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SANDEE Researchers

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is the third most populous country in South Asia with its 154.7 million people (in 2014), and is the eighth most populous country on earth. At 144,000 square kilometers, more than 1000 people per square kilometer make it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Bangladesh borders Burma and India. It is predominantly low and flat, susceptible to flooding and vulnerable to natural disasters. The average elevation is only 4-5 meters above sea level. The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers, along with over 200 smaller rivers, crisscross the country and make Bangladesh one large river delta. Nearly 70% of the country floods in heavy monsoons. The 2014 GDP of Bangladesh was $116.4 billion, and the GNI per capita $840. The economy is historically based on agriculture, forestry, and fishing, but manufacturing has become increasingly important. Of these economic sectors, agriculture supports the largest number of people and manufacturing contributes most to GDP. Many environmental issues in Bangladesh stem from its flood-prone topography and severe overpopulation. Examples include water pollution, contamination and water-borne diseases. Soil erosion and degradation, and deforestation also occur.

Ms. Afsana Haque
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Address :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
14-09-2009 to 14-09-2010
SANDEE Publications :
Haque, A. and S. Jahan (2013), ‘Climate Change, Submergence and Rice Yield: Evidence from Coastal Barisal, Bangladesh‘, SANDEE Working Paper No.80-13
Haque, A. and S. Jahan (2013), ‘The Impact of Climate Change and Submergence on Rice Yields – A Study from Coastal Bangladesh, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 74 -14
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Spatial Planning
Land Use Planning
Regional Planning
Application of Genetic Algorithm (GA) in Planning
Climate Change and Regional Analysis

Mr. Atonu Rabbani
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
Address :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
25-09-2013 to 24-03-2015
SANDEE Publications :
On identifying the Casual Links between Local Political Leadership and Sanitation

Mr. Kazi Iqbal
Research Fellow
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
SANDEE Grant Period:
01-09-2011 01-05-2012
SANDEE Publications :
Iqbal,K., P.K. Roy (2014), ‘Examining the Impact of Climate Change on Migration through the Agriculture Channel: Evidence from District Level Panel Data from Bangladesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No.84 -14
Other Publications :
Iqbal, Kazi and Paritosh K. Roy, (2015), ‘Climate Change, Agriculture and Migration: Evidence from Bangladesh’, Climate Change Economics, Vol. 06.
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Development Economics

Mr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Address :
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
01-09-2012 to 30-08-2014
SANDEE Publications :
Moazzem K., G, and Mehruna I. Chowdhury (2015) ‘Environmental Regulations in Bangladesh and their Implications on the Textile Industries’, (Forthcoming working paper)
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Waste Management in the Backward Linkage Textile Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges for Ensuring Environmental Compliance Standards

Mr. M. A. Monayem Miah
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Address :
Joydebpur, Gazipur
SANDEE Publications :
Miah, M. A. M. and S. M.F. Islam (2007), ‘Shifting cultivation and its alternatives in Bangladesh: productivity, risk and discount rates’, SANDEE Working Paper No. 24-07
Miah, M. A. M. and S. M.F. Islam (2007), ‘From Slash-and-Burn to Sustainability – A Study from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, risk and discount rates’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 24-07
Other Publications :
  1. Miah, M. A. M., Rahman, M. M, Haque, M. E. and Wohab, M. 2009. Adoption impact of conservation tillage with power tiller operated seeder in Bangladesh. The Journal of Rural Development, 36(1):1-22, January, 2009.
  2. Miah, M. A. M.; Hossain, T. M. B; Hossain, S.; Kadian, M. S. and Hossain, M. 2013. Farmers’ perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Agricultural Research, 38(3): 401-416, September, 2013.
  3. Miah, M. A. M. Enamul Haque, A. K. and Hossain, S. 2013. ‘Economic impact of climate change on wheat productivity in Bangladesh: A Recardian Approach’. In: Science, Policy and Politics on Modern Agricultural System: Global Context to Local Dynamics of Sustainable Agriculture. Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Shabbir A. Shahid, and Nazia Mintz-Habib. Published by Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Dordrecht (Springer) (Book Chapter-7)
  4. Miah, M. A. M. and Islam, S. M. F. (2009), ‘Valuing soil conservation benefits in hill areas of Bangladesh’ in Water, Agriculture, and Sustainable Well-being, Edited by Unai Pascual, Amita Shah and Jayanta Bandopadhyay, Oxford University Press, 360p. Source: www.shop.com (Book Chapter)
  5. Miah, M. A. M., Islam, S. M. F. and Haque, A. K. E (2010), ‘ Impact of fallow period on topsoil depth and crop productivity in shifting cultivation of Bangladesh’, Journal of Agriculture and Environment, 2 (2): 44-50, 2010
  6. Hasan, M. K., Miah, M. A. M and Rahman, M. M. (2008), ‘Influence of environmental and managerial factors on the efficiency of improved pulse production in Bangladesh’, Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development. 18 (1): 123-136), July 2008.
  7. R. Gilbert, G.W. Norton, J. Alwang, M. A. M Miah, and G. Feder. 2008. Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Integrated Pest Management Extension Methods: An Example from Bangladesh. Review of Agricultural Economics, 30 (2): 252-269. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00403.x

