Quazi Shahabuddin
Director General
2004-2006
1. “Agricultural Development Strategy in Bangladesh: New Perspectives.” Keynote paper presented at the international seminar on Food Policy in Bangladesh: Issues and Perspectives, jointly organized by IFPRI, BIDS and BRF, Dhaka, March 2005.
1998-2000
1. “Management of Water Resources in Bangladesh – Review of Selected Issues”. Paper presented at the International Conference on Bangladesh Environment, held on January 14-15, 2000, organised by POROSH, BEN, BUET and CEN.
Agriculture and Rural Development Division
Md. Asaduzzaman
Research Director
2004-2006
1. “Regional Integration.” Paper presented at Pakistan Society for Development Economics conference in Islamabad, January 2005.
2. Attended workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts of the UNFCCC in Shanghai, January 2005.
3. Attended workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts of the UNFCCC in Maputo, April 2005.
4. Attended meeting of the CGE in Montreal, November 2005.
5. Chaired meeting and workshop of the Consultative Group of Experts of the UNFCCC in Jakarta, March 2006.
6. Attended LDC-GEF International Meeting as part of Government delegation in Dhaka, 4-6 April, 2006.
2002-2004
1. “Food Safety, Standards and Implications for Bangladesh Trade”. Paper presented at the Agri-Invest Seminar, Dhaka, December 2003.
Rushidan Islam Rahman
Research Director
2004-2006
1. “Improving Statistics on Informal Sector Workers: Role of Bangladesh’s Labor Force Survey.” Paper presented at the workshop on Improving Statistics on Informal Employment, organized by UNIFEM and HOMENET South Asia, New Delhi, 11-12 July 2006.
2. “Unemployment, Industrialization and Labor Market in a Surplus Labor Economy: The Case of Bangladesh.” Paper presented at a seminar at the National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 30 March 2005.
2002-2004
1. “Challenges Facing the MFIs of Bangladesh: Choice of Target Groups, Loan Sizes and Rate of Interest.” Paper presented at the International Seminar on Attacking Poverty with Microcredit, Organized by Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation, January 8–9, 2003, Dhaka.
2. “Role of Labour Market in Poverty Alleviation.” Paper presented at a workshop on Policies for Poverty Reduction, October 2-4, 2002, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2000-2002
1. “Role of Labor market in Poverty Alleviation”. Paper presented at a workshop on Policies for Poverty Reduction, organized by UNDP, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 2-4, 2002.
2. “The Dilemma of the Working Poor”. Paper presented at a seminar held at the ILO, Geneva, August 2001.
3. “Poverty Alleviation through Microfinance in Bangladesh, Success Stories and Emerging Concerns.” Paper presented at an Invited Panel Session of XXIV International Conference of Agricultural Economists, organized by IAAE, Berlin, August 2000.
4. “District Level Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh and Policies for Sustainable Development.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Bangladesh Environment, Organized by Poribesh Rokkha Sopoth, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and others, Dhaka, January 2000.
1998-2000
1.“Poverty Alleviation through Microfinance in Bangladesh: Success Stories and Emerging Concerns”. Paper presented at an Invited Panel Session of XXIV International Conference of Agricultural Economists, organised by IAAE, held on August, 2000 at Berlin.
2 “District Level Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh and Policies for Sustainable Development”. Paper presented at the International Conference on Bangladesh Environment, Organised by Poribesh Rokkha Sopoth, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, held on January 14-15, 2000, Dhaka.
3. “Impact of Microfinance on Economic and Social Empowerment of the Poor”. Paper presented at the seminar on The Role of NGO and Microcredit in Bangladesh organised by the Institute of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada, August, 1999.
4. “HYV Rice Technology and the Interrelationship between Male and Female Labour Market in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at an International Workshop at IRRI, held on August 1998, Las Banos.
Bimal Kumar Saha
Senior Research Fellow
1998-2000
1. “Land Reform and Agrarian Question in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a Workshop on Land Reforms in South Asia, held at Visva Bharati, Santiniketan during October 8-9, 1999.
