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Professor Mustafizur Rahman

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Distinguished Fellow
E-mail: mustafiz@cpd.org.bd
Phone: (+88 02) 55001182
Skype: mustafizcpd

Expertise
Development policy, International trade

 

Professor Mustafizur Rahman is currently serving as Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading think tank in South Asia. He is also a member of Board of Trustees of the CPD. Earlier he served as Executive Director of CPD (2007-2017). Professor Rahman taught for twenty-five years at the University of Dhaka before taking voluntary early retirement to work full time at CPD. He was awarded the prestigious Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal by the University of Dhaka for excellence in research. Professor Rahman served as a member of the Dhaka University Senate (2009-2013, 2017-2021 and 2021-present). He is a member of Board of Trustees and Syndicate of the BRAC University.

Professor Rahman did his Masters in Economics, with Distinction, from the Kharkov State University, Ukraine and Ph.D in Development Economics from Moscow State University, Russia. Professor Rahman carried out post-doctoral research at several reputed academic institutions including the University of Oxford, UK and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore as a Visiting Fellow, Yale University, USA as a Senior Fulbright Fellow and Warwick University, UK as a post- Doctoral Fellow Professor Rahman has carried out research studies in collaboration with a number of international organisations and institutions including the UNDP, UNCTAD, UNESCAP, The World Bank, USAID, IDRC, ADB, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, WTO Secretariat, Commonwealth Secretariat, European Commission, the ILO and other reputed organisations.

In recent times Professor Rahman has carried out a number of research works in the areas of public policy analysis, macroeconomic management, and macro-fiscal-monetary performance of Bangladesh economy. Some of his very recent works have focused on implications of the Covid pandemic on the Bangladesh economy, and Bangladesh’s strategies in view of LDC graduation. As part of academic and research careers Dr. Rahman has worked on a diverse range of issues including trade policies and trade reforms, globalisation, regionalisation and regional trading arrangements, connectivity in the Southern Asian region, WTO, multilateral trading system and interests of low income countries, and implementation challenges of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. Professor Rahman has published widely in professional journals both in Bangladesh and abroad, and has authored books and monographs in areas of interest and expertise. He is a Series Editor of South Asia Economic Policy Studies published by Springer and Member of Editorial Board of the Rising Powers and Global Governance (RPGG).

At different points in time Professor Rahman has served as member of a number of important national bodies and committees set up by the Government of Bangladesh. These include WTO Advisory Committee, National Coal Policy Review Committee, Regulatory Reforms Commission, Committee to review National Sustainable Development Strategy, National Task Force to Monitor the Impact of Global Financial Crisis, Consultative Group of the Economic Relations Division (ERD), Core- committee on Transit and Connectivity and Study Team for BCIM-Economic Corridor. Dr. Rahman was a member of Advisory Committee of National Human Development Report. He has served as a member of the T-20 for G-20 Task Force set up to provide policy advise in view of the Japanese Presidency of the G-20 2019. He is a member of the Core Group of the Citizen’s Platform for SDGS, Bangladesh. Dr Rahman served as member of the Panel of Economists for Bangladesh’s Sixth and Seventh Five Year Plans, and was a member of the Panel of Experts for the First and Second Perspective Plans of Bangladesh (2011-2021, and Vision 2041).

Curriculum Vitae

As a public intellectual, Professor Rahman  gives comments in print and electronic media and writes columns on contemporary issues.

Publications

Recent Publications (2005 till date)

