Dr. Md. Deen Islam is an associate professor of economics at the University of Dhaka. His research interests include development economics, applied international trade, Macroeconomics, and urban economics. He completed BSS and MSS in economics from the University of Dhaka and obtained PhD in economics from Boston University. He was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Global Policy Development (GDP) center at Boston University. He was a part of a multidisciplinary team and contributed to two studies investigating the implications of Bangladesh’s LDC graduation on access to essential medicines in Bangladesh. These two studies have recently been published in peer-reviewed journals. Currently, he is involved in several studies investigating the implications of LDC graduation for Bangladesh. In addition, he has expertise in impact evaluation and causal analysis research to examine the effectiveness of development interventions. In particular, he uses structural and micro-econometric techniques to draw inferences from the household survey and administrative data. He has experience working with impoverished people’s education, health, and livelihoods and has published on poverty, inequality, child labor, and other development issues. Additionally, he has several publications on macroeconomic issues, such as the long-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment and the fiscal multiplier. He has worked as a consultant for the Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Dhaka, RTI International, North Carolina, USA, and the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) of the University of Dhaka. BER has funded his several research project on poverty mapping, identifying determinants of child labor, analyzing the constraints to women entrepreneurship, Covid-19 impact on households’ catastrophic health expenditure, and female participation at the tertiary level of education.
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Economics | Boston University | United States of America | 2022 |
| Masters | Economics | Boston University | United State of America | 2019 |
| Masters | Mathematics | Western University | United States of America | 2014 |
| Masters | Economics | Western University | United States of America | 2013 |
| Masters | Economics | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2009 |
| Bachelor | Economics | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2008 |
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- Team Leader in an International Growth Centre (IGC)-commissioned study on Sensitizing and promoting direct taxation to boost revenue and tackle inequality in Bangladesh
- Team Leader in a SSGP, Economic Relation Division, Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh-commissioned study on Upscaling the RMG Sector
- Team Leader in a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK-commissioned study on Diversifying Bangladesh's Exports to the UK
- Team Leader in a UNICEF-commissioned study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey on behavioral aspects of the beneficiaries of Mother and Child Benefit Programme (M&CBP)
- Commissioned by the UN CDP Secretariat Razssque, M. A (2022), "What the UK's New Developing Countries Trading Scheme means for least Developed Countries including the Graduating Ones” forthcoming from UNDESA, New York
- Team Leader in a UNICEF-commissioned study on Social Protection for Tea Garden Workers
- Team Leader in a Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung (FES)-commissioned study on Bangladesh-EU Trade and Economic Partnership
- Team Leader in an international Labour Organization (ILO)-commissioned study on Universal Social Protection and National Social insurance Scheme in Bangladesh
- Consultant to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for undertaking a major publication on Textiles and Clothing in Asian Graduating LDCs: Challenges and Options-joint study by the WTO, EIF, UNCTAD, and UNDESA
- Consultant to UNDP RCC in Bangkok to prepare a major study on "LDC graduation: Trade Preference and Development Financing Implications for Asia-Pacific countries"
- Consultant to the UN Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP for contributing to its flagship publication on Least Developed Countries
- Resource person in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project, Support to Address Outbreak of COVID-19 in South Asia (in connection to an ADR policy-based lending to Bangladesh)
- Consultant to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to prepare a paper on Covid-19 and Social Protection Policy Inputs for the 8th Five-Tear Plan of Bangladesh
- Team leader in a UNDP sponsored study in preparing a Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS), Bangladesh
- Consultant to Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) on undertaking a modelling exercise on the impact of Covid-19 on Bangladesh
- Consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) to prepare a review of the progress made by the Asia-Pacific LDCs on the Istanbul Programme of Action of LDCs for the Decade 2011-20
- Consultant to Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK to review its technical work on Commonwealth Trade Review 2021
- Consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP) to support Nepal's LDC graduation in preparing a technical paper (2019)
- Consultant to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in preparing background documents for Bangladesh's LDC graduation
- Consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (UN ESCAP) in preparing technical study on Bhutan's LDC graduation
- Lead Consultant to Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) in Trade and investment project, generating empirical and policy studies on Bangladesh's export sector, Dhaka
- Team Leader in an International Organization for Migration (IOM)-sponsored study on Labour Market Information System, Dhaka
- Team Leader in a UNDP-commissioned study on the impact on Rohingya refugees on the host community in Bangladesh, Dhaka
- Lead consultant to DFID-Overseas Development Institute, London, for preparing a paper on Promoting Inclusive Growth through Special Economic Zones
- Lead researcher to provide technical inputs into Bangladesh-Sri Lanka bilateral trade negotiations for the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh
- Lead researcher in modelling and forecasting revenue from trade taxes (prepared for the World Bank through Policy Research Institute)
- Consultant in an Aslan Development Bank (Manila), project for developing a macro-econometric model of Bangladesh
- Lead consultant in a Commonwealth Secretariat (London) project on the potential implications of global rice and agricultural trade liberalisation for South Asia, 2006-07
- Lead researcher in an IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Canada) research grant on poverty and intra-household distribution in Bangladesh
- Consultant in an ILO (Dhaka) project on exports and working condition in the post-MFA RMG industry of Bangladesh
- Consultant in a Commonwealth Secretariat project on comparative analysis of market access commitments between acceding countries and the original WTO members (Project Station London: June 2005)
- Team member in a study on infrastructure development and millennium development goals, jointly sponsored by UNDP (New York) and Government of Japan
- Team member in a study on civic participation in sub-national budgeting in Bangladesh, sponsored by World Bank (Washington, DC)
- Consultant in a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Dhaka) project on Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) export trade
- Team Member in an ILO study on Decent Work and Enterprise Competitiveness, 2003-2004
- Consultant in an UNCTAD (Geneva) project on WTO-related issues relevant to Bangladesh
- Lead Consultant in a project titled Commodity Prices, Aid and Debt jointly sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London; UNCTAD, Geneva; and Agence Intergouvernmental de la Francophonie, Paris. (Project station- Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2003)