Md. Abdul Khaleque is an Assistant Professor at Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka. Currently he is on the way to complete his PhD in Development Studies in particular focus on water security with funding support from School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford under the project REACH. Earlier, he was Senior Research Associate at Institute of Microfinance (InM) up to July, 2013. He completed his B.S.S (Honors) and M.S.S in Economics at Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. Since the inception of his career, he did evaluation of various programs in microfinance sector as well as some development areas of Bangladesh. He was associated with several important research projects of InM – PRIME (Programme Initiatives for Monga Eradication), Access to Financial Services; and Assessing risks, resilience, and adaptation strategies in Chittagong Hill Tracts in the lens of Microfinance. He has contributed in the research on social safety nets, role of microfinance on self-employment creation, role of MRA in reducing cost efficiency of microfinance sector in Bangladesh, urban poverty reduction strategies and many more. He has a core team member of various researches for CARE Bangladesh, World Vision, UNICEF, and UNDP. His research interests include various development issues, impact evaluation, enterprise development and their constraints, water security, macroeconomic issues and so on.