  • Bangladesh’s Robust RMG Export Performance: The Underlying Drivers published in The Apparel Digest, Year 1, Volume 6, February, 2022.
  • সংলাপ সংকলন: অতিমারি অর্থনীতি এবং নাগরিক অধিকার (ed.) Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, 2022.
  • বাংলাদেশের বৈদেশিক খাত: বিবর্তন, অর্জন এবং আগামীর চ্যালেঞ্জ in the volume titled বাংলদেশঃ স্বাধীনতা উত্তর পঞ্চাশ বছরে রুপান্তর published by Asiatic Society Bangladesh (ASB). Dhaka, February, 2022.
  • Explaining Pro-Women Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh (with Al-Hasan), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh and Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2021.
  • Income and employment situation in COVID times: How the people are coping? (with Khan T.I, Kamal M. and Alam, M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
  • Effective delivery of social protection in Bangladesh: Twelve takeaways from experiences during COVID times (with Khan T.I, Kamal M., and Alam, M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
  • Delivery of Efficient Social Protection: Recommendations in view of Implementing Five Programmes in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, and Kamal M.) Policy Brief prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
  • Bangladesh Economy in FY2020–21: Interim Review of Macroeconomic Performance, Published by CPD, September, 2021, Dhaka
  • Policy recommendations for budget FY22 published in Financial Express on 1 June 2021
  • Policy Space for Building Production Capabilities in the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Veronika Wirtz, Warren Kaplan, Rachel Thrasher and Kevin P. Gallagher). GEGI WORKING PAPER 051 09/2021, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University.
  • COVID-19 and Employment Related Adjustments: Findings from Household Survey in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, Kamal M., Nawar, N., Alam, M. and Hossain Md. S.). A paper prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
  • Delivering SDGs at the Local Level – Efficiency of Social Protection Programmes in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I, Kamal M. and Nawar, N.). A paper prepared and published under a project by Oxfam in Bangladesh and CPD, and funded by the EU. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021
  • Graduating in the Shadow of the Pandemic: Implications and Required Actions, a Position Paper on Trade for the LDC Gradation Trajectory of Bangladesh and COVID-19 Implications Under the Support to Sustainable Graduation Project [A Japan funded DRGA-CF project], Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, GoB.
  • Prospects of Developing Value Chains Towards Greater Integration in BIMSTEC Region (with Estiaque Bari). RIS, New Delhi
  • An Estimation of the Implementation Costs and Financing Options for Introducing a Universal Pension Scheme in Bangladesh (with Khan T.I., Sabbih M.A.). South Asia Economic Journal. 2021;22(1):110-131.
  • Least Developed Country Graduation: Can South‐South Cooperation Have a Positive Impact on Trade and Finance? (paper prepared under the project South-South Global Thinkers- A Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC for UNDP and UNOSSC), 2021 [Forthcoming]
  • Bangladesh External Sector Performance: Past Achievements and Next Challenges. in the volume titled Bangladesh: 50 Years of Transformation Since Liberation published by Asiatic Society Bangladesh (ASB). Dhaka, April, 2021.
  • Sustainable Graduation: International Support Measures for Graduating LDCs (With Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, September 2020.
  • SDG implementation progress: What does the Asian experience reveal? (with Khan TI and Sadique, M.Z.), SV Occasional Paper Series No 67, Southern Voice, July, 2020.
  • CPD’s Recommendations for the National Budget FY2020-21, CPD Working Paper 134, Dhaka, June, 2020
  • In Preparation for WTO MC 12: Safeguarding Trade Interests of LDCs and Securing Trade Interests of Graduating LDCs (With Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), published by UNESCAP, Bangkok, May 2020.
  • Four years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Non-state actors as delivery partners. Edited by Mustafizur Rahman. Published by Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, February 2020. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Four years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Measuring progress and charting the path forward. (With Khatun, F., Bhattacharya, D., Moazzem, K. G., Khan, T. I., Sabbih, M. A. and Saadat, S. Y. Published by Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Citizen’s Platform for SDGs. February 2020. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Dimensions of Informality in Bangladesh Labour Market and the Consequent Wage Penalty (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya and Md. Al-Hasan) in South Asia Economic Journal volume: 20 issue: 2, page(s): 224-247, India, September 2019.
