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Quazi Shahabuddin
Director General
2000-2002
1. Medium-Term Outlook for Rice Production and Demand: Projections to 2020 (jointly with Paul Dorosh and Saifur Rahman), FMRSP Working Paper No. 36, June 2001.
2. Food Aid and Producer Price Incentives (jointly with Paul Dorosh, Abdul Aziz and Naser Farid), FMRSP Working Paper No. 32, May 2001.
1998-2000
1. “Comparative Advantage in Bangladesh Agriculture”. Report prepared as part of a comprehensive study on the Consequences of the Uruguay Round Agreements for Bangladesh Agriculture, sponsored by FAO, August 1999.
Agriculture and Rural Development Division
Md. Asaduzzaman
Research Director
2004-2006
1. National Adaptation Program of Action (NAPA): Preparing for Future. Report prepared for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, August 2005. 2002-2004
1. Micro-credit and Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh. Report prepared for the GDN conference on Scaling up Poverty Reduction, Shanghai, May 2004.
2000-2002
1. Rural Non-farm Economy of Bangladesh: Characteristics and Issues for Development. Report prepared for DFID, January 2002. (Co-author)
2. Globalisation and Its Impact on Bangladesh Agriculture. Report prepared for FAO, February, 2002. (Co-author)
3. Physical Infrastructure Development and Poverty: Road and Other Related Infrastructure. Report prepared for the ERD/I-PRSP, February 2002.
4. A Quarter Century of Bangladesh Agriculture: Stagnation, Growth and Challenges. Report prepared for the Human Development Report South Asia, June 2002.
5. Integrating Environment into PRSP Process. Report prepared for the DFID, December 2002.
1998-2000
1. “An Employment Strategy During the Sixth Five Year Plan of Bangladesh”. Report prepared for the Planning Commission, 2000.
Rushidan Islam Rahman
Research Director
2004-2006
1. Poverty Monitoring in Bangladesh: Methodological Problems and Search for New Direction. Working Paper 1, ADB TA: BAN 4303, July 2005 (co-author).
2. Data for Monitoring and Evaluation of PRSP of Bangladesh: A Review of National Data Sources, Problems and Suggestions. Working Paper 4, ADB TA: BAN 4303, September 2005.
2002-2004
1. Mechanism for Pro-Poor Growth: Employment with Higher Productivity. Background paper for PRSP Bangladesh, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2004.
2000-2002
1. Risks, Vulnerability and Poverty, prepared for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Paper prepared for the External Resources Division, Government of Bangladesh, 2002.
2. Development of Rural Non-farm Activities: Experience of MFIs and SEDP project. Background paper for IFPRI, Washington, DC, 2001.
Wajid Hasan Shah
Research Associate
2002-2004
1. EU Bangladesh Country Strategy Evaluation. Report prepared for the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, February 2003.
2. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the World Bank’s Small Grants Program on Recipient NGOs in Bangladesh. Report prepared for and funded by the World Bank Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2004.
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General Economics Division
K.A.S. Murshid
Research Director
1998-2000
1.“Implications of Agricultural Policy Reforms on Labour Market, Wages and Food Security”. Report prepared for Centre for Policy Dialogue/World Bank, 2000.
2.“Co-ordination and Co-operation, 1999 – Development of the UN Development Assistance Framework”. Report prepared for UNDP.
3.“Poverty Assessment Study for the Proposed ADB Gas Sector Development Project, Bangladesh”. Report prepared for ADB-BETS, 2000.
Kazi Ali Toufique
Research Fellow
1998-2000
1.“Role of NGOs and Civil Society in the Development of Bangladesh”, June 2000. Report prepared for the Planning Commission, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (co-author).
Dilip Kumar Roy
Senior Research Fellow 2004-2006
1. Governance, Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Challenges for Bangladesh. Report prepared for the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 2006.
2. Public Works in Bangladesh: Current Status and its Role as Unemployment Insurance. Report prepared for World Bank, June 2006.
Mohammad Yunus
Research Fellow
1998-2000
1. “Role of NGOs and Civil Society in the Development of Bangladesh”, June 2000. Report prepared for the Planning Commission, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (co-author).
Md. Abul Basher
Research Fellow
1998-2000
1.Worked as Credit Specialist with World Bank Study Team to Evaluate the Community Based Development Project, namely "Kishoregonj Sadar Thana Project," implemented by UNDP in Kishoregonj Sadar Thana.
