2009-2010 - BIDS

Reduction (NASPR)-II-FY 2009-11 and MDGs,
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development
and Cooperatives, Rural Development and
Cooperatives Division, Planning and Development
Section-4, since January 2009.
Member, Proposal Evaluation Committee, NSAPR-
II Review, General Economics Division, Planning
Commission, since March 2009.
Bimal Kumar Saha
Senior Research Fellow
Chairperson, Library Committee, BIDS.
Member, Coordination Committee of IRD Projects,
CIRDAP, Dhaka.
Pratima Paul-Majumder
Senior Research Fellow
Consultant, Cost of Violence against Women
(COVA) Committee, CARE, Bangladesh
Advisor, Bangladesh Women Entrepreneurs
Association of Bangladesh.
Honorary Director (Governing Committee
Member), Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
‘Role of Fiscal Policy in Attaining Gender
Responsive National Budget in Bangladesh’,
Bangladesh Nari Progoti Sangha (BNPS) and
Institute of Environment and Development (IED),
June, 2008.
“Socio-economic and Health Conditions of the Tea
Workers: The Story of Tea Workers in Bangladesh”,
Society for Environment and Human Development
(SHED), 2009.
Dilip Kumar Roy
Senior Research Fellow
Member, Technical Working Group on TRIPS and
WTO matters
Member, Technical Working Group on Services
Trade for SAARC
Member, Technical Working Group on BIMSTEC
Ministerial Meeting
“Universal Social Protection Strategy: Hard Core
Poverty and Safety Nets Programs in Bangladesh”,
(co-author), Background paper for the Sixth Five
Year Plan, November 2009.
“Employment Structure in the Bangladesh
Economy: A Disaggregated Data Base for the Sixth
Five Year Plan”, Paper prepared for the Sixth Five
Year Plan, 2010.
K.M. Nabiul Islam
Senior Research Fellow
Chairperson, Technical Subcommittee on
Environment Statistics, Environment Compendium
2009, BBS
Member, Research and Academic Committee,
Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Member, National Technical Advisory Committee
(NTAC)-Poverty-Environment and Climate
Mainstreaming (PECM), GED
Expert Member, Technical Committee, IMED
Member of Steering Committee, Delta Alliance-
Bangladesh Wing
Member, Steering Committee, IMED
Team Member, Flood Vulnerability Assessment
Study of Four Major Urban Agglomerations of
Gujarat State, carried out by the Gujarat State
Disaster Management Authority and the World
Bank, Delhi, completed in July 2009.
Co-author, "Development of Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMES) in Bangladesh with Emphasis
on SME Financing" a background Study for the
Sixth Five Year Plan (2011-15) of Bangladesh
Anwara Begum
Senior Research Fellow
NAC Expert Committee Member for Evaluation
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BIDS Biennial Report 2009-2010