  • Making the Most of Bangladesh–India Trade, in East Asia Forum, September 2019.
  • Ensuring food security in Bangladesh: Issues Beyond Production and Challenges Ahead (with Towfiqul Islam Khan), in Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia, Edited by Nagesh Kumar, Joseph George, Published by Routledge, India, 2019.
  • SAARC Food Bank: Raising Operational Efficacy (with Estiaque Bari and Sherajum Monira Farin), in Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Food Security in South Asia, Edited by Nagesh Kumar, Joseph George, Published by Routledge, India, 2019.
  • Graduating LDCs in an Evolving WTO: Options and Strategies (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh and Centre for Policy Dialogue, 2019.
  • Brexit and Bangladesh: Implications for Trade and Market Access (with Towfiqul Islam Khan and Sherajum Monira Farin), in Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 19(1 & 2), 11-24.
  • “Male–Female Wage Gap and Informal Employment in Bangladesh: A Quantile Regression Approach,” (with Md. Al-Hasan), South Asia Economic Journal, 2019, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 106–123.
  • Pathways to Bangladesh’s sustainable LDC graduation: prospects, challenges and strategies (with Estiaque Bari), in Bangladesh’s Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Group: Pitfalls and Promises, Edited by Debapriya Bhattacharya, Published by Routledge, Oxford, UK, 2019.
  • Returns to Schooling in Bangladesh Revisited: An Instrumental Variable Quantile Regression Approach (with Md. Al-Hasan), in Volume XLI(2), The Bangladesh Development Studies, Published by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2018.
  • Improving Trade Facilitation: An Emerging Urgency in South Asia, in Putting Consumers First: Essays in honour of Pradeep Mehta, published by CUTS International, Jaipur, India, April 2018.
  • The Legacy of Rana Plaza: Improving Labour and Social Standards in Bangladesh’s Apparel Industry (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem) in Governing Corporate Social responsibility in the Apparel Industry After Rana Plaza, Edited by Anil Hira and Maureen Benson-Rea, Palgrave Macmilan, New York, 2017.
  • Regional Integration in South Asia: Essays in Honour of Dr. M. Rahmatullah (co-editor with Dr. Prabir De), KW Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, 2016.
  • The Political Economy of Change – Escaping the Middle-income Trap: Perspectives from Bangladesh (with Estiaque Bari), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh Office, 2016.
  • Addressing the Trade Facilitation Deficit: Raising Export Competitiveness in the Indian Market (with Khaleda Akhter) in Bangladesh: History, Politics, Economy, Society and Culture, Essays in honour of Professor Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin, Edited by Mahmudul Huque, University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, April, 2016.
  • Bangladesh: perspectives on deepening cross-border links, in Connecting Asia: Infrastructure for Integrating South and Southeast Asia (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mehruna Islam Chowdhury and Farzana Sehrin), Edited by Michael G. Plummer, Peter J. Morgan, Ganeshan Wignaraja, published by Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016.
  • Towards Regional Integration in South Asia: Promoting Trade Facilitation and Connectivity, Edited by Mustafizur Rahman, Published by CPD, November, 2015, Dhaka.
  • Second-generation Cooperation Agenda: Opportunities and Challenges of Enhanced Integration among the Asian Subregions (with Hosna Jahan), in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 16:1, March, 2015, New Delhi.
  • Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure (Chapter 3) in Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem), published by Asian Development Bank Institute, 2015.
  • Trade and Transport Facilitation in Bangladesh: An Audit of the State of Play (with Khaleda Akhter and Naimul Gani Saif). CPD Working Paper 110, Dhaka, April, 2015.
  • Non-tariff Barriers in South Asia: Nature and Modalities to Address the Attendant Issues (with Mohammad A Razzaque) in Regional Integration in South Asia: Trends, Challenges and Prospects, Edited by Mohammad A Razzaque and Yurendra Basnett, published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2014.
