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Raihan Ahamed

Raihan Ahamed

Senior Programme Associate

raihan.bigd@bracu.ac.bd

Raihan Ahamed is a Senior Programme Associate at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. 

Raihan joined BIGD as a Research Assistant in 2015 under the Urban, Climate Change and Environment (UCCE) cluster. He was engaged with one of the institute’s flagship research publications, The State of Cities (SOC) from 2015 to 2018. He is currently working with the Research Policy and Governance (RPG) cluster and has been involved in the Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) Research, and the Urban Social Protection and Job Program Review, along with a project focusing on municipal finance in Bangladesh. 

Prior to joining BIGD, Raihan worked in Environmental Conservation Management Consultants Ltd. (ECOMAC) as a Geographic Information System (GIS) Assistant. 

Raihan completed his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Geography and Environment from Jahangirnagar University. 

Working Paper

Being New Poor in Bangladesh: Coping Strategies, Constraints, and Trajectories

Date: 2024

Author(s): Nazneen, Sohela; Ahamed, Raihan; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Joshi, Anuradha; Loureiro, Miguel; Nampoothiri, Niranjan J.; Nur, Jahid; Sharmila, Nowshin; Ananna, Rabeena; Zaman, Shahaduz

Publisher: Institute of Development Studies

Policy Brief

Digitizing Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP) Research Brief: Issue 4

Date: 2022

Author(s): Ahamed, Raihan; Khan, Insiya

Publisher: BIGD

Book/Book Chapter

Water Scarcity in Coastal Bangladesh: Search for Arsenic-Safe Aquifer with Geostatistics

Date: 2022

Author(s): Hassan, M. Manzurul; Shaha, Anamika; Ahamed, Raihan

Topic(s): Climate Change

Publisher: Springer

Journal Article

Exploring Water Consumption in Dhaka City Using Instrumental Variables Regression Approaches

Date: 2020

Author(s): Siddiquee, Muhammad Shahadat Hossain; Ahamed, Raihan

Topic(s): Climate Change, Cities

Publisher: Environmental Processes

Report

The State of Cities 2017—Housing in Dhaka

Date: 2018

Author(s): Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Zahan, Iffat; Zillur, Kaneta; Hoque, Md. Mahan Ul; Hasan, Md. Mahbub; Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Ahamed, Raihan; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir; Aziz, Syeda Salina; Ahmed, Nazneen 

Topic(s): Governance, Cities

Publisher: BIGD

Report

Medical Waste Management and Vocational Training Centres

Date: 2018

Author(s): Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Arafat, S M; Ahmed, Raihan 

Topic(s): Cities

Publisher: BIGD

Journal Article

Arsenic-Safe Aquifers in Coastal Bangladesh: An Investigation With Ordinary Kriging Estimation

Date: 2017

Author(s): Hassan, M. Manzurul; Ahamed, Raihan 

Publisher: Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Report

Institutional Enabling Environment Report—Narayanganj, Bangladesh

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

Report

Institutional Enabling Environment Report—Sylhet, Bangladesh

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

Case Study

Citizen Engagement in Public Procurement: Experience From Pilot Districts

Date: 2016

Author(s): Hossain, Md. Shanawez; Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Ahamed, Raihan

Topic(s): Governance and Politics

Publisher: BIGD

Report

The State of Cities 2016: “Traffic Congestion in Dhaka City—Governance Perspectives”

Date: 2016

Author(s): Hasan, Bayazid; Arafat, S M Gubair Bin; Hoque, Md Mahan Ul; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Shah, Nadir; Hossain, Md Shanawez; Rahman, AKM Fazlur; Ahamed, Raihan; Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Hasan, Md Mahbub; Zaman, Nabila; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir

Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics

Publisher: BIGD

Report

State of Cities 2015: Solid Waste Management of Dhaka City–Towards Decentralized Governance

Date: 2015

Author(s): Markony, Gazi Arafat Uz Zaman; Islam, Mohammad Sirajul; Ahamed, Raihan; Arafat, S M Gubair Bin; Talukder, Sumaiya Kabir; Nadim, Nadir Shah

Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics

Publisher: BIGD

Durdiner Diaries

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Raihan Ahamed, Jahid Nur, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Shahaduz Zaman, PhD

Topic(s): COVID-19

Baseline Study and Action Plan for piloting SDGs localization in Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Syeda Salina Aziz, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Governance and Politics

Urban Social Protection and Jobs Program

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Mehnaz Rabbani, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Cities, Economic Development, Skills and Jobs

State of Cities 2018: Water Governance in Dhaka

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Raihan Ahamed, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder

Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics

State of Cities 2017: Housing in Dhaka

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Cities

State of Cities 2016: Traffic Congestion in Dhaka City

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Cities, Governance and Politics

State of Cities 2015: Solid Waste Management in Dhaka City

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Raihan Ahamed

Topic(s): Cities

Research, Policy, and Governance (RPG)

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.

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