2009-2010 - BIDS

Annex 3: Academic Profile of BIDS
Professionals
Mustafa K. Mujeri
Director General
Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri obtained his M.A. in Economics
from the University of Rajshahi in 1970; and earned
M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster
University in 1974 and 1978 respectively. He has long
teaching and research career at different universities
and institutions at home and abroad. Before joining
BIDS as the Director General in April 2009, he served
as the Chief Economist of the Bangladesh Bank
(central bank). He has wide ranging experience in
consultancy and research on development issues in
different UN and other international, multi-lateral,
bilateral, and private sector organizations. He has
published extensively in national and international
journals. He has also served in various policy
making and other committees at both national and
international levels. His current areas of research
interest include: poverty and MDGs monitoring
and analysis; macro policy analysis and strategic
development issues; application of modeling
and quantitative techniques in development
policy; public policy analysis; sustainable rural and
participatory development; social development;
poverty reduction strategy formulation and policy/
program development; monitoring and evaluation
of programs/projects, and monetary policy analysis.
Abu Ahmed Abdullah
Research Director
Mr. Abu Ahmed Abdullah obtained an M.A. in
Economics from Dhaka University in 1965 and
another M.A. from Harvard University in 1970.
He joined the Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics in 1966. He also served in several
positions outside the country including that
of a Visiting Scholar at the Christian Michelsen
Institute, Bergen in 1977-78, a Visiting Associate
Professor in the Department of Economics,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1986-
87. He has a number of publications in national
and international journals. His research interests
are the political economy of agrarian structure,
agricultural price policy, rural development, and
social development. He retired from BIDS as a
Research Director in March 2010.
M. Asaduzzaman
Research Director
Educated in Dhaka University, London School
of Economics and the University of Sussex, Dr.
M. Asaduzzaman joined the Pakistan Institute
of Development Economics in 1969 as a Staff
Economist. Currently, he is a Research Director
of BIDS. Dr. Asaduzzaman’s research interests
encompass areas of agriculture, natural resource
management and rural development. His recent
areas of interest include investment opportunities
in agriculture for ensuring food security and
transition to a post-green revolution world, energy
development in Bangladesh and challenges of
climate change and problems of rural energy
development. He is one of the Commissioners
in the International Commission on Sustainable
Agriculture and Climate Change under the CGIAR.
Omar Haider Chowdhury
Research Director
Dr. Omar Haider Chowdhury obtained an M.A. in
Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1968.
He earned another M.A. from the University of
Manchester in 1974 and Ph.D. in Economics from
the University of London in 1980. He joined the
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
(PIDE) as a Staff Economist in 1970 and worked as
Research Director of BIDS till 2010. He has published
extensively in national and international journals
in the areas of economic development in general
and nutrition and food policy, macroeconomic
management, social welfare, and implications of
improvements in social and physical infrastructure
on development especially of Bangladesh. He
worked as consultant for different organizations
including ADB, FAO, World Bank, UN-ESCAP, and
APDC. He retired as Research Director in 2010.
Quazi Shahabuddin
Research Director
Dr. Quazi Shahabuddin obtained his M.A. in
Economics from Dhaka University in 1967, M.Sc.
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