June 2018 – To date: Team leader and International Consultant, Oxford Policy Management and DFID, United Kingdom. Study on “Institutional Diagnostics of development in Bangladesh”.
Aug 2016 – Dec 2018: Team leader and International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “The SPS and TBT (Non-tariff Measures) issues in the Six South Asian countries”.
Mar 2017 – Mar 2017: International Consultant, USAID. Economic and trade impact of enhanced express courier, postal service and e-commerce between Bangladesh and India under the BBIN MVA.
Apr 2017 – May 2017: International Consultant, UNESCAP, Bangkok. Preferential trade liberalization – Bangladesh.
Nov 2016 – Jan 2017: International Consultant, USAID. Bangladesh NTB Action Plan
Oct 2016 – May 2017: Team leader and Consultant, UNDP, Bangladesh. SDG Need Assessment and Financing Strategy: Bangladesh Perspective.
Nov 2016 – Jan 2017: International Consultant and Team Member, World Bank, Washington DC and Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka. Implications for Sri Lanka of the Proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) between India and Sri Lanka.
Oct 2016 – Dec 2016: International Consultant, UNESCAP, Bangkok. Realizing Benefits, and Managing Risks along the Belt and Road Initiative of China.
Sep 2016 – Oct 2016: Team leader and International Consultant, Overseas Development Institute, London. Bangladesh Sectoral Growth Diagnostic: Economic Dialogue on Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh.
Jan 2016 – Apr 2016: International Consultant, UNESCAP SSWA, New Delhi. SDG consistent Dynamic CGE model for five South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The simulation results have been incorporated in UNESCAP report.
Jan 2016 – June 2016: International Consultant, UNDP, Bangkok. Making inroads into South Asia: Promoting women entrepreneurship and intraregional trade
Aug 2015 – Mar 2016: Consultant, Asia Foundation, Dhaka. Study on “Political Economy Analysis of South Asia Regional Trade integration”.
Jun 2015 – Feb 2016: International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “The Regional Cooperation and Integration Strategy for the SASEC Countries”.
May 2015 – Aug 2015: International Consultant, GIZ, Dhaka. Study on “Policy Advocacy Strategy for the Trade Promotion Focusing on Dealing with Non-Tariff Measures in South Asia”.
Jul 2015 – Dec 2015: International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Global Value Chain and Bangladesh”.
Oct 2014 – Aug 2015: International Consultant, UNESCAP SSWA, New Delhi. Updating Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; developing CGE model for these countries. The research project has as working paper as follows: Raihan, S. (2015). “Effects of Unilateral Trade Liberalization in South Asian countries: Applications of CGE Models”. UNESCAP-SSWA Development Paper 1501
Jan 2015 – May 2015: International Consultant, ILO, Nepal. Study on “Sectoral growth and employment and the role for government policies and programmes to promote structural transformation in Nepal”.
Feb 2014 – Nov 2018: Co-leader in the Work Package on Economic Modelling on Climate Change, for the research project entitled “Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change; Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)”, under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) programme funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014: Researcher for ESID, University of Manchester, UK. Research project on “Political Economy Analysis of Economic Growth”. The research project so far has published a book, a journal article and a working paper as follows: Kar, S. L. Pritchet, S. Raihan and K. Sen (2013),The Dynamics of Economic Growth: A Visual Handbook of Growth Rates, Regimes, Transitions and Volatility, University of Manchester, UK Kar, S., L. Pritchet, S. Raihan and K. Sen (2013), “Looking for a break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes”, Journal of Macroeconomics, December 2013 Pritchett, L., K. Sen, S. Kar and S. Raihan (2013), “Trillions Gained and Lost: Estimating the Magnitude of Growth Episodes”, ESID Working Paper No. 26, University of Manchester, UK
Jul 2013 – Dec 2014: Team Leader for Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Roadmap for the South Asia Economic Union”. The study is for the SARRC Secretariat. I lead a team of economists from South Asia contributing chapters on trade liberalisation under SAFTA, services trade, investment, trade facilitation, labour mobility etc. I have contributed five chapters: one on GTAP CGE simulations of different regional integration scenarios in South Asia; one on identification of the priority sectors for fast track liberalisation; one on a critical evaluation of the regional integration in South Asia; one on a critical evaluation of the bilateral FTA agreements in in South Asia; and the final one is on the policy implications. The outcome of the whole exercise is published as volume edited by me and also as a synthesis policy report.
