Hossain Zillur Rahman

Hossain Zillur Rahman is an economist from Bangladesh who worked as the Executive Chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC). On 9 January 2008, he was appointed as an adviser to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, led by Fakhruddin Ahmed. He is renowned as a leading poverty and governance specialist of the country.

Education

He studied Economics at the Dhaka University for his Bachelors and Masters. Hossain Zillur Rahman received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the Manchester University, 1986. His PhD research focused on the sociology of colonial rule and emergence of Bangladesh. He studied power, property and institution those are new area of Economics. In his long career he brought the poverty related issues as a core research area. He has conducted many research projects in the area of poverty alleviation, governance, institutional development, political development and change. He is an expert of understanding the governing process, poverty trends and social change. [ [http://denbd.com/advisor.php Digital Network ] ]

Works and achievement

Dr. Rahman founded PPRC (Power and Participatory Research Centre) in 1996 formally and worked as Executive Chairman of that organization, until appointment as an Advisor to the government,. [ [http://denbd.com/advisor.php Digital Network ] ] He worked on Board of Advisors of "Digital Network", a think tank on Information Technology [ [http://denbd.com/advisor.php DEN ] ] . Previously he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies [ [http://www.bids-bd.org/staff/movement.html BIDS Bangladesh ] ] . He was a Member of the SAARC Independent Commission on Poverty. He is an Advisor to the Credit and Development Forum (CDF) and has worked as the Coordinating author of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the government of Bangladesh. Also, he has been a consultant to various international and national organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, DFID, DANIDA, SIDA, SDC, ActionAid, JICA, IFPRI and JBIC. He is also a Director of the Shrimp Foundation. [ [http://www.shrimpfoundation.org/H%20Zillur%20Rahman.htm Untitled Document ] ]

Assignment in the Caretaker government

On 9 January, 2008, Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman was appointed as an Advisor to the Caretaker government of Bangladesh that was established on 11 of January 2007. President Iajuddin Ahmed appointed the new adviser upon the chief adviser's advice [ [http://www.e-mela.com/page.php?id=2286 e-mela.com:: Home of Bangladesh ] ] . On 10 January 2008 portfolio of the advisers was redistributed and he was given the charge of the Ministry of Commerce as well as the Ministry of Education. On appointment as an advisor to the government, Dr. Rahman commented : "We have taken up the tasks in a critical times. But we can succeed if we work together." He also added : "Reforms are going on at the national level. Prices are rising on the international market. ... The main dimension of work was thought to be political, but now it seems it is economy-oriented." "We will try to work together. Let's see what happens," he added. [ [http://www.bangladeshjournal.com/article/Bangladesh/177/ The Bangladesh Journal - Bangladesh gets 5 new advisers for its caretaker government ] ]

Research Interests

Dr. Rahman led the internationally known Analysis of the Poverty Trends Project of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (1989-98). In addition to poverty alleviation, he takes profound interest in governance problems of the less developed countries. He is a social scientist with interest in the dynamics of the of society and the reasons behind.

Publications

* Safety Nets and Safety Ladders : Exploring a Comprehensive Approach to Social Protection in Bangladesh Outcome of a Policy Workshop, 2006 : Power and Participation Research Centre (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
* Local Governance and Community Capacities : Search for New Frontiers, (Hossain Zillur Rahman with S. Aminul Islam), 2002: University Press Limited, Dhaka.
* Local Governance in the New Centuury : A Search for New Frontiers,(In Balgla), edited by Hossion Zillur Rahman with Khondoker Shakhawat Ali, Pathak Shamabesh and PPRC, 2001, Dhaka.
* Researching Poverty From the Bottom Up, Reflections on the Experience of the Programme for Research on Poverty Alleviation 1994-2002, edited by Hossion Zillur Raham with Khondoker Shakhawat Ali, PPRC and Grameen Trust, 2007, Dhaka.
*Quality Improvements in Primary Education: Micro Insights for a Macro Agenda, Hossion Zillur Rahman with Khondoker Shakhawat Ali, PPRC Education Policy Brief-1, PPRC, 2005,Dhaka.
* Rethinking Rural Poverty : Bangladesh as a Case Study (with Mahabub Hossain), 1995 : SAGE.
* [http://www.livelihoods.org/lessons/docs/Asia_Workshop_rtf/ARLW_Rah.doc "Rethinking Local Governance towards a Livelihoods Focus", 2001: POWER AND PARTICIPATION RESEARCH CENTRE.]

External links

* http://www.livelihoods.org/lessons/docs/Asia_Workshop_rtf/ARLW_Rah.doc

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