Works and Achievement
Dr. Rahman founded the Power and Participatory Research Centre in 1996 and worked as Executive Chairman of that organization, until appointment as an Advisor to the government,. He worked on Board of Advisors of Digital Network, a think tank on Information Technology. Previously he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. He was a Member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Independent Commission on Poverty (ISACPA. He was the Coordinating author of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the government of Bangladesh (Unlocking the Potential, GOB, 2005) and was on the Board of Bangladesh Bank 9central bank of the country). He has been a consultant to various international and national organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the UK Department for International Development, Danish International Development Agency, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sustainable Development Commission, ActionAid, Japan International Cooperation Agency, International Food Policy Research Institute and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He is also a Director of the Shrimp Foundation. He has been a regular columnist for The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh) from 20 December 2011.
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