2. "Study and Networking on Land Reforms in South Asia". Paper presented at a workshop on Grassroots Initiatives and Knowledge Network for Land Reforms and Tenurial Securities in Developing Countries, held at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, September 2-3, 1997.
General Economics Division
K.A.S. Murshid
Research Director
1998-2000
1. “Transshipment, Transit and Trade – A Bangladesh View”. Paper presented at the conference of the Joint Indo-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Calcutta, December 1999.
2. “The State and Ethnic Minorities”. Paper presented at the Conference of the European Network of Bangladesh Studies, Oslo, 2000.
Dilip Kumar Roy
Senior Research Fellow 2004-2006
1. “Governance, Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Challenges for Bangladesh.” Paper presented in the seminar held at Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 15 June 2006.
2. “Trade Liberalization and Intra-Industry Trade Specialization: Looking at the Bangladesh Experience.” Paper presented at the seminar held at Institute of Developing Economies, Chiba-shi, Tokyo, 6 April 2006.
3. Discussant at a Roundtable on “The Politics of Policies: Economic and Social Progress in Latin America,’’ organized by Inter-American Development Bank and Kobe University held at Kobe University, Japan, 26 June 2006.
Binayak Sen
Senior Research Fellow
1998-2000
1. Attended several workshops/ meetings in connection with the preparation of the South Asia Poverty Monitor of BIDS supported by the UNDP as the Lead Coordinator for the Regional Report during 1998-2000 (New York, Hyderabad, and Kandy).
2. Attended several workshops/ meetings in connection with the Health-Poverty Interface Study of BIDS supported by the WHO during 1998/99 (Geneva, Kisimu, Dhaka).
3. Attended several conferences/ meetings of the Global Development Network during 1998-2000 as recipient of GDN research grant under the Global Growth Project (Colombo, Bonn, and Prague).
4. Attended several conferences/ meetings of the South Asia Network of Economic Institutes during 1998-2000 as Member of the International Steering Committee (Delhi, Kathmandu).
5. Participated as Resource Person for the Course on "Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction" organised by the World Bank Institute (WBI), Kathmandu, 23-30 September 1999 (Gave a talk on “links between growth, income-poverty and human poverty”).
6. Participated as Resource Person for the conference on "Partnership in Health and Poverty: Towards a Common Agenda" organised by World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva, 12-14 June 2000 (Gave a talk on “links between health, income poverty reduction and economic development”)
Kazi Ali Toufique
Senior Research Fellow 2000-2002
1. “Profit Environment and Voice: Shrimp Culture in Bangladesh”. Paper presented in the XIIIth International Congress on Folk Law and Legal Pluralism held in Chiang Mai, Thailand during 7-10 April, 2002.
2. “Community Responses to Environmental Degradation due to Shrimp Culture in the Coastal Region in Bangladesh”. Paper presented in the inaugural conference on People and the Sea organized by MARE (Maritime Research in the Social Sciences) held in Amsterdam during 30 August–1 September, 2001.
3. “Low Costs Source of Statistics in Poor Countries: Generating and Disseminating Useful Data from Medico-Legal Autopsy Findings”. Paper presented in the international conference on Statistics, Development and Human Rights, organized by the IAOS (International Association of Official Statistics) and held in Montreux, Switzerland from 4 to 8 September 2000. (Co-author)
4. Poster presentation of a paper titled “Property Rights, Livelihoods, and Poverty around some Fishing Grounds in Rural Bangladesh” in the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, May 31 – June 4. 2000, held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
5. “Structural Constraint to Agricultural Growth: An Explanation of the Farm Size and Productivity Relationship in Bangladesh”. Paper presented in the Fifth Annual Conference of ISNIE (International Society for New Institutional Economics) held at the University of California at Berkeley, 13-15 September, 2001.
