The aim of this article is to assess the effect of strategies of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on sustainable economic development of member countries. This study is based on qualitative approach and secondary data. A number of documents such as journal articles, government reports, books, book chapters and working papers have been consulted to substantiate the arguments. The article explores that there is a potential effect of BRI on the sustainable economic development of its member countries. Some of the member countries are getting direct benefits from it and other countries are in the way of getting benefits through infrastructure development, trading, cultural exchanges and mutual political agreements. It is empowering a number of developing countries through economic development by linking economic corridors, seaport, roads and railway networks. This article also finds that so many economic zones are planned to open in member countries to get benefits from BRI initiative by promoting infrastructure, energy, gas, oil and electricity, roads, railways and other related projects.

The aim of this paper is to discuss the motives and after effects of demonetization decision taken by the Indian Government on November 10, 2016. In addition, it has tried to highlight the demonetization effects in some other countries. The opinions of economists, financial analysts and intellectuals have been highlighted on this paper based solely on published information collected from previous articles, newspapers and books related to the subject matter. The paper will hopefully come to the help of those academicians seeking to investigate more and the policy makers who want some academic references.

This paper aims to empirically investigate the impact of capital structure choice on the firm performance of the firms listed under the Dhaka Stock Exchange of Bangladesh. Multiple regression has been employed in this research to determine the relationship between the capital structure and the firm’s financial performance. Three ratios of financial performance, i.e., return on assets, return on equity, and gross margin, have been used as a sample of non-financial Bangladeshi companies, selected from 2010 to 2015. The study records numerous findings. First, the result shows a significant negative influence of long-term debt (LTD) and total debt (TTD) on firm financial performance measured by return on assets (ROA), but no significant relationship is found between short-term debt (STD) and this measure of firm’s financial performance. Moreover, the research found that there is no significant effect of short-term debt, long-term debt and total debt on the firm financial performance measured by return on equity (ROE). Finally, the result shows that a significant negative influence of short-term debt and total debt on firm performance measured by GM, but no significant relationship was found between long-term debt and financial performance. In general terms, the results of this study may suggest that capital structure has a negative influence on firms’ financial performance in Bangladesh.

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The paper explains the essence of derivatives and identifies the different types of that exist. The article examines the technologies of credit derivatives application in the financial markets, especially the most common ones, credit default swaps. Both positive and negative aspects of their application to risk management have been revealed. Moreover, the grounds for their considering to be responsible for the global crisis aggravation have been identified. The prospects of CDS utilization in the development of a new global financial order have been illustrated. The paper briefly explains how derivative activity level can be monitored and then takes a look at the benefits, risks and opportunities of derivative in Bangladesh.