Human Resources Development Division
Mahmudul Alam
Senior Research Fellow
1998-2000
1.An Evaluation of Non-formal Education Programs under Directorate of Non-formal Education (DNFE) in Bangladesh. Report prepared for UNICONSULT, Dhaka, 1998 (co-author).
Rita Afsar
Senior Research Fellow 2004-2006
1. Arsenicosis in Bangladesh: An Inquiry into Health Needs of the Rural Poor and Women. Report prepared for the study on Social Aspects of Access to Healthcare for Arsenicosis Patient, Arsenic Policy Support Unit (APSU), Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2006. 2002-2004
1. Rapid Social Investigation on Policies, Mechanism, Services and Issues of Migrant Women Workers of Bangladesh. Report prepared for Asia-Pacific Regional Program for Empowerment of Migrant Women Workers, sponsored and funded by UNIFEM Dhaka, 2003.
2. Technical Assistance for Social Development Program of the Project: Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR). Report prepared for Social Development Component of CFPR, BRAC, Mimeo, Dhaka, 2004.
2000-2002
1. State of Urban Governance and People’s Participation in Bangladesh. Report prepared for Uncovering Urban Management in the Context of Rio Earth Summit, Sponsored by CARE, Dhaka, 2001.
Pratima Paul-Majumder
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Social Standards in the Readymade Garment Industry: Case of Bangladesh-Fiction or Reality. Report prepared for GTZ, Germany, 2004.
2. National Education Budget of Bangladesh and Empowerment of Women. Report prepared for Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha and Institute for Environment & Development, Bangladesh, 2005.
3. A Study on Reintegration of Child Survivors of Different forms of Violence and Abuse. Report prepared for Save the Children and Bangladesh National Women Lawyers’ Association (BNWLA), 2005.
4. Role of National Budget in Development Entrepreneurship among Women of Bangladesh. Report prepared for Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha and Institute for Environment & Development, 2006.
5. Review of Current Resource Allocation to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. Report prepared for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, GOB, 2006.
2002-2004
1. Women’s Empowerment through Decent Employment (WEDE) in the Tea Plantation Sector. Report prepared for ILO, 2003.
2. Subcontracting Chain in the Garment Sector of Bangladesh and State of Labour Standards. Report prepared for Karmajibi Nari (An initiative for Working Women) and funded by Women Working Worldwide (WWW), 2002.
3. Impact of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Children Retrenched from the Garment Industry of Bangladesh: Findings from a Tracer Survey on Ex-garment Working Children. Report prepared for MRC-MODE, Dhaka, and funded by UNICEF, 2003.
2000-2002
1. Women’s Share in the National Budget of Bangladesh. Report prepared for the Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) and funded by the Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, January 2001.
2. Working Conditions in the Bangladesh Tea Plantation Industry and Socio Economic Status of Workers: Role of Social Dialogue. Report prepared for ILO and SAAT, Delhi, 2001.
3. Mainstreaming Gender Perspective in the Planning and Development Processes of the Economy with Special Emphasis on the “6th Five Year Plan: Transport and Communication Sectors. Report prepared for the Policy Leadership and Advocacy for Gender Equality (PLAGE) Project of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and the General Economics Division (GED) of Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh, 2002.
4. Review of Women’s Development Components of Past Five Year Plans to Derive Lessons for Future Planning. Report prepared for IDPI, Dhaka, funded by the Policy Leadership and Advocacy for Gender Equality (PLAGE) Project of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Government of Bangladesh, 2002.
Anwara Begum
Research Fellow
2000-2002
1. UNDP Follow-up for 1997-1999. Report prepared for the Resident Coordinator’s office, UNDP, Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 2000.
1998-2000
1. “Pilot Survey on Poverty Ranking of Villages in Greater Dinajpur and Rangpur Districts”. A Report prepared for NFEP-2 under FMS-DFID, March, 2000 (co-author).
S.M. Zulfiqar Ali
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. A Tale of Two Upazilas: Exploring Spatial Differences in MDG Outcomes. A paper prepared for the World Bank, Dhaka, May 2006 (co-author).
