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The Top 52 Bangladesh Development Researchers of the Millennium
Defined as persons who have (co-)authored and/or (co-)edited at least 25 studies/reports within this Millennium
(based on the collection of studies/reports in the BDRC's Bangladesh Development Bibliography). Please
contact the BDRC if you have at least 25 relevant publications but are not included in this list. Please provide
the relevant details of your publications and a short profile of you and/or your work.
Abdin, Md. Joynal
Mr. Md. Joynal Abdin is Assistant Secretary (for WTO, RTA and FTA Issues) at the Federation of Bangladesh
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in Dhaka. His research areas include a wide variety of business
and marketing related topics as well as some more political issues of Bangladesh. He holds an M.B.A. from the
Southeast University in Dhaka, with the Major in Marketing.
Ahmad, Qazi Kholiquzzaman
Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad is the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad
(BUP) and the President of the Bangladesh Economic Association. He is one of Bangladesh’s most eminent
development economists.
Ahmed, Akhter U.
Dr. Akhter U. Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in
Washington, DC, where he co-leads IFPRI’s Global and Regional Program on Large-Scale Human Capital
Interventions. He works on strategies for restructuring social protection and safety net programs to improve the
food security, nutrition and livelihoods of the poor in developing countries. Dr. Ahmed holds a Ph.D. in
Agricultural Economics from the Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Ahmed, Kazi Matin
Dr. Kazi Matin Ahmed is a Professor in the Department of Geology of the University of Dhaka. He has
developed an active research programs in the field of groundwater studies. His research interests include
hydrogeochemistry, isotope geochemistry, contaminant hydrogeology and environmental aspects of
groundwater development. Dr. Ahmed holds a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the University of London in the
United Kingdom.
Ahmed, Manzoor
Before his recent retirement, Dr. Manzoor Ahmed was Director of the Institute of Education and Development at
BRAC University in Dhaka. Prior to joining BRAC in 2003, he was an Assistant Professor and then Associate
Professor at the Institute of Education and Research at Dhaka University, Chief of the Educational Reforms
Implementation Unit, Ministry of Education, Islamabad, Pakistan, and Senior Researcher and Associate
Director of the International Council for Educational Development in Essex, Connecticut, United States. Dr.
Ahmed also worked for UNICEF in a variety of senior positions. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration
from the University of Northern Colorado in the United States and completed his Post-doctoral studies at
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, United States.
Ahmed, Nesar
Dr. Nesar Ahmed is a professor in the Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural
University in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Stirling, UK through a
scholarship by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Nesar also completed a
postdoctoral research fellowship at Charles Darwin University, Australia through the Australian Government
Endeavour Research Fellowship. His current research focuses on ecosystem approach to aquaculture and
fisheries in relation to climate change.
Ahmed, Syed Masud
Dr. Syed Masud Ahmed is a Research Coordinator at the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. His
research interests include studying the impact of health and non- health interventions on the lives of the poor
especially, women and children, and exploring the mechanisms of such impact, gender and health equity and
health-seeking behavior of the disadvantaged. Dr. Ahmed is a medical doctor with a master's in Public Health.
Ahsan, Mohammad Tariq
Mr. M. Tariq Ahsan is doing his Ph.D. at Monash University on Inclusive Education under the Australian
Government's Leadership Awards (ALA) program. He did his Masters in Special Education from the Flinders
University in 2004-05 under the Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) award program. In Bangladesh,
Mr. Ahsan is working as Assistant Professor in the Institute of Education and Research (IER) of the University of
Dhaka. His areas of interests are inclusive education, teacher preparation, special education, hearing
impairment, sign language and education reforms.
Alam, Md. Mahmudul
Mr. Md. Mahmudul Alam is currently a Ph.D. student and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for
Environment and Development (LESTARI), National University of Malaysia (UKM). Before joining the UKM he
worked with Grameenphone Limited (a Telenor group company), Dhaka, Bangladesh as the Head of CRM
Operational Analysis (Deputy Manager), Commercial Division from June 2006 to April 2009. He is attached
with various professional and research organizations at various capacities including member, advisor and
research fellow. Mr. Alam holds an M.A. in Environment and Development from UKM, and a first class BBA
(Hons.) degree in Finance and Economics from North South University in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Alam, Mozaharul
Mr. Alam is the Regional Climate Change Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific Region at the United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP). He worked previously at the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (from
1992 to 2004 and from 2005-2009) and the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh
(2004-2005) as National Project Coordinator to formulate Bangladesh’s National Adaptation Program of Action
(NAPA). Mr. Alam obtained his M. Sc. degree in geography in 1989 from Jahangirnagar University in
Bangladesh.
