2009-2010 - BIDS

Resource Person, Asian Development Bank, 15-16
July 2010, Hanoi.
‘The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis’, UNDP,
2-3 May 2010, Beijing.
‘Impact of the Global Financial Crisis’, UNDP,
Kathmandu
Rice Market Institutions – A NIE Approach, CMI, 7
December 2010, Bergen.
‘India, Bangladesh and the Northeast, Transit and
Transshipment’, BIDS-PRP, 21 July 2010, Dhaka.
Implications for Underemployment and Poverty’,
Paper Presented at Festschrift Conference in Honor
of Professor Azizur Rahman Khan, March 27-28,
2009 at University of Massachusetts, USA.
‘Labor Market Response to Demographic
Changes in Bangladesh’, International Conference
at Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi,
November 11-12, 2008.
‘Household Food Insecurity: Role of Employment
Pattern and Seasonality’, at BIDS Seminar Program,
November 24, 2009.
‘Impact of Self Employment, Wage Employment
on Income and Household Food Security’ paper
presented at workshop on ‘Research in Support
of the National Food Policy: Review of Preliminary
Findings’, July 7-8, 2008 Dhaka, organized by GoB,
USAID, EU and FAO.
‘Analysis of Competitiveness, Growth, and Skill
Requirements of the Manufacturing and Service
Sectors of Bangladesh’ (jointly with Dr. A.H, Mondal),
presented at the ‘Inception workshop on TVET
Reform in Bangladesh’ organized ILO, July 26, 2008,
Government of Bangladesh and EC.
‘Markets and Food Security’, BIDS-IFPRI Seminar on
National Food Policy Review, May 2010, Dhaka.
Rushidan Islam Rahman
Research Director
‘Improving Monitoring and Review Mechanism
and Preparation for LDC IV’ at ‘Brainstorming
Meeting on the Substantive Preparation for NLDC
IV: Towards a New Partnership for LDCs’, organized
by UN-OHRLLS, New York.
‘Developing Human and Institutional Capacities to
Support Inclusive and Sustainable Development
of the LDCs’ at ‘High-Level Asia-Pacific Policy
Dialogue on the BPoA for the LDCs, Dhaka, 18-20
January, 2010 organized by ESCAP and GoB.
‘An Analysis of Real Wage in Bangladesh and Its
Participant, Expert Group Meeting on State of
Bangladesh Economy in FY 2009-10, May 30, 2010,
CPD.
Discussion Session on ‘Impact of Global Financial
Crisis on Bangladesh and the Policies Necessary to
Minimize the Negative Fallout’, organized by Office
of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in
Bangladesh, February 15, 2009.
Discussant, ‘Market Volatility, Vulnerability and
Food Security in Bangladesh’: 15-16 February
2009, Dhaka, organized by Bangladesh Institute
of Development Studies and Department for
International Development, UK.
Pre-budget discussion session with Finance Minister,
organized by Ministry of Finance, April 2, 2009.
Participant, Round Table Conference on National
Budget 2009-2010 organized by Policy Research
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BIDS Biennial Report 2009-2010