Jul 2013 – June 2016: Team Leader for the IDRC, Canada. Research Project on “Changing labour markets in Bangladesh: Understanding dynamics in relation to economic growth and poverty”. This research project will produce 8 technical papers using pseudo-panel data of household survey data in Bangladesh.
Jan 2014 – Dec 2016: Team Leader (Bangladesh component) for Swiss National Foundation and World Trade Institute, Bern, Switzerland. Research Project on “Employment effects of different development policy instruments”. The project involves a quasi-experiment on labour market in Bangladesh.
Aug 2013 – Dec 2016: Co-Principle Investigator for IZA’s GLM-LIC, Bonn, Germany. RCT project on “Reducing Extreme Poverty through Skill Training for Industry Job Placement”.
Oct 2013 – Dec 2013: International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Estimating Willingness to Pay in the electricity in Bangladesh”. The study conducted a survey of 4000 households.
Apr 2013 – Jun 2013: International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Estimating Willingness to Pay for the Solar Irrigation System in Bangladesh”. The study conducted a survey of 1000 households.
Dec 2013 – Mar 2014: International Consultant, United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. Research project on development of HDI projection models for Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Mar 2014 – Aug 2014: International consultant to World Bank. Developing an agricultural focussed CGE model for Bangladesh and conducting different policy simulations.
Jan 2012 – May 2013: Team Leader for GIZ and SAARC Secretariat. Study on “Non-Tariff Measures in South Asia”. The report was published as a monograph in April, 2014.
Jan 2013 – Dec 2013: Team Leader for the DFID, Bangladesh. Study on “Equitable Financing in Primary Education in Bangladesh”. The study has produced three reports: (i) Education Development Index for the Upazillas in Bangladesh using the Principal Component Analysis method; (ii) Analysis of marginalisation in access to education through household survey data; (iii) Analysis of financing in primary education. Jan 2014 – Dec 2014: International Consultant, UNESCAP, New Delhi. Upgrading the Social Accounting Matrix (SAMs) of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the use of these upgraded SAMs in the respective country CGE models to conduct several policy simulations.
Jan 2013 – June 2014: International Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Development of web-based CGE models for Bangladesh and India.
Sep 2011 – Dec 2013: Lead Trade and Economic Development Consultant for the UNDP, Asia Pacific. The project involved a scoping report of the Human Rights Impact Assessment of WTO Accession in Vanuatu. And a Trade and Development Report for the Pacific Island Countries.
Aug 2012 – Dec 2012: National CGE Economist, Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Climate Change in Bangladesh: Impact Assessment through a Dynamic CGE Model”.
Jul 2012 – Mar 2013: International Consultant to the World Bank, Washington DC. Study on “India – Pakistan Economic Cooperation”. The study used gravity model and GTAP simulation model. The study produced the following working paper: De, P. S. Raihan and E. Ghani (2013), “What does MFN mean for India and Pakistan? Is MFN a Panacea?” Policy Research Working Paper 6483. World Bank, Washington DC.
Aug 2012 – Mar 2013: International Consultant to the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Study on “Political Economy of Tax Exemption in Bangladesh”. The study investigated the relevant political economic issues and estimated the magnitude of tax exemption in the RMG, poultry and wholesale-retail trade sectors in Bangladesh.
Jan 2012 – Jun 2013: International Consultant to the UNU-WIDER, Helsinki. Study on “Political Economy of Food Price Policy in Bangladesh”. The study produced the following working paper: Raihan, S. (2013), “The political economy of food price policy: The case of Bangladesh”, WIDER Working Paper, WP/2013/002, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki.
