Professor
Rehman Sobhan
Professor
Rehman Sobhan was educated at
St. Paul's School, Darjeeling,
Aitichison College, Lahore and
Cambridge University. He began
his working career at the faculty
of Economics, Dhaka University.
He served as Member, Bangladesh
Planning Commission, in charge
of the Divisions of Industry,
Power and Natural Resources, and
of Physical Infrastructure, as
Chairman, Research Director and
Director General, BIDS and as
a Visiting Fellow, Queen Elizabeth
House, Oxford University. He was
a Member of the Advisory Council
of the President of Bangladesh
in charge of the Ministry of Planning
and the Economic Relations Division.
He is today the Chairman, Centre
for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Professor Sobhan has held
a number of important professional
positions. He was a Member of
the Panel of Economists of the
Third and Fourth Five Year Plans
of Pakistan. He served as Envoy
Extraordinary with special responsibility
for Economic Affairs, Govt. of
Bangladesh during 1971, as President,
Bangladesh Economic Association,
as a Member, Bangladesh National
Commission on Money Banking and
Finance, as a Member, UN Committee
for Development Planning, as a
Member, Governing Council of the
UN University, Tokyo, as a Member
of the Commission for a New Asia,
Kuala Lumpur, as a Member of the
Board of the United Nations Research
Institute for Social Development,
Geneva, as a Member of the Executive
Committee of the International
Economic Association, and as a
Member, Group of Eminent Persons
appointed by SAARC Heads of State.
He is the Chairman of the Board
of Grameen Bank.
Books Published : Basic
Democracies, Works Programme and
Rural Development in East Pakistan
(1968), Public Enterprise in an
Intermediate Regime: A Study in
the Political Economy of Bangladesh
(1980), The Crisis of External
Dependence: The Political Economy
of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh (1982),
Public Enterprise and the Nature
of the State (1983), Rural Poverty
and Agrarian Reform in the Philippines
(1983), From Aid Dependence to
Self-Reliance: Development Options
for Bangladesh (1990), Debt Default
and the Crisis of State Sponsored
Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
(1991), Public Allocative Strategies,
Rural Development and Poverty
Alleviation : A Global Perspective
(1991), Planning and Public Action
for Asian Women (1992), Rethinking
the Role of the State in Development
: Asian Perspectives (1993), Bangladesh
: Problems of Governance (1993),
Agrarian Reform and Social Transformation
(1993), Aid Dependence and Donor
Policy: The Case of Tanzania (1996),
Towards a Theory of Governance
and Development: Learning from
East Asia (1998), Team leader
and Editor of the annual Independent
Review of Bangladesh's Development:
Experiences with Economic Reform
(1995), Growth or Stagnation?
A Review of Bangladesh's Development
(1996), Crisis in Governance:Review
of Bangladesh's Development (1997),
Trends in the Post-Flood Economy:Review
of Bangladesh's Development (2000).
Plus : Over 100 monographs
and articles published in professional
journals.
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Contact:
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| Office
Address |
Centre
for Policy Dialogue |
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House#40/C,
Road#11
Dhanmondi R/A
GPO Box 2129 |
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Dhaka
- 1205, Bangladesh
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| E-mail |
rehman@citechco.net |
| Telephone |
(880
2) 9133199 |
| Fax
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(880
2) 8130951 |
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