BDS intro

The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS) is the refereed quarterly journal of the Institute that publishes research articles, notes and book reviews by BIDS researchers as well as national and international scholars. The journal enjoys international reputation and is currently in its 46th years of publication.


ISSN 0304-095X


An Editorial Board consisting of national and international scholars selects the articles for publication. The Guidelines for Authors act as guidelines for contributors. For information relating to subscribers/agents, click here.


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The Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS), the flagship journal of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, is now available in JSTOR.


Editorial Board


Editorial Board : A K Enamul Haque Chairman & Executive Editor
: Mohammed Yunus Associate Editor
: S.M. Zulfiqar Ali Associate Editor
: Kazi Iqbal Associate Editor


EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD : Rehman Sobhan 
: Wahiduddin Mahmud


International Editorial Advisory Board

Amartya Sen
Thomas W. Lamont University
Professor, and Professor of
Economics and Philosophy
Harvard University


Salim Rashid
Professor Emeritus
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Department of Economics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Keith B Griffin
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Riverside
Kunal Sen
Professor of Development Economics
Global Development Institute
The University of Manchester
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Professor of Economics 
Yale University

Kaushik Basu
Carl Marks Professor of International
Studies and Professor of Economics
Cornell University

A R Khan 
Professor
Emeritus University of California, Riverside

S. R. Osmani
Professor of Developmental Economics
University of Ulster

Frances Stewart 
Professor Emeritus of Development Economics
University of Oxford