Second BEF conference on Saturday

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Economic Reporter :
The second Bangladesh Economists’ Forum (BEF) conference will be held in the city on Saturday. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad will inaugurate the conference at the Bangladesh Bank Training Academy in Dhaka.
The event will have two major sessions. At the first session, a collection of essays of leading economists will launch under the title “Bangladesh Vision 2030: Framework for Economic Policy Making and Strategy Formulation in a Pluralistic Democracy”.
The essays details out an inclusive and sustainable vision for Bangladesh and identifies challenges that needs meticulous attention for sustaining the progress. Dr Mohiuddin Alamgir will discuss insights from the publication.
The second session will facilitate a discussion on “Strengthening Institutions to Accelerate Growth and Lower Poverty”. The session will discuss the issues in transforming the relevant institutions necessary to accelerate growth, reduce poverty and achieve the middle-income country status within the stipulated time.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will attend the session as the chief guest while Finance Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Mashiur Rahman and State Minister for Planning and Finance MA Mannan will present as special guests.
Established in 2013 by leading Bangladeshi economists, the objective of BEF is to bring together best possible analysis and knowledge on major development issues and challenges facing Bangladesh and help the policymakers’ debate and decide on related public policies and institutions.
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