Aug 2011 – Nov 2011: International Consultant to ADB, Manila. Study on “Tariff Reforms and Inter-sectoral Allocation of Natural Gas”. The study used CGE model for Bangladesh and produced a paper on “Opportunity Cost of Natural Gas Subsidies in Bangladesh”.
Jul 2011 – Sep 2011: International Consultant to the FAO. Developing a dynamic CGE model of Bangladesh using MPSGE.
Feb 2011 – Dec 2011: International Consultant to the International Labor Organisation (ILO), Geneva. The project involved CGE modelling simulation. The project produced three monographs: Raihan, S. and D. Cheong, D. (2013), Impact of trade in services on employment in Bangladesh: special reference to the IT sector, International Labour Organization; ILO Country Office for Bangladesh. Raihan, S. (2013), Employment Effects of FTA Agreements Perspectives from Bangladesh, International Labour Organization; ILO Country Office for Bangladesh. Raihan, S. (2012), Economic Reforms and Agriculture in Bangladesh: Assessment of Impacts using Economy-wide Simulation Models, International Labour Organization; ILO Country Office for Bangladesh.
Nov 2010 – Jan 2011: International Consultant to the Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “Infrastructure and Development in Bangladesh”. The study produced an Infrastructural Development Index, using the Principal Component Analysis method, at the district level in Bangladesh.
Jul 2010 – June 2011: National Consultant to the SPEMP (Strengthening Public Expenditure Management Program) of the Government of Bangladesh. Specific tasks included contribution to the Sixth Five Year Plan of Bangladesh, development of a dynamic CGE model and development of macroeconomic framework for the GED of the Planning Commission of the Government of Bangladesh.
Jul 2010 – Oct 2010: Member of the team of International Experts appointed by the Development Solutions of UK for the DG Trade, European Commission, Brussels. Study on the assessment of the “EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement”. Worked as the CGE and Gravity Modeling Expert.
Aug 2010 – Sep 2010: International Consultant to the IOM (International Organisation of Migration), Manila. Study on the “Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Remittances and Migration in Bangladesh: A Household Survey Based Analysis”.
Jul 2010 – Aug 2010: International Consultant to the World Bank, Dhaka. Study on “Bangladesh – India Economic Cooperation”. The study used gravity model and GTAP simulation model. The study produced the following working paper: De, P., Raihan, S. and Khaturia, S. (2012), “Unlocking Bangladesh-India Trade: Emerging Potential and the Way Forward”, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6155, World Bank, Washington DC.
Mar 2010 – Jul 2010: Consultant to the World Bank. Study on “The Economic Impact of Padma Bridge: A SAM and CGE Analysis”. The study employed SAM and CGE models to analyse the potential economy-wide gains from the construction of the Padma Bridge.
Jun 2010 – Jul 2010: International Consultant to Asian Development Bank, Manila. Study on “The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the economy of Bangladesh: A CGE Based Analysis”.
Oct 2009 – Jun 2010: Consultant to SWISSCONTACT Katalyst. Study on Price Monitoring in Bangladesh and Chairman of the 5-member Advisory Panel to the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh, facilitated by the SWISSCONTACT Katalyst.
Aug 2009 – May 2010: International Consultant to IFPRI, Washington DC. Study on “Impact of Investments in Augmenting Food supply through Improved Productivity”.
Jul 2009 – Nov 2009: International Consultant to UNESCAP, Bangkok. Study on “EU-India FTA: Potential Implications for the Low Income Economies”. The study used the GTAP model.
Jul 2009 – Aug 2009: International Consultant to Asian Development Bank, Manila. Research contribution to Asian Development Outlook 2009.
Apr 2009 – Jun 2009: International Consultant to FAO. Study on “Aid for Trade – approaches to identifying and prioritising agricultural trade support measures”.
Dec 2008 – Jun 2009: International Consultant to Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) of India. Study on ““Doha Round Impacts on India – A study in a sequential dynamic CGE framework”. The Project was supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, USA.
