Full Name: Dr. Fahmida Khatun

Affiliation: Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

Current Position: Executive Director

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Dr. Fahmida Khatun is a Bangladeshi economist who focuses on policy analysis and project management. She is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading think tank in South Asia.

Fahmida completed her bachelor and Masters in Economics from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. She did another Masters in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, and a PhD in Economics from the University College London (UCL), University of London UK. She did her post-doctoral research at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, USA as a Fulbright Scholar and undertook joint research with Professor Jeffery Sachs. She has also participated in a Leadership Decision Making course at Harvard University, USA.

Prior to joining CPD Fahmida worked as a Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS); as an Environment Specialist for the UNDP; as an Economist for the USAID Mission in Bangladesh. She taught economics at universities in Bangladesh and England. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI), Norway, at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIIET), South Korea and Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), India. She delivers lectures on macroeconomic policy, trade, climate change issues, SDGs, WTO and LDC issues in several reputed institutions in Bangladesh. The pre-eminent ones include public and private universities, National Defence College, Defence Services and Staff College, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, Bangladesh Police Academy, and private universities.

Fahmida is a member of the High-level Advisory Board on Productive Capacities Index (PCI) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She was a member of the Panel of Economists for the Eighth Five Year Plan (2021-25) formed by Bangladesh Planning Commission. She served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the National Human Development Report prepared by the Economic Relations Division, Government of Bangladesh. She was a Director of Janata Bank Limited, the second largest state-owned bank of Bangladesh and a Director of the SME Foundation of Bangladesh.

Fahmida has undertaken research for several international organisations. Her areas of interest include macroeconomic policy, aid effectiveness, international trade and WTO issues, digital economy, youth unemployment, health issues, social inclusion and poverty eradication, climate change, interests of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and women’s contribution to the economy. She has published widely at home and abroad. She is a columnist of the Daily Star, a leading daily in Bangladesh. She is also a contributor to the East Asia Forum.

Fahmida is a passionate Rabindra Sangeet singer and sings mostly for herself. In 2007, Khatun released an album titled Jokhon Prothom Dhoreche Koli, comprising Rabindra Sangeet songs.

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