Current Research Area/ Interests :
Production Economics
Environmental Economics
Impact assessment of agricultural projects/technology adoption

Mr. M. Jahangir Alam
Lecturer
Department of Economics and Social Sciences (ESS) BRAC University
Address :
Mohakhali, Dhaka,Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
20-03-2006 to 20-03-2007
SANDEE Publications :
Alam, M.Jahangir (2009), ‘Prevalence and Costs of Childhood Diarrhoea in the Slums of Dhaka“, SANDEE Working Paper No.46-09
Alam, M.Jahangir (2009), ‘Basic hygiene can beat diarrhoea – a lesson from slums of Dhaka‘, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 40-09

Mr. M. Zakir Hossain Khan
Senior Program Manager-Climate Finance Governance
Transparency International Bangladesh
Address :
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, BangladeshSANDEE
Grant Period:
26-02-2004 to 26-06-2005
SANDEE Publications :
Khan, Md. Z.H (2007), ‘Managing the Arsenic Disaster in Water Supply:Risk Measurement, Costs of Illness and Policy Choices for Bangladesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No. 27-07
Khan, Md. Z.H (2007), ‘ The Economics of Arsenic Water Pollution – A Study from Bangladesh’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 27- 07
Other Publications :
A.K.E. Haque, Z.H. Khan, M. Nepal, and Priya Shyamsundar (2014), ‘Red Wells or Green Wells and Does it Matter? Examining Household Use of Arsenic Contaminated Water in Bangladesh’, Environment and Development Economics, Essays in Honour of Sir Partha Dasgupta, Edited by Scott Barrett, Karl-Göran Mäler, and Eric S. Maskin, Oxford University Press, 978-0-19-967785-6, April 2014
Khan Zakir Hossain and Haque A.K. E. (2011),’Chapter 13: Red Wells, Green Wells and the Costs of Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh’, in book titled Environmental Valuation in South Asia – (Cambridge University Press) A. K. Enamul Haque, M. N. Murty & Priya Shyamsundar (Eds.), 2011
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Climate change adaptation, climate finance, water resource management, governance and public policy

Mr. Mahfuz Kabir
Senior Research Fellow
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)
Address :
Elephant Road, Eskaton, Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
01-04-2014 to 31-03-2016
SANDEE Publications :
Valuation and Emission Accounting of Subsoil Minerals: The case of Natural Gas and coal in Bangladesh (Ongoing Research )
Current Research Area/ Interests :
System of Environmental-economic Accounting
Natural Resource Economics
Environment and Climate Change
Website :
www.biiss.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=21&lang=en

Mr. Mainul Haq
Development Policy Group
Address :
Mohakali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
17-11-2000 to 17-11-2001
SANDEE Publications :
Health Impact of Vehicular Air Pollution: An Empirical Estimate from Dhaka Bangladesh (SANDEE Research Project)

Mr. Md. Ashraful Haque
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Administration, Jahangirnagar University
Address :
Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
15-09-2014 to 15-09-2016
SANDEE Publications :
Do community level disaster risk reduction interventions motivate adaptive behavior at the household level? A study of comprehensive disaster management program in the coastal zone of Bangladesh (Ongoing Research)

Mr. Md. Belal Uddin
Lecturer
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Address :
Sylhet, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
01-03-2013 to 28-02-2015, 30-09-2012 to 30-05-2013
SANDEE Publications :
An Ecological and Economic Analysis of Different Forest Management Institutions in Bangladesh (Ongoing Research)
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Landscape Ecology
Ecological Economics
Climate Change

Mr. Md. Imran
Lecturer
Independent University
Address :
Barisal, Dhaka, Bangladesh (The affiliation/address is for the grant period)
SANDEE Grant Period:
30-07-2006 to 30-01-2008
SANDEE Publications :
Chowdhury, T. and Imran, Md. (2010), ‘Morbidity Costs of Vehicular Air Pollution: Examining Dhaka City in Bangladesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No.47-10
Chowdhury, T. and Imran, Md. (2010), ‘Counting the Costs of Vehicular Pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 43-10

