Rabiul Islam Rabi received his Master in International Trade and Development from the University of Adelaide, Australia under the Australia Awards Scholarship. Prior to that, he obtained his bachelors and masters in Economics from Dhaka University. He has more than seven years’ research experience with public and private organisations. He previously worked with Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. He developed the SDG action plan of the BFDC and was the SDG focal point of the organisation. He has been involved in projects supported by The Asia Foundation, UNDP,, UNICEF, CUTS International, amongst others. He is an Associate Editor of Development Letters, a quarterly periodical published by RAPID. He has published in several peer reviewed international journal articles. His published work includes income inequality, labour market issues, international trade and development, LDC graduation etc. He is currently an adjunct faculty at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University. He can be reached at eco.rabi@gmail.com