Name

Mohammad Mahfuz Kabir

Senior Research Fellow

Book
2010. Trade Response to Preferential Liberalization: Evidence from Some Emerging Asian Countries. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (ISBN 978-3-8383-8726-0).

Internationally Refereed Journal
2011. Analysing Potential Effects of Preferential Liberalisation in Some Asian Emerging Economies. International Economic Journal 25(2): 1-23.
2011. Does More Trade Potential Remain in Arab States of the Gulf. Journal of Economic Integration 26(2), 217-243.
2010. Can Gravity Model Explain BIMSTEC’s Trade? Journal of Economic Integration 25(1): 143-165.
2008. Determinants of Life Expectancy in Developing Countries. Journal of Developing Areas 41(2): 185-204.

Book Chapter
2011. A Study on Comprehensive National Security: Strategy and Cost Effectiveness. In: Background Study for the Sixth Five Year Plan, 2011-2015, Volume II, Planning Commission and Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka (forthcoming).
2011. A Study on Export Promotion and External Issues: Present Status and Future Developments. In: Background Study for the Sixth Five Year Plan, 2011-2015, Volume I, Planning Commission and Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka (forthcoming).
2007. “Civic Participation in Sub-National Budgeting”, in A Shah (ed), Participatory Budgeting, Vol III, World Bank, Washington, DC, pp. 1-29.
2007. BIMSTEC-Japan Energy Cooperation: Bangladesh Perspective. In A.R. Khan (ed.), BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation: Bangladesh Perspective, New Delhi: Bookwell.
2006: BIMSTEC-Japan Cooperation in Energy Sector: Vision and Tasks Ahead. In C. Bates (ed), Towards BIMSTEC-Japan Comprehensive Economic Cooperation: The Benefits of Moving Together, London/New York: Anthem Press.
2006. “Public Expenditure in Primary Education in Bangladesh”, in Hossain Zillur Rahman (ed), Annual Report on Education 2005, Power and Participation Research Centre, Dhaka.
2005. “Education and Development: The Context of Bangladesh”, in A Ahsan and AS Abbasi (eds): Education in a Rapidly Changing World: Focus on Bangladesh, Centre for Social Science and Public Policy Research, IUB, Dhaka, April, pp. 32-49.
2004. “Social Capital and Development”, in Abul Kalam (ed), Bangladesh in the New Millennium: A University of Dhaka Study, UPL, Dhaka, pp. 453-468.
2004. “Introduction”, in Atiur Rahman, M Ashraf Ali, Farooque Chowdhury and Mahboob Hasan (eds), People’s Report 2002-2003: Bangladesh Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Unnayan Shamannay and UNDP, Dhaka, pp. 3-24
2003. “Globalization and Economic Security: Human Dimensions”, in Comprehensive Security in South Asia: Economic Dimensions, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi.

Proceeding, Monograph and Discussion Paper
2011. Assessing the Effects of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment on Employment in Bangladesh: A Survey of Literature, International Labour Organization, Dhaka (forthcoming).
2010. Non-Economic Obstacles towards the Potential of SAARC and SAFTA. Korea-South Asia Cooperation in an Era of Rising South Asia: Conference Proceedings, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Seoul, South Korea, 25 November 2010.
2010. Redesigning Budgetary Policy to Reach Public Resources to the Poor, Monograph, Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue.
2010. An Assessment of the Bangladesh Economy and Imperatives for Budget 2010-2011, Monograph, Dhaka: Shamunnay.
2010. Does Bangladesh Benefit from a Preferential Liberalisation? Some Ex Ante Evidence from BIMSTEC FTA. Proceedings (blind refereed), 17th Biennial Conference of Bangladesh Economic Association, Dhaka, 8-10 April.
2010. Consumption and Revenue Implications of Tobacco Taxation in Bangladesh. Policy Research Working Paper 01/2010, Dhaka: Unnayan Shamannay.
2006. BIMSTEC-Japan Cooperation in Energy Sector: Vision and Tasks Ahead, research monograph, CSIRD, Kolkata, 2006.
2006. BIMSTEC-Japan Energy Cooperation: Bangladesh Perspective, Discussion Paper 24, CSIRD, Kolkata.
2004. Bangladesh: The Drawbacks of Poor Governance. In: Social Watch Report 2004, Social Watch, Montevideo.

National Journal
2010. Why ‘Look Africa’? An Analysis of Economic Potential for Bangladesh. BIISS Journal 31(3), 300-321.
2010. On the Integration of South Asia. BIISS Journal 31(1): 82-100.
2008. On Openness and Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy 24(1&2): 79-94.
2007. Is Foreign Direct Investment Growth-Enhancing in Bangladesh? BIISS Journal 28(2): 101-119.
2006. Expansion of Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Horizons and Perspectives. BIISS Journal 27(3): 250-270.
2005. Conceptualization and Measurement of Food Security: The Context of Bangladesh. BIISS Journal, 26(1):55-90.
2005. Attaining Millennium Development Goals in South Asia. BIISS Journal, 26(4).
2005. Managing Flood in Bangladesh 2004: Facts and Caveats. Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, 22(1&2): 143-156.
2004. Health, Poverty and Public Expenditure in Bangladesh (Bangladeshe Sastho, Daridro O Sarkari Byay). Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha (BIDS, Dhaka), 21: 159-175.
2003. Health Service in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Public Sector’s Effort (Bangladeshe Sasthoseba: Rashtrio Tatparata Bichar). Bangladesh Unnayan Samiksha (BIDS, Dhaka), 20: 127-140.
2002. Education for Development (Unnoyoner Jonno Shikkha). Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Bangla), 20(2): 113-136.