Research at the Bangladesh Society for Law and Economics (BSLE) focuses on how legal rules, institutional arrangements and public policy shape incentives, economic outcomes and social welfare. The Society’s proposed research programmes combine legal scholarship, economic analysis and empirical methods to inform rigorous, accessible and policy-relevant inquiry in Bangladesh.
Three research programmes
Each programme combines legal scholarship, economic analysis and empirical methods. Select a programme to see what it covers and the themes it connects with.
I. Markets, Business & Innovation
Examines the relationship between legal frameworks, market institutions, business activity and innovation, and how legal and regulatory arrangements influence market efficiency, business behaviour, innovation and economic development in Bangladesh.
Focus areas
Questions we ask
- What will graduation from LDC status mean for intellectual property and innovation in Bangladesh?
- How do competition rules shape market efficiency in traditional and digital markets?
Connected themes
II. Law, Institutions & Public Policy
Examines how legal institutions, regulatory frameworks and public policies influence economic incentives, institutional performance and social welfare, advancing evidence-based understanding of how laws and institutions shape behaviour, governance and policy outcomes in Bangladesh.
Focus areas
Questions we ask
- How does the speed of contract enforcement shape investment and business behaviour?
- How do tax and public finance rules change the incentives facing households and firms?
Connected themes
III. Development, Environment & Social Welfare
Examines the relationship between legal frameworks, economic development, environmental sustainability and social welfare, and how legal rules, institutions and policies influence development outcomes, environmental protection, resource allocation and well-being in Bangladesh.
Focus areas
Questions we ask
- Who gains, and who bears the costs, when environmental and climate rules change?
- How do legal rules affect inequality and the distribution of welfare?
Connected themes
Specialist research themes
Five themes cut across the programmes, reflecting emerging legal, economic, technological and institutional challenges for Bangladesh.
Innovation & Intellectual Property
Intellectual property rights, innovation incentives, technology transfer and the economic effects of IP protection.
Programmes IIIIII
Regulatory Economics & Digital Economy
Economic regulation, digital markets, competition policy, platform governance and emerging technologies.
Programmes IIIIII
Post-LDC IP Transition
The intellectual property and innovation policy implications of Bangladesh’s graduation from Least Developed Country status.
Programmes IIIIII
Law & Economics in Bangla
Accessible scholarship, educational resources and academic discussion on law and economics in Bangla.
Programmes IIIIII
Islamic Law & Economics
The economic dimensions of Islamic legal principles, institutions and financial arrangements, in dialogue with contemporary economic analysis.
Programmes IIIIII
Research projects
Projects are developed within the programmes and themes above. Each one is shown by its status, and moves across the board as it progresses.
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Programme I, Post-LDC IP Transition
Innovation, Intellectual Property & Economic Development in Bangladesh
How IP law, regulation and institutions influence innovation, entrepreneurship, technology transfer and market development, including the effects of LDC graduation.
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Observatory, all programmes
Legal Incentives Tracker pilot
Documenting about 15 to 25 selected laws or regulatory provisions and the incentives they create.
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How we do research
Every study starts from a clearly defined question and combines approaches as the question requires.
Read the law
What the rules say, and how institutions apply them.
Model the incentives
How rules change the choices people and firms make.
Test with evidence
What actually happens, measured and evaluated.
Procedures for scholarly review, conflict-of-interest disclosure and publication are being developed as part of BSLE’s institutional framework. See also the Observatory’s methods and the publication standards.
Research with us
Researchers, academics and institutions interested in a programme or theme can propose a collaboration, contribute expertise or join future initiatives.