  • Leveraging Migration and Remittances towards Graduation of the LDCs (with Md. Zafar Sadique) in Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs (2011-2020): Monitoring Deliverables, Tracking Progress – Analytical Perspectives, LDC IV Monitor, published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2014.
  • Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia: A Bangladesh Country Study (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Mehruna Islam Chowdhury and Farzana Sehrin), ADBI Working Paper Series No. 500, published by Asian Development Bank Institute, September 2014.
  • Trade Facilitation Towards Export Promotion in India: Addressing the Emerging Gaps (with Khaleda Akhter), CPD Research Monograph 8, published by the CPD and The Asia Foundation, September 2014.
  • Realising the Potential Opportunities of India’s Market Access Offer to Bangladesh, published in Janata Bank Journal of Money, Finance and Development, Volume 1, Number 1, June 2014.
  • The Economy of Tomorrow: How to Produce Socially Just, Sustainable and Green Dynamic Growth for a Good Society, Case Study of Bangladesh (with Towfiqul Islam Khan and Muhammad Al Amin), published by FES Bangladesh, March 2014.
  • Bali Outcome of the WTO: Reflections from an LDC’s Perspective in Trade Insight 10, No. 1, Published by South Asia Watch on Trade Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu, , 2014.
  • Realising the Potential of Bangladesh Villages: Looking Back at Mosharaff Hossain’s Assault that Failed in Development Constraints and Realisations (Essays in memory of Mosharaff Hossain) (with Nazrul Islam), edited by Mustafa K. Mujeri, Published by The University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, 2014.
  • Post-Bali: What does the Bali package mean for the LDCs? in Bridges Africa, Volume 3, Issue 3, published by International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, April, 2014.
  • Development of the Private Sector in South Asia: Addressing the Challenges for Building Competitiveness (with Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem); paper presented at Sixth South Asia Economic Summit, September, 2013, Colombo (forthcoming publication by Institute of Policy Studies Sri Lanka).
  • India’s Recent Market Access Initiatives for the LDCs: Realising the Potential Opportunities in Bank Parikrama: A Journal of Banking & Finance Volume XXXVII, Special Issue (Nos. 3 & 4), Published by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Dhaka, September and December, 2012.
  • An analysis of Bangladesh’s food security concerns: nature of the problem and potentials of SAFTA-RTA in Regional Trade Agreements and Food Security in Asia (with Md Ashiq Iqbal), Published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 2012.
  • Bangladesh in South Asian RTAs: Emerging Opportunities and Next Challenges in Bangladesh at 40: Changes and Challenges (with Md Ashiq Iqbal), edited by Abdul Bayes, Published by A H Development Publishing House, Dhaka, 2012.
  • Non-tariff barriers in South Asia: Nature, implications and measures to address the challenges in Regional Economic Integration: Challenges for South Asia during turbulent times, edited by Saman Kelegama, Ratnakar Adhikari, Puspa Sharma, Paras Kharel. Published by SWATEE and SACEPS, Kathmandu, 2012.
  • Agricultural Trade between Bangladesh and India: An Analysis of Trends, Trading Patterns and Determinants (with Mazbahul Golam Ahamad, A K M Nazrul Islam and Muhammad Al Amin). CPD-CMI Working Paper Series 3, Dhaka, September, 2012.
  • Adopting Transfer Pricing Regime in Bangladesh: Rationale and the Needed Initiatives (with Md. Shabbir Ahmed and Towfiqul Islam Khan). CPD Working Paper 94, Dhaka, November, 2011.
  • National Budget: Are the commitments to the children of Bangladesh being kept? (with Fahmida Khatun, Syed Saifuddin Hossain, Md. Ashiq Iqbal, Ashiqun Nabi), UNICEF Bangladesh, June, 2011.
  • Bangladesh’s Export Opportunities in the Indian Market: Addressing Barriers and Strategies for Future (with Towfiqul Islam Khan, Ashiqun Nabi and Tapas Kumar Paul) in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 12:1 (March 2011), India.
  • Bangladesh Apparels Export to the Japanese Market: Opportunities and Challenges (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem). CPD Research Monograph 5, Dhaka, May 2010.
  • Trade Liberalisation, Manufacturing Growth and Employment in Bangladesh (with Wasel Bin Shadat and Selim Raihan). Published by International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva and Academic Foundation; New Delhi, 2010.
  • Global Financial Crisis and Bangladesh Economy: Implications for Employment and Labour Market (with Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Syed Saifuddin Hossain). CPD Research Monograph 4, December, 2009.
