Money and Macroeconomics: Selected Topics from Bangladesh
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This volume on macroeconomic and monetary topics regarding Bangladesh are a collection from papers that were presented at the fourth BDI conference held at the University of California-Berkeley in February, 2013. Most of the chapters are based on empirical analyses, using data over various time periods and applying many different econometric techniques. They address real sector issues such as growth, employment, saving, investment, trade, and agriculture, as well as financial or monetary issues such as money supply, inflation, equity markets, and microfinance. The topics are of high significance today and each chapter concludes with policy recommendations.
Farida Chowdhury Khan
Farida Chowdhury Khan is Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, USA. She has earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, USA. She has worked as a consultant for the World Bank. Her current research interests are on women's issues in Bangladesh, including the effects of micro-finance on women and their lives.
M. Faizul Islam
Mohammad Faizul Islam is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Southeastern University, Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Islam is a founding member and senior economist at the United States Department of homeland Security. He is also the International Business reviewer for The Wall Street Journal. During his tenure at the U.S. Department of Treasury, he lectured as a Fullbright Senior Specialist at the Ukrainian Academy of Banking. He is the recipient of the 2003 Presidents Council of Integrity and Efficiency, Award for Excellence.
Rahim M. Quazi
Dr. Rahim Masudur Quazi is Professor of Economics at Prairie View A&M University, Texas. He earned a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Economics (with Summa Cum Laude) from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is the current Vice President of the Bangladesh Development Initiative.
Lutfun Nahar Khan Osmani
Lutfun Nahar Khan Osmani, born and brought up in Bangladesh, was educated in Bangladesh, Finland, and the United Kingdom. She has had a long career in teaching and is passionate about it. She taught at the Queen’s University of Belfast for almost twenty-three years and was a Visiting Professor at BRAC University and North South University of Bangladesh for a number of years. She did her MA in Economics from Dhaka University and obtained her Ph.D in economics from the Queen’s University of Belfast. She has published a number of academic papers on economics and several books of poetry in both Bangla and English. Her passion is to write—be it rhymes, poems, short stories, or for academia.