2. Environmental Consequences of Shrimp Culture in Coastal Bangladesh: An Estimation of Losses to the Paddy Farms. Report prepared for the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), May 2006.
3. Spatial Inequality in Social MDGs: Trends, Profiles and Determinants. Paper presented at a seminar on National Budget 2005-06 and PRSP organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies held on 29 May 2005.
4. Health Professionals in Tobacco Control: Evidence from Global Health Professionals Survey (GHPS) of Dental Students in Bangladesh 2005. Report prepared for the South-East Asia Region Office of the World Health Organization (WHO-SEARO), April 2005.
5. Getting Chronic Poverty onto Policy Agendas: Case Study on the Program for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB). Paper prepared for Overseas Development Institute, UK, January 2005.
6. Pro-Poor Governance and PRSP: A Strategic Review of Key Concerns and Suggested Reforms. Report prepared for the Thematic Group on Reforms in Governance, Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), Planning Commission, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, July 2004 (co-author).
2002-2004
1. Distribution Dynamics Matter: Can Bangladesh Attain the Millennium Development Goals? Report prepared for the World Bank, April 2004. (Co-author)
2. Monitoring Quality, Effectiveness and Allocational Patterns in the Poverty Alleviation Projects in Bangladesh: Three Case Studies. Report prepared for the Institute for Development Policy Analysis and Advocacy (IDPAA) at Proshika, May 2003. (Co-author)
3. Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Bangladesh. Report prepared for National Centre for Hearing and Speech for Children (NCHSC) with financial assistance from WHO, December 2002. (Consultant)
4. Impact Assessment Study 2002 of Proshika. Report prepared for Impact Evaluation and Monitoring Cell of Proshika, December 2002 .(Consultant)
5. Life, Livelihoods and Poverty: Understanding Poverty from People's Perspective. Report prepared for the Institute for Development Policy Analysis and Advocacy at Proshika, December 2002. (Consultant)
6. Contribution of Self-employment Project of the Department of Youth Development to National Income: An Analysis. Report prepared for the National Youth Centre, October 2002.
7. The Budget We Really Want: Opinion of the People of Grassroots Level, Report prepared for Unnayan Shamunnay, September 2002. (Co-author)
2000-2002
1. Employment Opportunities in the Enterprises of Different Scales: The Role and Relevance of a New Generation Skill Development Training. Report prepared for Impact Monitoring and Evaluation Cell (IMEC), PROSHIKA, Dhaka, June 2002. (Consultant)
2. An Economic Analysis of Tobacco Control in Bangladesh. Report prepared for South-East Asia Region Office of World Health Organization, New Delhi, India, April 2002. (Co-author)
3. Changes in Producers’ Livelihood and Their Impact on Family and Social Violence. Report prepared for ECOTA Fair Trade Forum, Dhaka, December 2001.(Co-author)
4. Evaluation of Development Co-operation between Bangladesh and Norway, 1995-2000. Report prepared for Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, November 2001. (Co-author)
5. Primary Education Sub-Sector Study in Bangladesh. Report prepared for Asian Development Bank, Dhaka, June 2001. (Co-author)
6. An Evaluation of National Centre for Hearing and Speech for Children in Bangladesh 1995-2001, Report prepared for Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children in Bangladesh, Dhaka, May 2001. (Co-author)
7. Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies in Bangladesh: An Assessment Using Participatory Techniques, Report prepared for Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiatives (SAPRI) Bangladesh, Dhaka, September 2000. (Co-author)
1998-2000
1.Resource Allocation to Basic Social Services at Local Level: A Case Study of Cotiadi Thana of Kishoregang District. A report prepared for UNICEF, Dhaka, 1999 (co-author).
2.Local Level Participation in the Management of Primary Schools in Bangladesh: Findings from a Study on School Catchment Area Mapping and School Planning of the IDEAL Project. Report prepared for UNICEF, Dhaka, 1999 (co-author).
3.Competition and Overlapping: The Emerging Problems of Micro Finance Institutions. Report prepared for CDF, Dhaka, 1999 (co-author).
4.People’s Budget: An Illustrative Exercise Using Participatory Tools. Report prepared for Unnayan Shamannay, Dhaka, 1999 (co-author).
Md. Harunur Rashid Bhuyan
Research Associate 2004-2006
1. Children’s Initiative for Raising Awareness on Child Right. Report prepared for WACH-MJ, Dhaka, June 2005 (co-author).