1998-2000
1. “Property Rights, Livelihoods, and Poverty around some Fishing Grounds in Rural Bangladesh”. Poster presentation of a paper the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, May 31 – June 4, 2000, held at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
2. “Structural Constraint to Agricultural Growth: An Explanation of the Farm Size and Productivity Relationship in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the ENBS (European Network for Bangladesh Studies), held at the University of Oslo, Norway on 14-16 May, 2000.
3. “Migration and Social Capital” Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the European Network for Bangladesh Studies, held at the University of Oslo, Norway on 14-16 May, 2000.
4. “Property Rights, Livelihoods, and Poverty around some Fishing Grounds in Rural Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the Conference on the Indian Ocean Fisheries: Past, Present and Future held at Fremantle (Perth), Australia, 8-10 November 1999.
5. “Bangladesh: The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Applied”. Paper presented at the workshop on Sustainable Livelihoods held at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Brighton, on 28 June, 1999 (Co-author).
6. “A Tale of Some Fishing Grounds: Property Rights, Livelihoods, and Poverty in Rural Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the 5th Conference of the European Network for Bangladesh Studies, held at the University of Bath, Bath, UK, on 16-18 April, 1998.
Mohammad Yunus
Research Fellow
1998-2000
1. "Household Response: A Survey on Households of Female EPZ Workers in Bangladesh". Paper presented at the Second Annual Meeting of the Gender Planning Network, held on 22-24 November 2000, Kathmandu, Nepal (co-author). Asadul Islam
Research Fellow
2002-2004
1. “Labour Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Canada”. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Economic Association (CEA) Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, May 30-June1, 2003. (Co-author)
2. “Job Displacement Effects of Immigrants on Canadian-born”. Paper presented at the conference on Changing the Climate, Information, Knowledge, Change Research in the Era of Globalization, Diefenbaker Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, May 1-3, 2003.
3. “Labour Market Assimilation by Ethnicity and Source Country”. Paper presented on 6th National Metropolis Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada, March 21-24, 2003.
4. “Multivariate ARIMA Specification of the Flexible Accelerator Model”. Paper Presented at the Annual Economics Department Symposium, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, September 28, 2002.
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Mahmudul Alam
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Keynote presentation at the seminar on Bangladesh Case: Performance of Universal Primary Education (UPE) and the Poor, IDPM, University of Manchester,UK, March 15, 2006.
1998-2000
1. “Poverty and Human Resources Development: The Case of Primary Education in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the European Network of Bangladesh Studies (ENBS) Workshop, April 16-18, 1998, Bath University, U.K.
2. “Educational and Social Roles of Primary School Teachers in Bangladeshi Society”. Paper presented at the ENBS Workshop, May 14-16, 2000, Oslo, Norway (co-author).
3. “Basic Educational Development in Bangladesh”. A paper presented at the South Asian Educational Conference, jointly organised by Japanese ODA and Sri Lanka Institute of Development Studies, Colombo, February 1-2, 1999.
4. Chaired the Session “Innovations, Non-formal Primary Education and Peoples Participants”, in 2nd South Asian Educational Conference (SAEC), held in New Delhi, during November 15-19, 1999.
5. “Socio-economic Impact of Food for Education Program (FFEP) in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a seminar jointly organised by SAARC Secretariat and the World Bank Institute (WBI), at Kathmundu, November 30, 1999. Rita Afsar
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Poverty, Inequality and the Challenges of Pro-Poor Governance in Bangladesh.” Paper presented at the 19th European Conference on Modern Asian Studies, organized by International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands, 27 June-01 July 2006.
2. “Bangladesh: Migration and Pro-Poor Policies.” Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Migration and Development in Asia, organized by International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC and Department for International Development (DFID), UK, Sponsored by DFID, Lanzhou, 14-16 March 2005.
3. “Mapping and Measuring Social Capital Across and Spaces and Among Socio-Economic Groups in Rural Bangladesh.” Paper presented in Panel 20 of the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 6-9 July 2004.
1998-2000
1. “Comparative Study of Donor Initiated Research Capacity in the South: The Bangladesh Case”. Paper presented at the Coordinator's Workshop, Cape Town: South Africa, May 12-15, 2000.
