The second international seminar on Regional Input-Output Analysis was held on Monday at the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Dhaka.
The seminar was jointly organised by the University of Dhaka Centre for Trade and Investment (CTI) and Ritsumeikan University of Japan, reads a press release.
Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies, Mahmood Osman Imam, attended the seminar as the chief guest. Special guests included Kazuo Inaba, Takahiko Hashimoto, Shuji Matsuno, and Toshiaki Yamai of Ritsumeikan University; Zhu Ningxin; Ishiro Taku of Yokohama National University; and Ichiguchi Tomohide, chief representative of JICA Bangladesh.
The welcome address was delivered by Mohammad Toufiq-ul-Islam, director of CTI, while Muhammad Shariat Ullah served as the seminar coordinator.
Speakers at the seminar highlighted the growing importance of regional and global input-output analysis and discussed its relevance in trade diversification, value-added trade, and sustainable economic development of industrial zones.
A total of seven research papers were presented across three separate sessions. Distinguished researchers including Rahman Mohammad Sayedur, Lingxin Zhu, Shuji Matsuno, Mohammad Roni, and Md Abdur Rahman presented papers focusing on international trade, regional economics, value-added analysis, and evidence-based policymaking.
The day-long seminar was attended by academics, researchers, students, and policymakers from Bangladesh and Japan.
Participants expressed their commitment to further strengthening Bangladesh–Japan academic collaboration and expanding the scope of joint research to support data-driven policymaking.
