Understanding law through economics.Advancing policy through evidence.

The Bangladesh Society for Law and Economics (BSLE) is an interdisciplinary academic and research initiative that brings together legal scholars, economists, researchers, policymakers and practitioners to promote rigorous scholarship and evidence-informed policymaking in Bangladesh.

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Questions we study

Markets, Business & InnovationWhat will graduation from LDC status mean for intellectual property and innovation in Bangladesh? Law, Institutions & Public PolicyHow does the speed of contract enforcement shape investment and business behaviour? Development, Environment & Social WelfareWho gains, and who bears the costs, when environmental and climate rules change?

Who we are

BSLE is being developed as an academic and research platform for law and economics in Bangladesh. Its work asks how legal rules, institutions and public policies shape economic incentives, behaviour, institutional performance and social welfare, and aims to contribute to effective governance, equitable development and informed policymaking.

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Three research programmes

Each programme combines legal scholarship, economic reasoning and empirical methods to examine legal, institutional and policy challenges in Bangladesh.

  • Markets, Business & Innovation

    How legal and regulatory frameworks shape market efficiency, business behaviour, innovation incentives and economic development.

    • Competition law
    • Corporate governance
    • Intellectual property
    • Digital markets
    • Trade and investment
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  • Law, Institutions & Public Policy

    How legal institutions, regulation and public policy influence economic incentives, governance and institutional performance.

    • Judicial efficiency
    • Contract enforcement
    • Regulatory assessment
    • Taxation and public finance
    • Legal reform
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  • Development, Environment & Social Welfare

    How law relates to economic development, environmental sustainability and social welfare, including the distributional effects of legal rules and policies.

    • Climate and environmental regulation
    • Development institutions
    • Inequality
    • Welfare economics
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What’s taking shape

BSLE is building its research infrastructure, publications and events step by step. Each initiative shows its current status.

Law and Economics Observatory

Proposed

A planned research platform for examining the economic effects of legal rules, regulation and public policy in Bangladesh, through research indicators, structured datasets, regulatory assessments and transparent methods.

Modules and datasets will be released progressively as the research infrastructure and methods are developed.

Planned modules

  • Innovation & Intellectual Property Observatory
  • Legal Incentives Tracker
  • New-Law Economic Review
  • Data & Downloads
  • Methodology & Documentation

Innovation, IP & Economic Development

Proposed

A proposed study of how intellectual property protection, innovation incentives and technology transfer shape growth in Bangladesh, including the effects of LDC graduation.

  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Industrial designs
  • Technology transfer

Research and publications

In development

Original research and policy analysis, featured here once each output is completed, reviewed and approved.

  • Working Papers
  • Policy Notes & Briefs
  • Research Reports
  • Blog & Commentary

Events and academic activities

Planned

A Research Seminar Series, Workshops & Training, and an Annual Roundtable on law, economics and public policy.

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The people behind BSLE

Founding leadership, the Governing Council and the Academic Advisory Board.

  • Yeasin ArafatFounder and President
  • Dr. Zobayer AhmedChief Academic Advisor
  • Phir Mawikim PangkhuaTreasurer
  • EmonDirector, Research and Publications
  • Md Shariful Islam AsifDirector, Policy, Programs and Partnerships
  • Farija AkterPublicity Secretary

Meet our people

Advance research. Strengthen institutions. Shape evidence-based policy.

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