2. “Gender, Labour Market and Demographic Change: A Case Study of Women's Entry into Formal Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh”. Paper presented for the IUSSP organised Rome Conference, 22-24 September, 1999.
3. “Review of the Social Policy Workshop With Special Emphasis on the Informal Livelihood Strategies of the Poor and the Vulnerable Groups”. Paper presented in the workshop on Social Policy: Combining Competitiveness with Caring at the Asian Development Forum, Philippines, March 9-12, 1998.
2002-2004
1. “Issues Related to Transitional Migration of Female Domestics Workers from Bangladesh”. Paper presented at National University of Singapore organized workshop on Contemporary Perspectives on Asian Trans-migrant Domestic Workers, Singapore, 23-25 February 2004.
2. “Mapping Social Capital across Space and among Socio-economic Groups in Rural Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the Panel 20 of the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, 6-9 July, 2004.
3. “Dynamics of Poverty, Development and Population Mobility: The Bangladesh Case”. Paper presented at the expert group meeting held in ESCAP Bangkok, August 22-25, 2003.
4. “Unfolding Women’s Agency: A Study of Migrant Women Labour of Dhaka City”. Paper presented at an International Conference in New Delhi on Women and Migration in Asia, December 10-13, 2003.
5. “Globalization, International Labour Migration, Women’s Empowerment and Well Being”. Paper presented at Australian Geographer’s Association organized Conference on Shaping Grounds, Canberra, July 7-12, 2002.
6. “Interface Between Social Capital and Livelihoods: The Role of NGOs”. Paper presented at the workshop on Common-Pool Resources and Institutions in Bangalore, organized by Lund University and Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, August 27-29, 2002.
2000-2002
1. “Comparative Study of Donor Initiated Research Capacity in the South: The Bangladesh Case”. Paper presented at the Coordinator's Workshop, Cape Town; South Africa, July12-15, 2000.
2. “Migration, Rural Livelihoods and Gender Roles: Some Selected Issues”. Revised Version of the paper presented at the Workshop on the Incidence and Determinants of Male Out-Migration in Major Rice Production Environments, organized under Gender in Rice Research and Technology Development Program of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collaboration with National Research Center for Women in Agriculture and Indian Council of Agricultural Research, held in New Delhi, 12-13 March, 2001. Pratima Paul-Majumder
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. “Condition of Social Security in the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges from Gender Perspective.” Paper presented in the 5th World Women Conference held in Seoul, Korea, 20-22 June, 2005.
2. “Impact of Globalization on Women’s Employment.” Paper presented in a seminar held in the World Bank, Washington D.C, April 2005.
2002-2004
1. “Core Labour Standards – Laws and Practices in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the symposium on “'Social Standards in the RMG industry. Case of Bangladesh - Fiction or Reality” organized by LIFT Standards Ltd., Germany, held on 25 September in Berlin, Germany 2003.
2. “Socio-Economic Consequence of Implementing Core Labour Standards in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the workshop on “Economic and Trade Related Consequences of Implementing Core Labour Standards” organized jointly by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Capacity Building International, Germany, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka during 19-21 November 2003.
2000-2002
1. “Research on Child Labour in South Asia”. Paper presented at a Planning Meeting on ‘Child Labour in South Asia’ organized by the Centre for International Trade, Economics and Environment (CITEE) and Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), held at Jaipur, India, June 18, 2000.
2. “Child Labour in the Manufacturing Industry of Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a Planning Meeting on ‘Child Labour in South Asia’ held in Jaipur, India, June 18, 2000.
3. “Women’s Poverty in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the Sixth Women in Asia Conference 2001 on Women’s Poverty in Bangladesh, held in the Australian National University, Canberra, on 21-24 September 2001.
4. “Working Condition in the Bangladesh Tea Plantation Industry and Socio-economic Status of Workers: Role of Social Dialogue”. Paper presented in a sub-regional workshop on Working Condition in the Bangladesh Tea Plantation Industry and Socio-economic Status of Workers: Role of Social Dialogue, organized by ILO in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 15-17 May, 2002.
5. “Occupational Hazards: Mental Health Conditions of the Women Garment Workers”. Paper presented in a seminar on Women in Asia: Issues and Concerns held in Chennai, India, 2002. Anwara Begum
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Resource Person for the Training Workshop on Poverty Monitoring and MDG in Bangladesh, World Bank Institute, Washington and BIDS, Dhaka, 19-21 June, 2005.
2. Coordinator and Resource Person for the World Bank Institute-Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies' Training Workshop on "Data Sources for Monitoring Poverty and the MDGs in Bangladesh,” 20-22 December 2005. 2000-2002
1. “Local Level Institutional Development and Capacity Building for Poverty Alleviation”. Paper presented at the International Seminar on Poverty and Self-Reliance, organized by Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Dhaka, Rotary Club of Jahangirnagar and Gram Bangla, held on February 2001.
1998-2000
1. “Japanese Technical Assistance for Skill Development in Bangladesh”. Paper Presented at the Ninth Japan-Bangladesh Joint Economic Committee Conference in Tokyo, Japan, held on 23-24 October, 1997. Commissioned by Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Dhaka (co-author).
2. “The Gender Imbalance of Growth of Export Oriented Manufacturing in Bangladesh.”. Paper Presented at the International Workshop in Oslo, Norway, held on November 1999 (co-author).
S.M. Zulfiqar Ali
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. Presented the draft report on “Environmental Consequences of Shrimp Culture in Coastal Bangladesh: An Estimation of Losses to the Paddy Farms” at the Research Workshop organized by the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) held at Bangalore, India, 8-12 November 2004.
2002-2004
1. “Economic Analysis of Tobacco Control in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at an international workshop organized by WHO South-east Asia Region Office held in Jakarta, Indonesia during 3-5 December 2003.
2. “Environmental Consequences of Shrimp Culture in Coastal Bangladesh: An Estimation of Losses to the Paddy Farms”. Paper presented at the Research Workshop organized by the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) held at AIT Conference Centre, Thailand during 18-22 November 2003.
3. “Spatial Inequality in Social Progress in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the conference organized by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) of the University of Manchester, UK held during 7-9 April 2003 at the University of Manchester, UK. (Co-author)
4. “Economic Analysis of Tobacco Control in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a workshop organized by WHO South-east Asia Region Office, New Delhi in collaboration with WHO Tobacco Free Initiative held in Bangkok, Thailand during 18-21 March 2003.
5. “The Current Understanding of Poverty and Wellbeing in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the workshop organized by the ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries, University of Bath, UK held during 13-17 January 2003 at the University of Bath, UK. (Co-author)
6. “Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods: Lessons Learned from Participatory Poverty Assessment in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at an international conference on “Combining the Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods in Development Research” held at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales Swansea, UK, 1-2 July 2002.
2000-2002
1. “An Economic Analysis of Tobacco Control in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a Regional Workshop organized by WHO South-East Asia Region Office held at New Delhi, India on 03-06 July 2001. (Co-author)
1998-2000
1. “The Budget We Really Want: Opinions of the People of Grassroots Level”. Paper presented at the seminar organised jointly by IDPAA at Proshika, Shamunnay, ADAB, and the Daily Sangbad held on 13 May 2000, at the CIRDAP auditorium, Dhaka (co-author).
2. “Globalisation, Inequality and Human Deprivations: The Case of Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the Global Social Policy Regional Workshop organised jointly by the Institute for International Policy Analysis (IFIPA), University of Bath, UK and IDPAA at Proshika, Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on 29-31 March 2000 (co-author).
3. “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”. Paper presented at a seminar organised by UNICEF Dhaka, held in October, 1999 (co-author).
4. “The Budget We Really Want”. Paper presented at a national workshop organised jointly by IDPAA at Proshika, the Daily Sangbad and Shamunnay held on 7 June, 1999 (co-author).
Mohammad Harunur Rashid Bhuyan
Research Associate
2004-2006
1. “Crisis of Grand Theory in Sociology: Transition Period of Paradigm Shifting.” Paper Presented at the Annual Fulbright Pre-Academic Seminar Session; University of Pennsylvania, USA, 19 August 2005.
