2009-2010 - BIDS

Development Planning conducted by the ILO
in May 1990. He did his postdoctoral studies at
Harvard University during 1994-95. He worked as a
consultant in organizations such as UNDP, UNCHR,
USAID, World Bank, ADB, ILO, UNICEF, JBIC and
ICIMOD. The areas of his current research interest
cover employment generation and labor welfare,
assessment of current and future skill demand,
social economics, human values, human rights and
dignity, industrial economics, and nutrition and
anthropometry. He has completed a large number
of research works published in reputed national
and international journals and books. He worked
as a Senior Research Fellow of BIDS till 2010.
Rita Afsar
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Rita Afsar completed her Ph.D. in Population
Studies from University of Adelaide in 1995.
She received her M.A. from the University of the
Philippines, Diliman and an M.A. in Sociology
from Delhi University in 1985, M.A. in Social Work
in 1978, and she completed her B.A. in Political
Science in 1976 from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi
University. Her principal areas of research include
population studies with particular reference to
policy oriented research in international and
rural-urban migration, urbanization, globalization
and regional development, immigration and
brain-gain, social capital, gender analysis,
changes in women’s employment, roles and
status, empowerment and related issues, poverty,
labor (including decent work) and governance
issues, RMG sector and institutional analysis in
development discourse. Currently, she is working
as a Senior Research Fellow of BIDS.
Kazi Ali Toufique
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique did his B.S.S. and M.S.S. in
Economics in 1982 and 1983, respectively from
Dhaka University. He obtained an M.A. from
Fordham University in 1987, M.Phil. in 1990,
and Ph.D. in 1996, both from the University of
Cambridge. He joined BIDS in 1989 as a Research
Associate. His main areas of research interest
are institutional economics, livelihoods analysis,
natural resource management, environment and
agricultural economics. He has contributed to
many seminars and conferences both at home
and abroad and has also published in reputed
international journals. He has been working as a
Senior Research Fellow of BIDS.
Bimal Kumar Saha
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Bimal Kumar Saha obtained an M.A. in
Economics from Dhaka University in 1974,
an M. Phil. from the Institute of Bangladesh
Studies, Rajshahi University in 1979 and a Ph.D.
in Economics from the University of Calcutta in
1995. He has worked extensively in the fields of
agrarian structure, technological change, land
reform and development. He has a number of
publications, including a book on comparative
agrarian development in Bangladesh and West
Bengal. His current research interests include
political economy of agrarian questions, poverty
condition of agricultural laborers and tenants, land
acquisition and peasant movement. Currently, he
is working as a Senior Research Fellow of BIDS.
Pratima Paul-Majumder
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Pratima Paul-Majumder completed her Ph.D.
from Central School of Planning and Statistics,
Warsaw in 1978. She received her B.A. (Honours
in Economics) from Chittagong University in 1968
and M.A. in Economics from Dhaka University
in 1970 and Dip-in-Planning, Central School of
Planning and Statistics, Warsaw 1973. She served as
a consultant to a number of projects conducted by
various national and international organizations.
Her research interests involve a wide range of
subjects from sericulture industry to economics
of slums and squatter settlements to garment and
tea industries and gender issues. Currently she is
working as a Senior Research Fellow in BIDS.
Dilip Kumar Roy
Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Dilip K. Roy obtained his Master’s Degree
from Rajshahi University and later received Post-
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