Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, is a Visiting Research Fellow at BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Brac University. An applied microeconomist, Dr Rahman works on the WEE-DiFine project along with broader economic research at BIGD.
He previously worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Swisscontact Bangladesh in various capacities. His primary research interest is in development and labour economics. He focuses on the empirical microeconomic analysis of development policies, social welfare analysis, and causal inference. His current research explores human capital and productivity—often having the role of information, norms, and technology as a cross-cutting theme.
Dr Rahman has completed his PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA.
Date: 2024
Author(s): Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
Publisher: Economics Letters
Date: 2024
Author(s): Ahmed, Md. Shakil; Arman, Mohammad Raied; Hossain, Marjan; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur; Rahman, Nuzaba Tahreen
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
Publisher: Journal of Population Economics
Date: 2023
Author(s): Hossain, Marjan; Islam, Md. Johirul; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur; Ahmed, Shaila
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2022
Author(s): Hossain, Marjan; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
Topic(s): COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD,Institute of Development Studies
Date: 2022
Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Huq, Lopita; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur; Arman, Md. Raied
Topic(s): Social Transformation, COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2022
Author(s): Hossain, Marjan; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur
Topic(s): COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD,Institute of Development Studies
Date: 2022
Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Aktar, Taslima; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur; Pabony, Nuha Annoor; Noshin, Maliha; Nath, Shravasti Roy; Labib, Mahir; Islam, Md Zahirul; Kabir, Farhana; Huq, Lopita; Hossain, Md Rakib; Chowdhury, Kabita; Arman, Md Raied; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Mamun, Saklain Al
Topic(s): Social Transformation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2021
Author(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Nuzaba Tahreen Rahman, and Khandker Wahedur Rahman
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Skills and Jobs, Economic Development
Publisher: BIGD
Our baseline survey shows that mobile banking is not reaching unbanked women. Our data also show, however, that women hold positive perceptions regarding mobile banking, despite acknowledged constraints. These positive attitudes, in tandem with our intervention targeting key constraints, point to an opportunity to meaningfully improve women’s financial inclusion.
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Abu S. Shonchoy, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD, Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): BRAC Programs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD, Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD, Md. Johirul Islam, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Sakib Mahmood, PhD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Marjan Hossain, Md. Johirul Islam, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD
Topic(s): Education
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Kamruzzaman, Maliha Noshin Khan
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Social Transformation, Education
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Marjan Hossain, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Education
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman
Topic(s): COVID-19, Economic Development
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Education
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Marjan Hossain, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Gender Justice, Social Transformation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Semab Rahman, Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Digitization
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Marjan Hossain, Hossain Zillur Rahman
Topic(s): COVID-19, Social Transformation, Education
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman, Sakib Mahmood, PhD, Semab Rahman
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19, Economic Development
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Lopita Huq, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman, Iffat Jahan Antara, Maliha Noshin Khan
Topic(s): Gender Justice, COVID-19
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Narayan C. Das, PhD, Atiya Rahman (On study leave)
Topic(s): BRAC Programs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman, Md. Shakil Ahmed
Topic(s): COVID-19, Economic Development, Social Transformation
WEE-DiFine is a research initiative (2019–2024), which aims to generate a comprehensive body of evidence around the impact of digital finance (DiFine) on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and the causal mechanisms between the two through funding rigorous research studies across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