Mr. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury
Professor
Department of Finance, University of Dhaka
Address :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Publications :
Chowdhury Md. J. A., (2010), ‘Environmental Literacy and NGOs: Experience from the Microcredit Based Social Forestry Program of Proshika in Bangladesh,’ SANDEE Working Paper No. 50-10
Chowdhury Md. J. A. (2012), ‘How to Boost Environmental Literacy ? A Case Study from Bangladesh’, by M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Policy Brief No. 45 -10
Other Publications :
Chowdhury M. J. A., (2012), Does an Access to Credit Help Households in Recovering Natural Disaster Losses? Experience from Bangladesh, Working Paper – 0112, Center for Microfinance and Development, University of Dhaka, Dhaka.
Chowdhury M. J. A., Hossain D. M., (2012), Climate Change and Corporate Social responsibility, Middle East Journal of Business, 7(4), 4-11.
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Microfinance
Entrepreneurship
Poverty Analysis
Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)
Environmental Disclosure

Ms. Mehruna Islam Chowdhury
PhD Scholar
Jahangirnagar University
Address :
Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
07-05-2012 to 07-08-2012
SANDEE Publications :
Environmental Regulations in Bangladesh and their Implications on the Textile Industries (SANDEE Research)
Industrial Waste Management in the Backward Linkage Textile Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges for Ensuring Environmental Compliance Standards (Ongoing PhD Research)
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Environmental and Social Compliance in the Apparel Sector
Environmental Economics
Public Policy
abour and Gender related issues in the industrial sector
Macroeconomic Issues and International Trade

Mr. Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman
Associate Professor
Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
Address :
University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
15-04-2015 to 31-12-2016
SANDEE Publications :
Environmental Compliance Costs: The Case of the Ship Breaking and Recycling Industry of Bangladesh
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

Mr. Mohammed Ziaul Haider
Professor
Economics Discipline, Khulna University
Address :
Khulna, Bangladesh
SANDEE Publications :
Haider, Md. Z. (2012),’Options and Determinants of Rice Residue Management Practices in the South-West Region of Bangladesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No. 71-12
Haider, Md. Z. (2012, ‘How to Stop the Pollution Caused by Burning Rice Residue? A Study from Bangladesh, SANDEE Policy Brief No.67-12Other Publications :
Haider, Md. Z. (2013), ‘Determinants of Rice Residue Burning in the Field’, Journal of Environmental Management, 128, 15-21(Read More..)
Haider, Md. Z. (2013),’Benefit of Rice Residue Burning in the Field’, International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 6(1), 145-155 (Read More..)
Current Research Area/ Interests :
Environmental Economics
Agricultural Economics
Industrial Economics
Development Economics
Econometrics
Website :
sites.google.com/site/haidermz/

Ms. Moshahida Sultana
Lecturer
University of Dhaka
Address :
Dhaka, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
19-01-2010 to 19-07-2011
SANDEE Publications :
Factors that Influence two Conflicting Groups: Farmers and Fishermen – to Participate in the Integrated Water Resource Management: The Case of Coastal Areas of Bangladesh (SANDEE Study Grant)

Ms. Nasima T. Chowdhury
PhD Scholar
Economics Department, Gothenburg University
Address :
Gothenburg, Sweden
SANDEE Grant Period:
31-03-2008 to 30-04-2009
SANDEE Publications :
Chowdhury, N. T. ( 2010), ‘Tackling Water Scarcity in Bangladesh: A Lesson from the Country’s Rice Fields’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 44-10
Chowdhury, N. T. ( 2010), ‘The Relative Efficiency of Water Use in Bangladesh Agriculture’, SANDEE Working Paper No. 49-10

Mr. Sakib Mahmud
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin
Address :
Nelson Street, Laramie, Wyoming
SANDEE Grant Period:
30-03-2008 to 30-06-2009
SANDEE Publications :
Mahmud, S. and E. Barbier(2010), ‘Are Private Defensive Expenditures against Storm Damages affected by Public Programs and Natural Barriers? Evidence from the Coastal Areas of Bangaldesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No. 54 -10
Mahmud, S. and E. Barbier (2010), ‘Natural Barriers, Public Investments and Private Expenditures – Coping with Storm Damages in Bangladesh’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 49 -10

Mr. Tanzir Ahmed Chowdhury
Economist
Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd
Address :
Bristol, United Kingdom
SANDEE Grant Period:
30-07-2006 to 30-01-2008SANDEE Publications :
Chowdhury, T. and Imran, Md. (2010), ‘Morbidity Costs of Vehicular Air Pollution: Examining Dhaka City in Bangladesh’, SANDEE Working Paper No.47-10
Chowdhury, T. and Imran, Md. (2010), ‘Counting the Costs of Vehicular Pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh’, SANDEE Policy Brief No. 43-10

Mr. Zulfiqar Ali
Research Associate
Address :
E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar GPO Box 3854, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
SANDEE Grant Period:
25-05-2001 to 25-05-2002

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