2. “Marriage Excitement and Tension among Bangladeshi Immigrant People in New York City.” Paper Presented at the seminar on Working With Communities: The Ethnographic Field Methods Approach. The New School for Social Research, New York, USA, 4 April 2006.
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Industry and Physical Infrastructure Division
Zaid Bakht
Research Director
1998-2000
1. “Recent Export Performance of South Asia”. Paper presented at the seminar on Export Led Growth Strategy for South Asia: Prospects and Challenges, organised jointly by the Bureau of Economic Research (BER), Dhaka University and Asian & Pacific Development Centre (APDC) Kuala Lumpur, at Dhaka, 1998.
2. “Trade Market Access, Supply Capacity and Competitiveness in LDCs: Bangladesh Country Paper”. Paper presented at the Regional Expert Meeting for LDCs in Asia and the Pacific, Kathmandu, 3-5 April, 2000.
3. “Poverty Impact of Rural Roads and Markets Improvement & Maintenance Project of Bangladesh”. Paper presented at a workshop on World Bank South Asia Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop, New Delhi, June 2000.
Abdul Hye Mondal
Senior Research Fellow 2004-2006
1. “Informal Sector in South Asia: Recent Trend and Its Implications.” Paper presented at BATU-SAARC Regional Thematic Seminar on the Informal Economy, Dhaka,7–8 August 2004.
2. “Development of Microeconomic Policies as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in terms of Job Creation or Workers Reduction in the SAARC Countries: Alternatives for Old and Young Workers.” Paper presented at the Regional Seminar on the Changing Socio-Economic Scenario in the SAARC Sub-Region and the Role of Trade Unions, sponsored by IIWE-SAARC Sub-Regional Secretariat and the BSSF Dhaka, 13–17 January 2005.
3. “The Industrial Sector in the Climate Change of Bangladesh: A Review of Mitigation Issues.” Paper presented at the regional workshop to formulate the objectives and activities of the Asian Climate Change Research Program, the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 27-28 October 2005. 2002-2004
1. “Decent Work in Agriculture in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the ILO International Seminar on Decent Work in Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific held in Bangkok, 18 – 21 August 2003.
1998-2000
1. “Social Capital Formation: Conceptual Issues”. Paper presented at the workshop on Social Process Model for the Study of Social Capital Formation, held at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, during 17 – 22 August 1999.
2. “Social Marketing: Bangladesh Experience”. Paper presented at a workshop on Social Marketing and Small and Medium Enterprises, sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Foundation held in Germany during 26 September – 06 October 1999. K.M. Nabiul Islam
Senior Research Fellow
1. Economics Associated with Floods and Flood Impacts Assessments, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi Enclave, India, 2008
2. Water Governance and Sustainability of Development for Bangladesh, World Citizens Assembly on Water (WCAW) Conference held in Marseille, France, 5-7 November, 2007.
3. Flood Loss Management : Experience from Bangladesh, MICRODIS Project, Economic Working Group Meeting, Economics Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2-4 November 2007.
4. Assessing the Efficiency of Adaptation Options to Climate-Related Disaster: Insights from Bangladesh, Seventh Annual IIASA-DPRI Forum on Integrated Disaster Risk Management, September 19-21, 2007, Stresa, Italy
5. The Economic Rationale for Disaster Risk Reduction: Cost-Benefit Analysis, ProVention Meeting, International Federation of Red cross and Red crescent Societies, September 18, 2007 Stresa, Italy.