2. Living on the Fringe: Promoting People-Centered Sustainable Development in Chars of Dimla through Capacity Building of Local Community and Local Government. Report Prepared for CONCERN Bangladesh, June 2005 (co-author).
Nehraz Mahmud
Research Associate
2004-2006
1. Participation in Invited Spaces: The Scope for Establishing Accountability in the Health Sector. Report prepared for Development Research Centre, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, March 2006 (co-author). "Top"
Population Studies Division Simeen Mahmud
Research Director
2002-2004
1. Female Secondary School Stipend Program in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment. Report prepared for UNESCO EFA Global Monitoring Report 2003/4, June 2003.
2. Health, Population and Development under Poverty, Economic and Political Weekly, October 2003. (forthcoming)
3. Rags, riches and women workers: export-oriented garment manufacturing in Bangladesh. Report prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, March 2004.
4. Report on the evaluation of the Pilot Project on GQAL Programme with BRAC VO. Report prepared for the Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC, Dhaka, June 2004.
1998-2000
1.“Informal Women’s Groups in Rural Bangladesh: Group Operation and Outcomes”, in Frances Stewart, Judith Heyer and Rosemary Thorpe (ed.), Group Behaviour and Development. Report sponsored by WIDER, Helsinki, December 1999.
2.Women in the Bangladesh Economy. Report prepared for the South Asia Human Development Report 2000. Report sponsored by the Mahbubul Haq Human Development Centre, Karachi, Pakistan, March 2000. M.A. Mannan
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Impact Assessment of selected JMS Projects in Reducing Poverty among Project Beneficiaries. Report prepared for Capacity Building for Gender Mainstreaming Project, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, June 2006.
1998-2000
1.Pilot Survey on Poverty Ranking of Villages in Greater Dinajpur and Rangpur Districts. Report prepared for the NFEP-2 under FMS-DFID, March, 2000 (co-author).
2.Female-headed Households in Rural Bangladesh: Strategies for Well-being and Survival. Report prepared for CPD, under CPD-UNFPA Programme on Population and Sustainable Development.
Sharifa Begum
Senior Research Fellow
1998-2000
1.State of Health, Population, and Family Planning. A position paper prepared for Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh.
2.Organised an international workshop on Meeting the Health Needs of the Poorest and Most Vulnerable, jointly sponsored by BIDS and WHO, Geneva, in 1999.
Kazi Jahid Hossain
Research Fellow
2000-2002
1. Male Involvement in Family Planning in Bangladesh: Factors Constraining Low Use and the Potential for Augmenting the CPR. Report prepared for the CPD- UNFPA Program on Population and Sustainable Development, February 2002.
M. Sohail
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Participatory Poverty Assessment. Report prepared for JICA, Dhaka, June 2005 (co-author).
A.B.M. Shamsul Islam
Research Fellow
1998-2000
1.Manpower Deficiency in Bangladesh and Highly Qualified Nationals Abroad: An Attempt Towards Possible Harmonization”. Report prepared for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, August 1999 (co-author).
Industry and Physical Infrastructure Division
Zaid Bakht
Research Director
2004-2006
1. Policy Reforms for SME Development in SAARC Countries: Bangladesh Country Paper. Report prepared for the Regional Convention on SME Development, Colombo, December 2005. 2002-2004
1. Report of the Public Expenditure Review Commission. Report prepared for the Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh, December 2003.
2000-2002
1. Position Paper on the Industrial Sector for the Sixth Five Year Plan, 2000. Report prepared for General Economics Division, Planning Commission, December 2001.
2. Border Trade in the South Asian Growth Triangle. Report prepared for the Asian Development Bank, January 2002.
3. The Impact of Enhancing Environmental Standards on International Trade of South Asian Countries: Bangladesh Country Paper. Report prepared in collaboration with The Research and Information System for The Non-aligned and other Developing Countries, New Delhi, India, January 2002.
4. Background Paper on the Industrial Sector of Bangladesh for the Preparation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Report prepared for External Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, February 2002.
5. Study on Promising Export Oriented Industries of Bangladesh. Report prepared for Japan Bank for International Cooperation, February 2002.
1998-2000
1.“Trade Liberalization, Exports and Growth of Manufacturing Industries in Bangladesh”. Report prepared for the American Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh, 1998.
