Abstract
This is a sub-section presenting a selection of research outputs focused on public policy, economic development, and regional cooperation, particularly in the context of South Asia and Bangladesh. It includes a 2019 book chapter examining the operational effectiveness of the SAARC Food Bank to support sustainable food security. Technical reports and policy papers address themes like development effectiveness, blended finance, and the impact of the WTO’s TRIPS decision on Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical sector, highlighting the country’s strategic positioning in global and regional markets. Policy briefs offer targeted insights on health policy implications, while op-eds and blogs discuss methods to enhance development metrics and tackle regional food crises. Collectively, these works provide a comprehensive analysis of policy challenges and economic opportunities for Bangladesh within the broader regional and global framework.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- SAARC Food Bank: raising operational efficacy (2019) with Mustafizur Rahman and Estiaque Bari. In Routledge. Regional cooperation for sustainable food security in South Asia. New York: United Nations.
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RESEARCH REPORTS AND POLICY PAPERS
- Rethinking Development Effectiveness: Insights from Literature Review (2019) Southern Voice Occasional Paper 53. Dhaka: Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals with Mustafizur Rahman; part of the project ‘Rethinking the future of Development Effectiveness’
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- Blended Finance in Bangladesh: A scoping paper (2019) Southern Voice Occasional Paper 46. Dhaka: Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals with Mustafizur Rahman and Towfiqul Islam Khan
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- WTO Decision on TRIPS and Public Health: A Window of Opportunity for Bangladesh’s Pharmaceutical Industry (2018) with Mustafizur Rahman. Research Report for Opportunity Fund of Think Tank Initiative (TTI-OF). Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
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- BREXIT and Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study on Likely Economic Implication (2018), CPD Working Paper 121. Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) with Mustafizur Rahman and Towfiqul Islam Khan
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- Operationalizing the SAARC food bank: issues and solutions (2018), UNESCAP South and South-West Asia Development Paper 1803. New Delhi: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) South and South-West Asia Office (SSWA) with Mustafizur Rahman and Estiaque Bari
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- SAARC Food Bank (SFB): Institutional Architecture and Issues of Operationalisation (2017), CPD Working Paper 113. Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) with Mustafizur Rahman and Estiaque Bari
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POLICY BRIEF
- WTO Decision on the TRIPS and Public Health: What does it imply for Bangladesh? Policy Brief 8 (2018). Dhaka: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
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OP-EDS AND BLOGS
- Five Questions for New Metrics to Assess Development Effectiveness (2019) with Mustafizur Rahman. Southern Voice Blog. 7 January 2019
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- Going regional to tackle local food crisis (2017) with Estiaque Bari. The Daily Star. 16 October 2017
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Sherajum Monira Farin is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Augusta University. Monira is an applied microeconomist with a research focus on health, labor and public economics.