  • Macroeconomic Management in the Face of Global Challenges (with Debapriya Bhattacharya, Md. Ashiq Iqbal, Towfiqul Islam Khan and Tapas Kumar Paul) in The Bangladesh Accountant, Volume 62, No. 35, pp 57-95; The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), 2009.
  • Bangladesh’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Case Study for Creating Systemic Change. Prepared for Harvard Business School, Boston, USA (Team Member) (on-going).
  • Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Employment and Labour Market of Bangladesh: A Preliminary Assessment. Paper prepared for International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland, February, 2009 (Author and Team Leader).
  • Macroeconomic Management in the Face of Global Challenges. Paper prepared for Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, UK, May, 2009. Published as Working Paper Series of ODI (Paper # 1) (Author and Team Leader).
  • Ongoing Doha Round Negotiations and the LDCs: Issues of Interest, Concerns and Strategies. Paper prepared for Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK, May, 2009.
  • Public Finance Implications of Trade-Related Policy Reforms in Least-Developed Countries: Bangladesh Case Study. Paper prepared for UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Colombo, December, 2008 (Author and Team Leader).
  • Global Trade in T&C after the MFA Phase-out: Emerging Trends and Challenges for Low Income Developing Countries. Paper prepared for Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK, October, 2008.
  • Dynamics of Ongoing Changes in Bangladesh’s Export-Oriented RMG Enterprises: Findings from an Enterprise Level Survey (with Debapriya Bhattacharya and Khondaker Golam Moazzem), in Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Volume 24, No.1&2, pp. 201-226, December, 2008.
  • Competitiveness of Bangladesh’s Export-Oriented Garments Industry in the Quota-free World: Major Challenges and Recommendations (with Debapriya Bhattacharya and Khondaker Golam Moazzem) in Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha, Volume 26, pp 249-284 in bangla; Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2008.
  • Bangladesh’s Apparel Sector in Post-MFA Period: A Study on the Ongoing Restructuring Process; Forthcoming Publication, February, 2008 (lead author).
  • Multilateralism at Cross-roads: Reaffirming Development Priorities, South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development 2006, published by Wiley-India and Centad, New Delhi, India, March, 2007 (Co-editor).
  • “NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Bangladesh and Other Asia-Pacific LDCs” (with Wasel Bin Shadat) in South Asia Economic Journal, Vol: 7:2 (2006), India.
  • SAFTA Accord: Salient Features, and Challenges of Realising the Potentials in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Regional Cooperation in South Asia: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2004, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2006.
  • Proposed Changes to WTO Special and Differential Treatment Provisions: An Analysis from the Perspective of Asian LDCs; (with Kazi Mahmudur Rahman), Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) Working Paper Series, No. 13 (April); UNESCAP, 2006.
  • Hong Kong Declaration of the WTO: Bangladesh’s Achievements and Strategy; (with Debapriya Bhattacharya, Uttam Deb, and Fahmida Khatun); Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha (Volume 23, pp 52-74 in bangla); Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2006.
  • “Rules of Origin in EU and US GSP Schemes: Concerns and Interests of Bangladesh” in Grynberg Roman (ed.) Rules of Origin: Textiles and Clothing Sector, Cameron Publishers, May, UK, 2005.
  • Voices of the Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Through a Global Partnership, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Lead Researcher, New Delhi, 2005.
  • NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Asia-Pacific LDCs, A Policy Paper Prepared for ARTNeT, UNESCAP, 2005.
  • EU Sanctions on Import of Chinese Apparels: Implications for Bangladesh, CPD Trade Policy Brief, volume 2, Issue 3, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, September 2005.
  • NAMA Negotiations in the WTO and Preference Erosion: Concerns of Bangladesh and Other Regional LDCs, CPD Occasional paper series no. 51, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, September 2005.
  • Ongoing WTO Negotiations and the Issue of Preference Erosion: Concerns of Asia-Pacific LDCs; Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) Policy Brief, No. 1 (August); UNESCAP, 2005.