Amin, Sajeda
Dr. Sajeda Amin is a senior associate affiliated with the Poverty, Gender, and Youth program at the Population
Council, where she has worked since 1995. She is interested in a range of issues related to gender, work,
poverty, and family in the developing world. Currently she is involved in studies in Bangladesh, Egypt, and
Vietnam on young people’s livelihood strategies with a focus on socially and economically vulnerable
populations. These studies are part of a larger program on transitions to adulthood. Dr. Amin combines
quantitative and qualitative techniques in her research. Prior to coming to the Population Council, she was a
research fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in Dhaka. She holds a Ph.D. in
Demography and Sociology from Princeton University in the United States.
Andaleeb, Syed Saad
Dr. Syed Saad Andaleeb is Distinguished Professor for Marketing at the Sam and Irene Black School of
Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College in Erie, USA. His research and teaching interests include
marketing management and strategy; marketing research methods; management of marketing channels and
physical distribution; international marketing and business strategy; inter-organizational exchange behavior; and
social marketing; as well as capacity development in research methods at higher institutions in Bangladesh. He
holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, USA.
Arifeen, Shams El
Dr. Shams El Arifeen is a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Unit of the Public Health Sciences Division at the
ICDDR,B in Dhaka, Bangladesh and a Research Associate at the Department of International Health at the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, United States. Dr. Arifeen is also an adjunct
Associate Professor at the BRAC School of Public Health in Dhaka and coordinates the course on
Epidemiology. His main research is related to improving child health and survival by enhancing the
understanding of the major causes of childhood morbidity and mortality.
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz
Dr. Mohammad Niaz Asadullah is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the Business School of the
University of Reading, UK and a Visiting Researcher at the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)’s
Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) at the Department of Education of the
University of Oxford. His areas of interest are applied microeconomics, development economics, and
economics of education. Dr. Asadullah holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oxford.
Bhattacharya, Debapriya
Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN Offices in
Geneva. He previously was Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and worked as a Senior
Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). He is a macroeconomist and
public policy analyst. Dr. Bhattacharya participated in many high-level consultative bodies of the Government of
Bangladesh. Dr. Bhattacharya's recent interest relates to reform economics and strategic policy issues.
Bhuiya, Abbas [Uddin]
Dr. Abbas Uddin Bhuiya is Head, Social and Behavioral Sciences Unit at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal
Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). He has some 25 years of experience in the field of community
health research with special focus on the issues of equity, behavior change and community development. He
has been involved in many action research projects on improving the health of the poor and reducing social
disparity in health. This has included work in testing of community development programs in partnership with
indigenous village- based organizations in rural Bangladesh to study their equity impacts.
Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R.
Dr. A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury is Deputy Executive Director of BRAC. He holds a Ph.D. from the London
School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In addition to his position as Deputy Executive Director of BRAC, Dr.
Chowdhury is a Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is Co-
Coordinator of the Task Force on Child Health and Maternal Health for the United Nations Millennium Project, a
member of the Academic
Council of BRAC University, Adjunct Faculty of the School for International Training in Vermont, USA, as well as
Project Director and Coordinator for numerous international and national development projects.
del Ninno, Carlo
Dr. Carlo del Ninno is a Senior Economist in the World Bank’s Social Protection Network (HDNSP). His
research focuses on food security, public policy, and disaster management. He lived for several years in
Bangladesh, where he worked on food security issues for the International Food Policy Research Institute
(IFPRI). He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural & Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota.
Dewan, Ashraf M.
Dr. Ashraf M. Dewan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, at Nagoya
University, Nagoya, Japan and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment at the
University of Dhaka (on leave). His principal research interests relate to geo-informatics applied to hazard and
disaster management, which particularly include questions of assessment of vulnerability, risk and post-disaster
damage assessment. He is also interested more generally in remote sensing, GPS and GIS; climate change,
hydrometeorological disasters, and urban environment. Dr. Ashraf M. Dewan holds a Ph.D. from the
Department of Environmental Engineering at Okayama University, Japan.
Dorosh, Paul A.
Dr. Paul A. Dorosh is a Senior Economist in the South Asia Agricultural and Rural Development Unit of the
World Bank. Before joining the World Bank, he worked for six years as a Senior Research Fellow with the
International Food Policy Research Institute, including four years in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he was an
advisor to the Ministry of Food. From 1989 to 1997, Dr. Dorosh was a Senior Research Associate and
Associate Professor with Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Hadi, Abdullahel
Dr. Abdullahel Hadi is a Research Coordinator at the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. His major
areas of research interests include population and demography, public health and equity issues in health. Dr.
