| Degrees |
Ph.D.,
Yale University, 1976
B.Sc., London School of Economics, 1970. |
| Positions
Held |
| At
the University of Illinois since 1981. Associate head of economics,
1989-1996. Director of graduate studies, 1992-1996. Visiting professor,
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Spring 1988. Assistant
professor, Dartmouth College, 1977-81. |
| Recent
Publications |
| "Entrepreneurship
and Labour in Bangladesh Industries," with N. Hossain, and "Demographic
Issues in Bangladesh," both in Bangladesh Economy, (1994). "The Political
Balance of Trade," Research in the History of Economics and Methodology
(1994). "The Interpretation of the Balance of Trade," Research in
the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (1994). |
| Honors
and Awards |
|
United Nations TOKTEN Fellow, Bangladesh, 1988. World Bank Demand
Study, Bangladesh, 1987. |
| Academic
Service |
|
Co-editor, Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy. President of the Association
for Economic and Development Studies in Bangladesh, 1990. Member of
the Executive Committee of the History of Economics Society. On the
International Advisory Board of Bangladesh Development Studies. |
| Teaching
and Research |
| Teaches
courses in economic development and the history of economic thought.
Research focuses on money, banking and economic development; religion
and economics, especially applications to South and East Asia. Has
served as a consultant to the Bangladesh Planning Commission. |
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