Earlier Publications (2004 and before)

  • External Sector Performance in FY2002: Recovery and Beyond in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Revisiting Foreign Aid: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2003, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2004.
  • Fisheries Subsidies and Marine Resource Management: Lessons from Bangladesh, Prepared for The Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Switzerland, 2004.
  • Globalisation and the LDCs: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region, Co-author, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and Pathak Shamabes, Dhaka, 2004.
  • Emerging Concerns in Bangladesh’s External Sector in FY2002: A Wake-up Call in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Employment and Labour Market Dynamics: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2002, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2003.
  • Phasing Out of the Apparel Quota, Co-author, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2003.
  • South Asia in the WTO: Is there a Common Agenda? in Dipankar Banerjee (ed.) SAARC in the Twenty-First Century: Towards a Cooperative Future, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies and India Research Press, New Delhi, 2002.
  • Bangladesh’s External Sector in FY2001: Review of Performance and Emerging Concerns in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Bangladesh Facing the Challenges of Globalisation: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2001, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2002.
  • Bangladesh-India Bilateral Trade: An Investigation into Trade in Services in TN Srinivasan (ed.) Trade, Finance and Investment in South Asia; Social Science Press, New Delhi, 2001.
  • Performance of the Bangladesh External Sector in FY 2000: Growth Dynamical and Emergent Concerns in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Changes and Challenges: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 2000, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2001.
  • “Export Promotion Through Export Incentives: The Bangladesh Incentive Regime in a Regional Context” in Strategies for Industrialization: The Case of Bangladesh edited by Mozammel Huq and Jim Love; 2000.
  • “Bangladesh’s Apparels Sector: Growth Trends and the Post-MFA Challenges” in Growth of Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Economic and Social Dimensions edited by Majumder and Sen; (Co-author), 2000
  • Bangladesh External Sector: Changes and Challenges in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) in Trends in the Post-Flood Economy: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1998-99, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 2000.
  • “Environmental Impact of Structural Adjustment Policies: The Case of Export-Oriented Shrimp Culture in Bangladesh” in UNEP, Occasional Paper November, 1999.
  • Trade and Transit in “South Asian Growth Quadrangle: Framework for Multifaceted Cooperation” ed. Dubey, M., Baral, L.R. and Sobhan, R.; McMillan India Limited; 1999.
  • Export Promotion Through Export Incentives: Bangladesh Incentive Regime in the Regional Context in “Bangladesh Industrialisation Strategies”; edited by Dr. Mozammel Huq; University Press Limited, 1999.
  • The Future of Bangladesh Apparels Sector (with A. Razzaque); ­Journal of Social Studies, Dhaka University, June, 1999.
  • East Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons for Bangladesh; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, June, 1999.
  • Prospects of Apparels Export From Bangladesh: Market Access Under Uruguay Round and Beyond; Social Science Review; Vol. XV. No. 2. December, 1998 (with Mohammad Abur Razzaque).
  • The Asian Financial Crisis: Genesis and Implications; Journal of Business Studies; Volume XiX; No. 2; December, 1998 (with Md. Maksudur Rahman Sarker).
  • Bangladesh-India Bilateral Trade: Current Trends, New Perspectives, New Challenges, BIISS Journal, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies; volume 19, No. 1, January 1998.
  • Management of Import Liberalisation and Export Promotion Strategies in Bangladesh (with M. Ali Rashid) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Crisis in Governance: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1997; Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1998.
  • External Sector performance in FY 1997: An Update (with M. Ali Rashid) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Crisis in Governance: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1997; Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1998.
  • Preferential Market Access Under EU GSP Scheme and Bangladesh’s Export Sector Performance: Evidence and Emerging Issues; BIISS Journal, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies; volume 18, No. 3, July 1997.
  • Current External Sector Performance and the Emerging Issues (with M. I. Hossain) in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Growth or Stagnation? A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1996, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1997.