Hadi holds a Ph.D. in Public Health and Biostatistics from Columbia University in New York, United States.
Hossain, Mahabub
Dr. Mahabub Hossain is an Executive Director at BRAC since June 2007. Previously he worked for 15 years at
the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Laguna Philippines, where his last position was Head of
the Social Science Division and Leader of the Fragile Ecosystems Program.
Hossain, Naomi
Ms. Naomi Hossain is a political sociologist specializing in the politics of poverty and pro-poor public services.
Key areas of interest included work on elite perceptions of poverty and the politics of public service provision.
More recently, she conducted research on informal accountability, crime and insecurity, and the impacts of
global economic crisis. Naomi has extensive experience of successfully managing large multidisciplinary, multi-
site, comparative research projects, and her academic training includes anthropology, economics and political
science. Her professional background spans the range of development work, from operational grassroots NGO
work, to high-level policy advisory work. Before joining IDS in 2008 Naomi was at BRAC.
Hossain, Shaikh Tanveer
Dr. Tanveer Hossain is a Sustainable Agriculture Advisor of Livelihood Enhancement Program (The
Netherlands Funded) in Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) and Visiting Scientist of
Laboratory of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Japan. Earlier he was scientist of
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). His is pioneer of integrated rice-duck farming technology and
organic vegetable production in sack in Bangladesh. In September 30, 2011, Dr. Tanveer Hossain has been
awarded the grand prize of ‘Organic Farming Innovation Award (OFIA)” from International Federation of Organic
Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Rural Development Administration (RDA), South Korea. He was also
awarded “Weed Science Award” from the Weed Science Society of Bangladesh in 2011. Dr. Tanveer Hossain
holds a Ph.D. in Agriculture from United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan.
Huq, Saleemul
Dr. Huq is a Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group of the International Institute for Environment and
Development (IIED) in London, UK. His expertise is on links between climate change and sustainable
development, and particularly the perspective of developing countries.
He was a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and
Mitigation in the IPCC's fourth assessment report. Dr. Huq holds a Ph.D. in plant sciences from Imperial
College, London, United Kingdom.
Islam, Md. Rafiqul
Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam is Professor and the Ex-Chairman of the Department of Population Science and Human
Resource Development of Rajshahi University in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His main research areas concentrate
on the modeling and estimation of age specific fertility rates and various mortality rates. Dr. Islam holds a Ph.D.
from the Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development at the University of Rajshahi,
Bangladesh.
Kabeer, Naila
Dr. Naila Kabeer is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of
Sussex. She is a social economist and works primarily on poverty, gender, and social policy issues.
Khandker, Shahidur R.
Dr. Shahidur R. Khandker is a Lead Economist in the World Bank Institute's Poverty Reduction & Economic
Management Division. His research focuses on the impact of microfinance on poverty; and the impact of rural
roads on poverty reduction. Dr. Khandker holds a Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University in Canada.
Mahmud, Wahiduddin
Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud is an eminent Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka.
He also is or was President of Bangladesh Economic Association, Chairman of the PKSF (a premier institution
in Bangladesh for funding microcredit programs of the NGOs), Chairman of the Banking Reform Committee, a
Member of the Macroeconomic Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Finance, and a Board Member of the
Central Bank. He also was Minister of Finance and Planning in the 1996 National Caretaker Government in
Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and has held visiting faculty
positions at various prominent universities around the world.
Mahmud, Simeen
Ms. Simeen Mahmud is a Research Director at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in
Dhaka. She holds a M.A. in Statistics from the University of Dhaka and a M.Sc. in Medical Demography from
the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research has focused on citizenship and
participation, education and gender, and women’s work and empowerment in Bangladesh. Currently, she is
working on social policy with focus on health and education; the construction of citizen identity and practice in
difficult environments; and the effect of health and micro credit interventions on women’s well being.
Mamun, Muhammad Z. [Ziaulhaq]
Dr. Muhammad Z. Mamun is a Professor at the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Dhaka
and a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Urban Environmental Management Program at the Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand. He specializes in national and international in planning and management related
areas. Dr. Mamun holds a Ph.D. from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand with the field
of specialization in Urban Development Planning.
Matin, Imran
Dr. Imran Matin is the Director of the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. His research interest includes
livelihoods, microfinance, enterprise development, and extreme poverty. Dr. Matin holds a Ph.D. in Economics
from the University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Meisner, Craig A.
Dr. Craig Meisner is an Adjunct Associate Professor and Adjunct International Professor at Cornell University,
having made many scientific contributions to soil management and transgenic papaya programs in Bangladesh
as well as to the arsenic contamination of waters, soils and crops in Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. in
Agronomy/Crop Physiology from the University of Georgia, USA.
