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Selim Raihan is a Bangladeshi economist and a Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka[1]. He is the founder and the Executive Director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modelling.[2] Raihan completed his PhD from the University of Manchester, UK, where he also holds the position of Honorary Senior Research Fellow.[3] In 2022, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Development Network (GDN)[4]. Raihan is a winner of the 2024 Casa Asia Awards in education.

Biography

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Raihan was born on 12 October 1972, in Dhaka. He passed the Secondary School Certificate exam from BAF Shaheen College Dhaka in 1987 and the Higher Secondary Certificate exam from Notre Dame College in 1989.[1] He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1993 and 1995.[5] Raihan was awarded the British Chevening Scholarship for an MA in Economics at the University of Manchester in 1998.[6] Later, he completed his PhD in economics at the University of Manchester in 2005, for which he was awarded the UK Commonwealth Scholarship.[6] Raihan received the Best PhD Dissertation Prize at the University of Manchester as well.[7]

Career and Research

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Raihan started his career at the Centre for Policy Dialogue in 1997, where he worked closely with Prof Rehman Sobhan on issues related to political economy analysis of privatization in Bangladesh.[8] Raihan joined the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka[1], as a Lecturer in 1999. Subsequently, he was appointed as a Professor in 2012. [1]

Upon returning home after completing his PhD, Raihan established the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM)[2][9] in 2007, where he has been the Executive Director since.[10] Raihan is the editor of “Thinking Aloud” – a monthly digest from SANEM.[11] He was also the convener of the SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC), held in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2025.[12] He was also the convener of the SANEM International Development Conference (SIDC), held in 2020 and 2021.[13]

Raihan is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member at The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Journal of Asian Economic Integration, International Studies, and Journal of South Asian Development.[14][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. Selim Raihan Dhaka University Profile". www.du.ac.bd.
  2. ^ a b "Executive Director – SANEM".
  3. ^ https://www.un.org/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/selim_raihan.pdf
  4. ^ "Selim Raihan". Global Development Network. September 7, 2022.
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  6. ^ a b https://ssl.du.ac.bd/fontView/assets/faculty_cv/cv_359_new.pdf
  7. ^ "Selim Raihan". International Growth Centre.
  8. ^ "Privatisation in Bangladesh: An Agenda in Search of a Policy | CPD". Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). November 18, 2005.
  9. ^ "About SANEM – SANEM". 2025-03-06. Archived from the original on 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Poverty Rose in Bangladesh | Poverty, inequality, food insecurity rise in urban areas: Sanem | The Daily Star".
  11. ^ "Thinking Aloud – SANEM".
  12. ^ "SAEC – SANEM".
  13. ^ "Recovery path uncertain for developing countries, says Oxford economist". The Business Standard. June 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "The Indian Journal of Labour Economics". SpringerLink.
  15. ^ "Editorial Board: Journal of Asian Economic Integration". Sage Journals.
  16. ^ "Editorial Board: Journal of South Asian Development". Sage Journals.
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