6. The Coastal Bangladesh – A Case Study of Diagnostic Analysis of Problems and Prospects,waikkal, 20-22 October, Sri Lanka,2005
7. People’s Perception on Water Resources Management in Bangladesh – Major Issues and Challenges,World Citizens Assembly on Water (WCAW)s Inaugural Meeting 27-29 October 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. Selected Issues of Flood Loss Management – Lessons from Bangladesh Floods, Proceedings on International Conference on Information Technologies in Flood Management, Beijing, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, September, 2001
9. "Impacts of Flooding at Macro Level in Bangladesh", Proceedings on EU-ERASMUS Conference, Jean Monnet University at St Etienne, France, September, 1998
2004-2006
1. “Challenges of Complexity in Coping with Climate-Related Disasters.” Paper presented at a conference on Climate-Related Disasters, Driebergen, Netherlands, 14-15 June 2004.
2. “Disaster Management in Coastal Bangladesh - A Diagnostic Analysis from a Study Findings.” Paper presented at a workshop on Science-Policy Interactions in Coastal Zone Management, National Science Foundation, Waikka, Sri Lanka, October 2005.
3. “People’s Perception on Water Resources Management in Bangladesh – Major Issues and Challenges.” Paper presented at a conference on World Citizens Assembly Conference on Water Issues, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2005.
2002-2004
1. “Challenges of Complexity in Coping with Climate-Related Disasters”. Paper presented at Driebergen, Netherlands, June 14-15, 2004.
2. “Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Sustainability: the Coastal Dimension”. Paper presented at Tata Energy Research Institute, sponsored by EU, Goa, India, November 2002.
3. “Poverty Analysis and Measurement”. Paper presented at a seminar sponsored by World Bank, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 2002.
2000-2002
1. “Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Sustainability: the Coastal Dimension”. Paper presented at a workshop sponsored by EU, Goa, India, November 2002.
2. “Poverty Analysis and Measurement”. Paper presented at a workshop sponsored by World Bank, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 2002.
3. “Selected Issues of Flood Loss Management – Lessons from Bangladesh Floods”. Paper presented at an International Conference on Information Technologies in Flood Management, Beijing, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, September 2001.
4. “Conceptualization of Flood Impacts and Assessment Methods from a Developing Country Perspective”. Paper presented at a European-Asian Workshop on Ecosystem & Flood 2000, Hanoi, Vietnam, June 2000.
1998-2000
1. “Flood Loss and Human Factors”. Paper presented at EU-ERASMUS Conference, Middlesex University, London, September, 1998.
2. "Impacts of Flooding at Macro Level in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at EU-ERASMUS Conference, Jean Monnet University at St Etienne, France, September, 1999.
3. "The Role of Perception, Warning and Human Factors in Flood Losses - A Case Study of Bangladesh Households". Paper presented at Riso National Laboratory, Denmark, May 1998.
Salma Chaudhuri Zohir
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. “Existing Data System: Bangladesh.” Paper presented at the workshop on Joint SAARC-UNIFEM Expert Group Meeting on Preparation of SAARC Gender Database, held on 24-25 November at Kathmandu, Nepal, 2005 (co-author).
2. “Development Dimension: Key Issues.” Paper presented at the launching meeting of the WTO Doha Round & South Asia: Linking Civil Society with Trade Negotiations, held on 9-10 March, 2005, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
3. “Integrating Gender in the Dhaka Urban Transport Project: Gendered Outcome of the Impact of Non-Motorised (NMT) Free Road.” Paper presented at the conference on Research on Women’s Issues in Transportation held in Chicago,18-20 November 2004.
2000-2004
1. Resource Person in the Workshop on Integrating Gender into World Bank Financed Transport Programs, World Bank, Washington D.C., March 2004.
2000-2002
1. “Household Response: A Survey on Households of Female EPZ Workers in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the Second Annual Meeting of the Gender Planning Network, held at Katmandu, Nepal, November 22-24, 2000. (Co-author)
1998-2000
1. "Changes in conventional indicators during adjustment in Bangladesh". Paper presented at the first workshop in the Gender Planning Network Project, Nov. 16-20, 1999, New Delhi (co-author).
2 "Gender Implications of Economic reforms in Bangladesh". Paper presented at the first workshop in the Gender Planning Network Project, Nov. 16-17, 1999 New Delhi. Md. Salimullah
Research Fellow
2000-2002
1. Attended a Two-week Course on CGE Modeling at the Asian Institute of Technology jointly sponsored by SANDEE and The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, during 22 February to 7 March, 2002.
