Dr. Selim Raihan

Executive Director , South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM); Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka ; Bangladesh

Dr. Raihan is a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM). He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. He is a Member of the Board of Directors, Global Development Network (GDN). He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. He possesses vast expertise in empirical research on international trade, economic growth, poverty, labour market, macroeconomic policies, political economy, and climate change issues. He has published a number of journal articles, books, book chapters and working papers. He is the editor of Thinking Aloud – a monthly digest from SANEM. He regularly writes columns in leading English and Bengali dailies in Bangladesh. He has worked for several national and international organizations including the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, UNDP, UNESCAP, UNCTAD, IFPRI, the Commonwealth Secretariat, FAO, European Commission, ILO, IDRC, DFID, etc. He has led and has also been a member of several regional and international research projects on trade and regional integration issues. His latest edited volume from the Cambridge University Press is Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable?