Masihur Rahman
Masihur Rahman is an economist and a former civil servant of the Bangladesh government. During his career, he held many important government offices and represented the government at the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Islamic Development Bank.
Considered as one of the country's foremost experts in economics,[1][2] he has authored several books on economics and politics, and his articles have been published in different journals. Since 2002, he has contributed articles to newspapers and journals published in Dhaka.[3][4][5][6]
In 2006, while serving as the managing director and the economic adviser to the Board of the
Education
Masihur Rahman studied
Career
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During his career, he represented the government as Alternate Governor, Acting Governor or Member of the board of directors at the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank,[8][9] the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and its affiliate for private sector development. He was chair of the evaluation committee of IFAD (mid-1980s) and as vice-chair presided over the business sessions at the annual meeting of IDB in 2001.
He retired from his government service in October 2001.
Books and publications
His published monographs and books include:
- Rahman, Masihur; Montgomery, John (1980). Integrated Rural Development. Cambridge.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rahman, Masihur (1987). Political Economy of Income Distribution in Sri Lanka. Dhaka: University Press Limited.
- —— (1993). Bangladesh: Structural Adjustment, Employment and Social Protection for Workers. Delhi: ILO. ISBN 92-2-109235-6.
- —— (1994). Structural Adjustment, Employment, and Workers. Dhaka: University Press Limited. ISBN 984-05-1270-6.
- —— (2008). Democracy in Crisis. Dhaka: University Press Limited. ISBN 978-984-506-007-3.
References
- ^ "Harmonisation of aid procedures stressed". New Age. 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-04-02. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Debapriya Bhattacharya (2006). "State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY06" (PDF). Centre for Policy Dialogue. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Masihur Rahman (2007). "Election and representative democracy". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Masihur Rahman (2006). "Take time to fix voter roll". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Masihur Rahman (2006). "Crisis at the EC". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Masihur Rahman (2006). "Economic policymaking paradoxes". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ "Bangladesh Development Initiative Conference 2008". Bangladesh Development Initiative. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ "34th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)" (PDF). Asian Development Bank (ADB). 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-12-30. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ "News from Bangladesh" (PDF). Asian Development Bank - Bangladesh Resident Mission. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2008-10-11.