Miah, M. A. Monayem
Dr. M. A. Monayem Miah is a researcher in the Agricultural Economics Section of the Horticultural Research
Center at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur. He also is associated with Bangladesh’s
National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme, at the Office at the Food Planning and Monitoring
Unit (FPMU) in the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management in Dhaka Bangladesh.
Mujeri, Mustafa K.
Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri is the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in
Dhaka, which he joined on April 1, 2009. Before joining BIDS, he was the Chief Economist of the Bangladesh
Bank. Prior to that, he served as UNDP Advisor in Cambodia, and in various capacities in the Centre on
Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Bangladesh’s Planning Commission, BIDS,
and Rajshahi University. Dr. Mujeri has done extensive research in the field of poverty and macro policy
analysis, and the application of modeling and quantitative techniques in development planning.
Nath, Samir R.
Mr. Samir R. Nath is a Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Educational Research Unit in the
Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. His research interest includes primary and basic education, and
pupils' learning achievement. Mr. Nath has a Masters degree in Statistics and a Masters in Educational
Research Methodology.
Nishat, Ainun
Dr. Ainun Nishat is currently the Senior Advisor on Climate Change for the IUCN Asia. He previously was the
Country Director of the World Conservation Union (IUCN; formerly, International Union for Conservation of
Nature) in Bangladesh. Before joining IUCN, Dr. Nishat was a Professor in the Water Resources Department at
the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He has been a member of the Bangladesh
National Water Council, Indo-Bangladesh Joint River Commission, Bangladesh National Agricultural
Commission, and the National Council on Science and Technology. Dr. Nishat had played an important role in
the Ganges Water Treaty negotiations, water sector policy formulation, agriculture sector policy revision and
strategy formulation. He has been working as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator, championing the
wise use of natural resources and sustainable development in Bangladesh for decades, while his arena of work
and interests include water resource development and management, environment management, biodiversity
conservation, coastal zone and wetland conservation and management, disaster management, adaptation to
climate change and climate variability and related policy advocacy.
Rahman, A. Atiq
Dr. A. Atiq Rahman is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) in
Dhaka. He is a leading Environment and Development Specialist with wide national, international and global
experience and involvement in sustainable development, environment and resource management, poverty and
equity, disaster management, people’s participation, global governance and modeling evaluation issues. He is
also working on capacity building, optimal capacity utilization, methodological and institutional development in
developing countries and communities. Dr. Atiq Rahman holds a Ph.D. on solid state chemistry and low energy
processes from Brunel University, in London, United Kingdom.
Rahman, Atiur
Dr. Atiur Rahman is the Governor of the Bangladesh Bank (Bangladesh’s central bank); a position he took on
May 1, 2009. Prior to his assumption of the office of the Governor, he was a Professor of Economics in the
Department of Development Studies (2006-2009), University of Dhaka, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of Shamunnay, a centre for excellence in development research in Bangladesh. He also served as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unnayan Shamannay, a non-profit organization for research,
development and cultural learning. His previous roles also include Director of Sonali Bank, the largest
commercial bank in Bangladesh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank, the second largest
commercial bank in the country and a long tenure as a Senior Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of
Development Studies (BIDS). He conducted various research works on economic development and published
extensively on the micro-finance revolution in Bangladesh. For many years, Dr. Rahman also steered the Credit
Development Forum (CDF) in Bangladesh as Chairman. He has been a known public face advocating for more
humane development including pro-poor participatory budgeting. He is considered an authority on matters
related to the fiscal budget in Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS) in London, United Kingdom.
Rahman, M. Mizanur
Dr. M. Mizanur Rahman is the Director for Research and a Faculty Member at the Islami Bank Training and
Research Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His areas of research interests include Islamic economics, Islamic
banking, micro-finance, financial management, and banking efficiency. Dr. Rahman holds a Ph.D. in production
economics (with a special emphasis on econometrics) from the Department of Economics and Business
Management at Imperial College of the University of London.
Rahman, Mustafizur
Dr. Mustafizur Rahman is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and a Professor in the
Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the University of Dhaka. His areas of interest are: Trade
sector performance, backward and forward linkages, trade policy analysis, export competitiveness issues
including technology, exchange rates and incentives, regionalization and regional economic cooperation in
South Asia, foreign aid, globalization and its multidimensional implications for Bangladesh’s external sector
performance. Dr. Rahman holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Moscow State University.