  • A Note on Bangladesh Economy, in Governance and the Electoral Process in Bangladesh, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Recent Policy of Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh and Issues of Regional Cooperation in South Asia; Journal of Asian Economics; JAI Press, Connecticut, USA, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1997.
  • Regional Integration: Formation of NAFTA and Potential Implications for Bangladesh; Journal of Business Studies; volume XVII, No. 2; December 1996 (with M.A. Razzaque).
  • Implementing the Financial Sector Reforms in Bangladesh: Some Emerging Issues of the Early Phase and the Role of the State in Information Systems for Economies in Transition; Tata-McGraw-Hill Publication Co. Ltd., 1996.
  • GSP and Export Competitiveness of Bangladesh: Some Emerging Issues of Post-GATT Phase; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XVI, No. 2, 1995.
  • Trends in the External Sector: Trade and Aid in Rehman Sobhan (ed.) Experiences with Economic Reform: A Review of Bangladesh’s Development 1995 (with Prof. A. Bayes and Prof. M. I. Hossain); Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and University Press Limited, Dhaka, 1995.
  • The GATT UR Multilateral Accord: Implications for Bangladesh in Bangladesh Strategies for Development (ed. Prof. Roy H. Grieve and Dr. M. Huq); University Press Limited, 1995.
  • People’s Initiatives for Sustainable Development: Lessons of Experience; ed. S.A. Samad and Watanable, T. (Chapter on Bangladesh with Prof. S.A.L. Reza); Asia Pacific Development Centre; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1995.
  • Export Incentives in a Challenging Environment: How Bangladesh Compares with Some of Her Neighbours; Journal of Business Administration; Dhaka University, July, 1995.
  • Promotion of Foreign Investible Resource Flows to Bangladesh: Dynamics and Incentives; Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XV, No. 3. June, 1995.
  • Technology, Productivity and Poverty Alleviation: Rural Non-Farm Activities in Bangladesh; Journal of Science, Technology and Development, Glasgow, U.K., April, 1995.
  • Rural Non‑farm Economy in Bangladesh: A Dynamic Sector or a Sponge for Absorbing Surplus Labour? (with Dr. Mahabub Hossain and Prof. Abdul Bayes), ILO Working Paper, New Delhi, March 1995.
  • Implications of GATT Multilateral Accord for Bangladesh: Emerging Challenges, Unfolding Opportunities; Journal of Business Studies, D.U. Vol. XV. No. 2, 1994.
  • Impact of Exchange Rate Policy : A Review of Recent Policy Measures in Bangladesh; The Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Bangladesh Economic Association, Vol. XIII No. 1, 1995.
  • Socio‑Economic Implications of Transition to Democracy (with Dr. Binayak Sen), in the Journal Society, Economics, State, Jan., 1994 (in Bangla).
  • Missing Links in Development Strategy, in Sustainable Medium‑Term Development for Bangladesh (ed. by Salehuddin Ahmed); C.E.S.E.R.; Dhaka, 1993 (with Dr. Binayak Sen).
  • Sustainability Monitoring in Development Projects: Concepts, Issues and Framework; Journal of Business Administration; Dhaka University, Vol. 18, No. 3 and 4, 1992 (with Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya).
  • Sustainability Monitoring of NGO Poverty Alleviation Projects: Concept, Framework and Issues, in Development Management; Tata-McGraw-Hill Publication Co. Ltd., 1992.
  • Devaluation Policy in Bangladesh: An Appraisal of Recent Policy Measures, Journal of Business Studies, Dhaka University, Vol. XII, No. 2, 1991.
  • Relationship of Bangladesh with Development Partners: Issues and Implications, in National Task Force Reports, Vol. II; University Press Limited, 1991 (co‑author).
  • External Sector in the Economy of Bangladesh: A Review of Performance and Policies, in The Decade of Stagnation: A Report on the State of Bangladesh Economy in the 1980s (ed. Prof. Rehman Sobhan); University Press Limited, 1991.
  • Diffusion of Irrigation Technology and the Issue of Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh, Bank Parikrama; Vol. 13, 1988.
  • Crisis of Vocational Training in Bangladesh: Crisis of Development Strategy; The Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, Bangladesh Economic Association, 1988 (in Bangla).
  • Crisis of Social Infrastructure in Bangladesh (in Bangla) in The Bangladesh Economy: The Nature of Crisis (ed. Dr. A. Gafur). Muktodhara, Dhaka, Feb. 1987
  • Problems of Regulating Economic Development in Bangladesh (in Russian), Moscow State University, 1985.
  • Rural ‑ Urban Intersectoral transfer of Resources; The Journal of Social Studies, C.S.S., University of Dhaka, Oct. 1984 (with Dr. Binayak Sen).
  • Is a member of the team at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) which organises the survey in connection with the preparation of The Global Competitiveness Report (successive years) in partnership with World Economic Forum (Davos Forum).