Nazneen Ahmed
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. “The Readymade Garment Industry of Bangladesh: Sustainability in the Post MFA World.” Paper presented at the workshop on Sustaining Development through Garment Exports: Cambodia and the Least Developed Economies, jointly organized by the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Singapore, Cambodia, 6-7 June 2006.
2. “Bangladesh in the New Millennium - Prospects and Challenges.” Paper presented at the UNCTAD Preparatory Meeting for the Mid-term Review of the Program of Action for LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010, Geneva, 29-30 May 2006.
3. “Market Imperfection.” Paper presented at the seminar organized by the RESPONSE project of University of Wageningen, Wageningen, Netherlands, 8-9 December 2005.
4. “Impact of MFA Expiry on Bangladesh: Overview and Estimates.” Paper presented at the international conference on After the Quota System: The Impact of the MFA Phase-out on Growth and Employment in Asia, jointly organized by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Sri Lanka, Colombo, 26-27 April 2005.
5. “Rural Women of Bangladesh: From Home to Market.” Paper presented at the international seminar on Rural Women and Empowerment in South Asia organized by GB Pant Social Science Institute and Working Women’s Forum, India, Allahabad, India on 7–9 October, 2004.
2002-2004
1. “Trade Policy in Agriculture: Challenges for South Asia”. Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on The Trade Policies of the South Asian Countries, organized by the World Bank, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2 –3, 2003.
Narayan Chandra Nath
Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. “Globalisation and National Development at the Periphery: Some Strategic Issues.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Assessing Contemporary Anthropology: Tasks and Priorities, Dhaka, 5-7 January 2005.
2. “WTO Doha Round and South Asia: Linking Civil Society with Trade Negotiation- Development Dimension.” Paper presented at National Consultation Program, organized by Pakistan Development Economies, Pakistan, 12 September 2005.
3. “Development Dimension.” Paper presented at National Consultation Program-WTO Doha Round and South Asia : Linking Civil Society with Trade Negotiation, organized by Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 9 September 2005.
1998-2000
1. “Impact of Export Orientation and Trae Liberalisation in the Context of South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh”. Paper presented in the International Conference on Recent Trends of Economic Reports in the SAARC Region, in IBS, Rajshahi University, held on 19-20 April, 1998.
2. “Rural Poverty of Bangladesh: Magnitude and Determinants”. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of North East India Education Society on Education and Rural Development, at Dr. Shashi Bhuban Institute of Education, Assam, India, , held on 26-27 February, 1999.
3. “Environmental Management of Bangladesh: Policy & Institutional Aspects”. Paper presented in the International Conference on Environment, at BUET, Dhaka, held on 14-15 February 2000. "Top" Population Studies Division
Simeen Mahmud
Research Director
2004-2006
1. “Girls Schooling in Rural Bangladesh.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, April 2005.
2. “Fertility Decline under Poverty.” Paper presented at the IUSSP international population conference held in Tours, France, July 2005.
2002-2004
1. “Is Bangladesh Experiencing a Feminization of the Labor Force?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, held at Minneapolis, April 2003.
2. “Changing Family Roles and Responsibilities: The Case of Women Migrants in Urban Areas of Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the workshop on The Changing Asian Family: A Support Systems with Holes organized by Asia Research Institute and Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, held on 24-26 May 2004.
2000-2002
1. “Does Globalization Have Adverse Effects on Population in Developing Countries?” Paper presented as a panelist at the IUSSP Regional Population Conference, held at Bangkok, June 2002. Sharifa Begum
Senior Research Fellow
2004-2006
1. “Population Aging in Bangladesh: An Overview.” Paper presented at a workshop on Demographic Aspects of Population Aging organized by the International Institute of Aging, Malta, 6-18 November 2005.
2000-2002
1. “Social Security Provision and Condition of Elderly in Bangladesh”. Paper presented at the SANEI Annual Conference, held in New Delhi, August 2001.
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