2.“Policy Induced Constraints to Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Bangladesh”. A Report prepared for the US-AID JOBS Project, 1998.
3.“Growth Potentials of SMEs and Micro Enterprises: A Review of Eight Sub-sectors in Bangladesh”. A Report Prepared for the US-AID JOBS Project, 1998.
4.“Impact of SAPTA on the Official and Unofficial Trade of Bangladesh”. Paper prepared on behalf of the International Development Center of Japan, 1999.
Abdul Hye Mondal
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. An Assessment of the Employment and Income Impacts of Flood 2004 on the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Bangladesh and Their Rehabilitation Needs. Report prepared for the ILO, Geneva, November 2004.
2. An Evaluation of the Program for Performance Improvement of Revenue Zones 3, 4 and 5 of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. Report prepared for Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, Dhaka, March 2005 (co-author).
2000-2002
1. Baseline Study of Indebted Families for the Prevention of Family Indebtedness through Micro-Finance and Related Services in Bangladesh. Report prepared for the Social Finance Unit, International Labour Organization, South Asian Project on Debt Bondage, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, September 2001. (Co-author)
1998-2000
1. Strategy and Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Transfer of Employees from the Transmission Network of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB)”. Report prepared for the World Bank, September 1998 (co-author).
2. A Report on the Productivity-Linked Wages: Experiences in South Asia. Report prepared for the ILO, October 1998.
3. A Report on Labour-Management Cooperation: Theoretical Issues and Bangladesh Experience. Report prepared for the ILO, November 1998.
4.Resource Allocation to Basic Social Services at Local Level, A Case Study of Kotiadi
Thana of Kishoreganj District. Report prepared for the UNICEF, October 1999 (Co-author).
5.Technological Competitiveness of Leather and Leather Goods Manufacturing Enterprises in Bangladesh. Report prepared for the Government of the Netherlands, May 1999.
Narayan Chandra Nath
Research Fellow
2002-2004
1. Evaluation of Rural Infrastructure Development Project (RIDP)-II. Report prepared for the Evaluation Wing, Implementation and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh, 25 January 2004.
2. Evaluation of Second Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Project (RRMP)-II. Report prepared for the Evaluation Wing, Implementation and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh, 29 March 2004.
3. Evaluation of Area Coverage Rural Electrification Phase IV-A, B, C & D. Report prepared for the Evaluation Wing, Implementation and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh, 17 May 2004.
4. Evaluation of Agricultural Technology Based Development Project (ATDB). Report prepared for the Evalution Wing, Implementation and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh, 27 June 2004.
Salma Chaudhuri Zohir
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Towards Achieving Gender Sensitive Public Expenditure in Agriculture Sector. Report prepared for the Gender Budget Secretariat, IDESS North South University, June 2005.
2. Worked as a consultant for South Asia Enterprise Development Facilities (SEDF) of World Bank Group, for developing methodology for poverty and social impact monitoring for SEDF, from September to October, 2004.
3. Delivered lectures on Sectoral Issues: Power, Education, Health and Safety net for a course on Fiscal Economics and Economic Management (FEEM) under the Financial Management Reform Program from July to August, 2004.
2002-2004
1. Integrating Gender into World Bank Financed Transport Programs: Case Study of Dhaka Urban Transport Project. Report prepared for the IC NET, Japan, June 2003.
2. Evaluation of WINNER II: Bangladesh. Report prepared as an external evaluator for a Joint UNIFEM–DEVNET Evaluation, April 2003.
3. Developed course materials on Sectoral Issues: Power, Education, Health and Safety Net, for a course on Fiscal Economics and Economic Management (FEEM) under the Financial Management Reform Program, March 2004.
Nazneen Ahmed
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. The Mid Term Review of the UNCTAD Program of Action for LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010. Report prepared for the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD) 2006.
2. Market Imperfection. Report prepared for the RESPONSE project of the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands, (co-author).
3. Value Chain Analysis of Shrimp and Home Textile Sectors of Bangladesh. Report prepared for the World Bank, Dhaka office, 2004 (co-author).
2002-2004
1. WTO and the LDCs. A background paper prepared for the WTO cell, Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh, to be used during the LDC ministerial meeting during May 30 – June 1, 2003.
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