2009-2010 - BIDS

udgetary expenses and economic policy. The
program ended in September 2010 and Dr.
Monzur Hossain was its Project Director. The team
members were: Dr. Quazi Shahabuddin; Dr. M.
Asaduzzaman and Dr. Zaid Bakht.
Training Program on the Technical Framework
of the Sixth Five Year Plan (2011-2015) of
Bangladesh
Budget Seminars for the Members of the
Parliament
The program aimed to sensitize the Members of
the Parliament on issues relating to budget and
the state of the economy, so that they could play
a more effective role in the Parliament with regard
to budget preparation and monitoring. Under the
Program, research reports, analytical reports on
the state of the Bangladesh economy, briefs on the
role of the budget in the economy, and reports on
economic and budgetary outlook were prepared
and the findings were disseminated through
organizing interactive seminars with the Members
of the Parliament. Dr Zaid Bakht was the Project
Director of the Program and co-researchers were
Dr. Monzur Hossain, Dr. Mohammad Yunus and Dr.
Nazneen Ahmed.
Parliamentary Standing Committee and Budget
Oversight
Under the Program, BIDS conducted a series of
three seminars on ‘Food and Disaster Management
and Budget Oversight’ for the members of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food and
Disaster Management. The seminars discussed
ways through which the Members can oversee
As a part of BIDS activities of preparing twenty
background studies and the technical framework
of the Sixth Five Year Plan (2011-2015) of
Bangladesh for the General Economics Division
of the Bangladesh Planning Commission, BIDS
organized a two-week training program in
December 2010 for the relevant professionals of
the Planning Commission on technical aspects of
plan formulation. The training covered areas such
as the methodology and results of the Bangladesh
Input-Output Table 2006-07, methodology and
results of the Bangladesh Social Accounting Matrix
2007, technical specification of the Sixth Five Year
Plan model and the macroeconomic framework,
employment module of the Plan framework,
computable general equilibrium modeling
framework of the Sixth Plan and the GAMS
software, and simulation exercises with the Plan
model framework. Mustafa K. Mujeri is the Project
Director of the Program.
Post Graduate Diploma in Macroeconomic
Analysis
BIDS is conducting the Postgraduate Diploma in
Macroeconomic Analysis as an intermediate level
training program (between the Bachelors and the
Masters levels) jointly with BRAC University. The
Program involves 24 credits, equivalent to eight
full time courses spanning two semesters, each of
13 weeks duration. The target participants in the
training program include junior and mid-career
officers of the General Economics Division of the
Planning Commission and relevant line ministries
of the government. The curriculum for the
training program was developed in consultation
with the stakeholders which was approved by
the University Grants Commission. A total of 15
trainees completed their training during January-
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