Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD, is a Professorial Fellow at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. Formerly, he was the Executive Director of the institute.
Dr Rahman is a member of the Board of Trustees of BRAC University as well as the Asian University for Women. Before BIGD, he was the Director General of the largest regional department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) South Asia. He led policy dialogues with high-level officials and political leaders in ADB’s member countries and with OECD development partners, led and supervised the strategy, planning and implementation of the country, sector and regional assistance programs, as well as thematic and sector studies.
Dr Rahman started his professional career with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in 1975. He has published research papers on a wide range of economic and policy issues and served as the Executive Editor of the Bangladesh Development Studies at BIDS. He also served as a member of several high-level government, regional, and international expert panels, task forces, and committees. These include the expert panels of the 3rd, 4th and 7th Five-Year Plans of Bangladesh. In addition, he was an Adviser/Consultant to the Ministries of Jute, Industry, Commerce, Finance, and Planning. He has also served on the boards of two banks.
Dr Rahman’s research focus encompasses economic growth, macroeconomic policy, governance, international trade, and regional integration. He obtained his PhD in Development Economics from Stanford University in 1980.
