The session was chaired by Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and the co-panelists were Dr Prabir De, Professor, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India, and Dr M Abdur Razzaque, Research Director, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh. Dr Kharel highlighted the issues of transport connectivity facing landlocked countries in the region.