Raisa Adiba is a Senior Program Coordinator at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University.
She previously worked as a Program Manager at Traidcraft Exchange, a British non-profit, where she led EU-funded initiatives on agriculture, tea and climate and also oversaw the Global Fashion and Garments portfolio. Before her work in international development, Raisa worked in the private sector at HSBC. Her current research focuses on developing community-led, sustainable business models in Bangladesh’s care industry.
Raisa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Dhaka and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Development Studies at BRAC University. She is a certified Project Management Professional and a Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst.
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Digitization, Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation, Gender and Social Development
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Narayan C. Das, PhD; Imran Matin, PhD and Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): Economic Development, Macroeconomics, Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Aloka Ahmed Oishy; Raisa Adiba; Ishraq Sabbir Nirjhor and Shaila Ahmed, PhD
Topic(s): Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Aloka Ahmed Oishy; Raisa Adiba; Shaila Ahmed, PhD and Munshi Sulaiman, PhD
Topic(s): Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; James W. Khakshi and Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD and Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Atiya Rahman, PhD; Sheikh Arman Tamim and Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation, Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Shaila Ahmed, PhD; Raisa Adiba and Aloka Ahmed Oishy
Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Care Economy
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD; Shaila Ahmed, PhD; Sakila Yesmin; Aloka Ahmed Oishy and Raisa Adiba
Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Care Economy, BRAC Programs
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.