Rahman, Sanzidur
Dr. Sanzidur Rahman is Senior Lecturer in Rural Development in the School of Geography at Plymouth
University in Plymouth, United Kingdom. His research interests include: efficiency and productivity
measurement in agriculture; underlying areas of technological change and its generation and diffusion; rural
livelihoods; and poverty, food and nutrition insecurity. Dr. Sanzidur Rahman holds a Ph.D. in Regional-Rural
Development Planning from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand.
Raihan, Ananya
Dr. Ananya Raihan is the Executive Director of D.Net in Dhaka. His research areas include
networking for mainstreaming ICTs in economic development and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh and
beyond; trade policy, particularly on trade in goods, trade in services and regional cooperation; corporate social
responsibility; SME development; and financial sector reform. Dr. Raihan holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the
V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Kiev Ukraine.
Raihan, Selim
Dr. Selim Raihan is an Associate Professor of the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and the
Executive Director of the Dhaka Secretariat of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). His
research works focus on issues related to international trade, macroeconomic policies, and poverty. Dr Raihan
possesses expertise in micro- and macro-econometric modelling techniques and Computable General
Equilibrium (CGE) models. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Razzaque, M. A. (Mohammad Abdur)
Dr. M. A. Razzaque is currently Economic Adviser at the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth
Secretariat in London, U.K; on leave from the University of Dhaka where he is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Economics. Whilst his primary research interests lie in the areas of international trade and trade
policy analysis, he has also undertaken empirical research on poverty and labour issues. Dr. Razzaque holds a
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Riaz, Ali
Dr. Ali Riaz is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Politics and Government at the Illinois State
University in the United States. He has previously taught at universities in England, South Carolina, and
Bangladesh. He also worked as broadcast journalist in the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World
Service in London. His research areas include governance issues, governance failures and the role of religion
in government. Dr. Riaz holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii under the East West Center fellowship.
Rob, Ubaidur
Dr. Ubaidur Rob is the Country Director of the Population Council Bangladesh Office in Dhaka. He holds a Ph.
D. in Population Planning from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His areas of expertise include project
development, implementation, and evaluation; dissemination and utilization of research findings; conducting in-
depth surveys; and consultation on program development, monitoring, and evaluation. Dr. Rob is affiliated with
the Population Council's Reproductive Health Program.
Sen, Binayak
Dr. Binayak Sen is a Senior Economist in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction and Economic Management
Unit of South Asia (SASPR). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Department of India and South Asian
Economies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He also worked for
many years at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), where he was involved in policy-
advising in a number of national committees, including the Macroeconomic Consultative Committee to the
Ministry of Finance. He was also the Member of the International Steering Committee of the South Asia
Network of Economic Institutes (SANEI). His research interests relate to the economics of poverty and income
distribution, anti-poverty policy, social development, privatization and financial sector reforms, informal trade,
ethical issues of development (with focus on “social justice” and “civic empowerment”), and colonial history (with
focus on “history’s lessons for development”).
Shamsuddoha, Mohammad
Mr. Mohammad Shamsuddoha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing Studies and
International Marketing at the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. His research topics are in the area of
Commodity Marketing, Banking, Governance, Poultry, Human Resources, Fishing Communities, Environmental
Marketing, Waste Management, and Business Sustainability. Mr. Shamsuddoha is currently also completing his
Ph.D. on Sustainable Environment Friendly Poultry Commercial Farming at the University of Chittagong.
Sobhan, Rehman
Dr. Rehman Sobhan is the Founder and Chairman of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in Dhaka. He began
his working career at the Faculty of Economics, Dhaka University. He served as a Member of the Bangladesh
Planning Commission, where he was in charge of the Divisions of Industry, Power and Natural Resources, and
of Physical Infrastructure. He also served as Chairman, Research Director and Director General of the
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). He was a Member of the Advisory Council of the
President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division.
van Geen, Alexander
Dr. Alexander van Geen is a Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) in
Palisades, NY, an affiliate to the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography from
the MIT/WHOI Joint Program. His research areas are geochemical cycling of trace elements in natural and
perturbed environments, particularly redox-sensitive processes affecting metals and metalloids; applications to
mine tailings, coastal sediment, estuaries, and groundwater, as well reconstructions of past climate change in
nearshore environments; and more recently, in the bridging of disciplines, including the health and social
sciences, to address multi-faceted environmental problems. Dr. van Geen has worked extensively on the
mitigation of Bangladesh's groundwater arsenic problem.
Zafarullah, Habib
Dr. Habib Zafarullah is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Science at the University of New
England, Armidale, Australia. He specializes in the areas of democratic governance, comparative bureaucracy,
public policy and development management. Dr. Zafarullah holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the
University of Sydney, Australia.
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