Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD, is a Professorial Fellow at BIGD. 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 governments, 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.
Date: 2023
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Siddiquee; Muhammad Shahadat Hossain
Publisher: Review of World Economics
Date: 2022
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat Hossain
Topic(s): Economic Development, Macroeconomics
Publisher: SN Business & Economics
Date: 2021
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Pabon, Md. Nahid Ferdous
Topic(s): Macroeconomics, Economic Development
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2020
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat Hossain
Topic(s): Macroeconomics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2020
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Razzaque, Abdur; Rahman, Jillur; Shadat, Wasel Bin
Topic(s): Macroeconomics, COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2020
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Razzaque, Abdur; Rahman, Jillur; Shadat, Wasel Bin
Topic(s): Macroeconomics, COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2017
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Ahamed, Raihan; Zaman, Nabila; Nadim, Nadir Shah; Ahmed, Nazneen
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2017
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Ahamed, Raihan; Zaman, Nabila; Nadim, Nadir Shah; Ahmed, Nazneen
Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2016
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Abdallah, Wahid; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Ferdous, Nahid; Rahman, Muhammad Ashikur; Rashid, Md. Harun-Or; Razzaque, Farhana; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah; Zahan, Iffat; Zaman, Nabila; Zillur, Kaneta
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2016
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Hossain, Md Shanawez; Uddin, Mohammed Misbah
Topic(s): BRAC Programs
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2016
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir
Topic(s): Digitization, Governance and Politics
Publisher: Copenhagen Consensus Center
Date: 2015
Author(s): Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Mukhopadhay, Hiranya
Topic(s): Macroeconomics, Inclusive Growth
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2014
Author(s): Rahman, Ashikur; Chowdhury, Faiz Ahmed; Razzaque, Farhana; Stanislawski, Jens; Islam, M Shahidul; Rashid, Md Harun-Or; Hamid, Rubayet; Mannan, Sadiat; Zakaria, Sultan Mohammed; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Mahmud, Minhaj; Hassan, Mirza; Khan, Niaz Ahmed; Akter, Marufa; Nazneen, Sohela; Ahmed, Kazi Niaz
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Publisher: BIGD
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD, Md. Abdur Razzaque
Topic(s): COVID-19, Macroeconomics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Macroeconomics
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, PhD, Sultan Hafeez Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Governance and Politics
RPG is a flagship program of BIGD, which aims to re-establish the relationship of trust and partnership between researchers and policymakers to build institutional capacity and produce rigorous research, consequently uplifting the quality of evidence-based decision and policy-making in Bangladesh. Currently, RPG is conducting studies on digital literacy and access to public service delivery, social accountability in social safety nets, and citizen’s experience with land services.