Op-eds and Interviews

No room for complacency if we want to compete in post-LDC world – Professor Mustafizur Rahman

The recent 13th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference held particular importance for Bangladesh as we are set to graduate from LDC status in 2026.

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Reducing income inequality: An agenda in search of actions -Mustafizur Rahman

Inequality is widening, posing major moral, social and political challenges to which policymakers must react,” wrote Prof Olivier Blanchard of MIT and Prof Dani Rodrik of Harvard University, in a widely quoted article in 2020.

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A snapshot of macroeconomic correlates

The national budget for FY2024-25 (FY25) will be the first budget prepared by the incumbent government. It will also be prepared under new leadership at the Ministry of Finance.

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Intra-RMG diversification: The next frontier – Mustafizur Rahman

The highly impressive track record of Bangladesh’s export-oriented readymade garments (e-o RMG) sector is well-known and well-appreciated.

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শ্রম ও প্রযুক্তিনির্ভরতা সমন্বয় করলে অগ্রগতি হবে – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতিতে এক ধরনের প্রবৃদ্ধি আমরা লক্ষ করছি। এখানে উৎপাদন বৃদ্ধি করে প্রতিযোগিতার সক্ষমতা বৃদ্ধির দিকে আরো অনেক কিছু করার আছে। পৃথিবীর অন্যান্য দেশ যেসব মার্কেটে যাচ্ছে, সেখানে অনেক প্রতিযোগিতার সম্মুখীন হচ্ছে।

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How Bangladesh should address the upcoming challenges – Mustafizur Rahman

Bangladesh’s economy is currently experiencing a number of unprecedented challenges that will require energetic and coordinated measures in several areas.

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অর্থনৈতিক চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলায় প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক সক্ষমতা বাড়াতে হবে – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

আমাদের সামনে অর্থনীতির যে চ্যালেঞ্জগুলো বিদ্যমান আছে, সেগুলো নিয়েই নতুন সরকারকে কার্যক্রম শুরু করতে হবে। বিগত সময়ে অর্থনীতির ওপরে আমরা যে চাপ দেখেছি, সে চাপগুলো এখনো রয়ে গেছে।

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তৈরি পোশাকের বাইরে অনেকগুলো খাত আছে যেগুলো খুবই সম্ভাবনাময় – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

আমাদের তৈরি পোশাক এবং টেক্সটাইল মিলিয়ে প্রায় ১ ট্রিলিয়ন ডলারের মার্কেট। আরো ৫০টি পণ্যে প্রতিযোগিতায় সক্ষম হলে সেগুলোর বিশ্ববাজার হয়তো ১০০ বিলিয়ন ডলারের বাজার হবে। কিন্তু এমন একটা প্রতিযোগিতায় আমরা সক্ষমতা প্রমাণ করেছি যে যেটার প্রায় ১ হাজার বিলিয়ন ডলারের বিশ্ববাজার আছে।

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2nd-generation export challenges have to be met on a daily basis – Fahmida Khatun

One significant transformation in our history is Bangladesh evolving into a trade-dependent economy from a debt-dependent one since the ’90s.

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মূল্যস্ফীতি নিয়ন্ত্রণ বড় চ্যালেঞ্জ – মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান

নতুন একটি বছর শুরু হয়েছে। জাতীয় নির্বাচনের মাধ্যমে নতুন একটি সরকার দায়িত্ব নিতে যাচ্ছে। বর্তমান পরিস্থিতিতে সবার আগে উচ্চ মূল্যস্ফীতি নিয়ন্ত্রণে আনার উদ্যোগ নেওয়া উচিত। মানুষের ক্রয়ক্ষমতা ও জীবনমানের অবনমন ঘটেছে, যা কাটিয়ে ওঠা সরকারের জন্য বড় চ্যালেঞ্জ।

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