Research Activities

Ongoing research projects

• Costed Implementation Plan of Family Planning Program in Bangladesh (Funded by UNFPA & Pathfinder)
• Gender Based Violence among the FDMN (Rohinga) and Host Communities (funded by Health Economics Unit, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh)

Recent research work

On Nutrition Economics /Economic Evaluation/Health Economics-

• Economic evaluation of three adolescent nutrition intervention (Lead Consultant/Researcher)-funded by World Bank
• Economic costs of tobacco cultivation (Consultant)- WHO
• Economic Evaluation of Nutritional Program: CBA of fortified rice distribution, life cycle intervention, scaling up bcc; economic evaluation of nutritional interventions (Funded by FAO)

On Public Economics/Health Economics

• Betel Quid Dependency and its determinants (Team Leader)- NCDC, Government of Bangladesh
• User satisfaction of health insurance for the leather good manufacturers workers in Bangladesh (PI) - GIZ

On Social Security/Health Insurance

• Social Workers of Bangladesh: motivation, performance, evaluation (Consultant)- World Bank
• Costing of SSK OPD services (pricing required to include OPD services with current SSK project of MoHFW, and calculation of premium for some common NCDs)

On Finance/Financial Inclusion-

Innovative mSE (micro and small enterprise) Financing Products and Delivery Channels in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges (accomplished)