Prof. Dr. Raisul Awal Mahmood
Professor
Email:raisul@iub.edu.bd
Department: International Business
Room No: B -2007
Phone: Ext. 2127
Academic Qualifications
- Ph. D. (International Economics), Sussex University, UK
- M.P.A (Economics and Public Policy), Princeton University, USA
- B.A.(Honours), M.A. (Economics), Dhaka University
Work experiences
- September 2018 – Date: Professor of International Business, School of Business
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) - July 2017- October 2018: Dean, Faculty of Business Administration (FBA), Eastern University, Dhaka
- August 2015 – July 2017: Professor of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration, Eastern University, Dhaka
- September 2000 – May 2015: Professor of Economics (adjunct), Department of Economics and Finance, St. John’s University, New York, USA
- October 2000 – June, 2010: Director/ Senior Research Scientist, City of New York, USA.
- October 1997 – August 2000: Freelance consultant, United Nations organizations, New York.
- May 1975 – September 1997: Division Chief (position last held), Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bangladesh.
- November 1974 – April 1975: Lecturer, Department of Economics, Dhaka University, Dhaka
- August 1974 – October 1974: Project Analyst, Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda Education Commission, Bangladesh.
Trained as an Economics, Prof. Dr. Raisul Awal Mahmood received his post graduate degrees from some of the world class universities. His academic career began as a Lecturer in Economics at Dhaka University, Bangladesh, from where he moved to the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) as a Staff Economist successively moving up to Division Chief. Between 1997 and 2015 be lived in the USA teaching at St. John’s University in New York alongside serving as consultant for various UN bodies and also for New York City government. Prof. Mahmood has to his credit the experience of serving as short-consultant for more than a dozen international organizations such as WB, ADB, ILO, IOM, UNDP, UNICEF, UNCTAD, UNFPA, UNESCAP, UNU, OIC, WHO and SDC. His academic contributions include publications in professional journals, contribution to more than 10 books and monographs, and innumerable reports and conference presentations. Most recently, he served as Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, Eastern University, Dhaka. Dr. Mahmood is most passionate about teaching and applied research.
- A. Select journal publications:
- “Globalization and Labor Market in Bangladesh”, The Indian Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 39, No. 3, July-September, 1996 (jointly with S.A.L. Reza).
- “Emerging Pattern of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations with Japan”, Journal of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 1994.
- “Bangladesh’s External Economic Relations”, Journal of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), Vol. 13, No. 4, October 1992.
- “Is There a Poverty Trap for Developing Countries? Polarization: Reality or Myth”, World Development, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1982 (jointly with H.W. Singer).
- “Labor Crunch and Policy Responses: A Case Study of Japan”, International Migration, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, 1996.
- “Data on Migration from Bangladesh”, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Manila, 1996.
- “Analysis of Present and Future Emigration Dynamics in Bangladesh”, International Migration, Vol. XXXIII, No. 3/4, 1995.
- “Cross-National Labor Migration and Local-Level Planning: The Experience of Bangladesh”, Regional Development Dialogue, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1995.
- “Adaptation to a New World: Experience of Bangladeshis in Japan”, International Migration, Vol. XXXII, No. 4, 1994.
- “Bangladeshi Immigrants in the UK”, The Bangladesh Public Administration Journal, Vol. IV, No. 2, July 1990.
- “Overseas Migration for Employment: The Bangladesh Experience”, Journal of Economic Cooperation Among Islamic Countries, Vol. 14, No. 1.
- “Gender and Export-Oriented Industrialization: Case Study of Bangladesh”, in Kothari, U. and Vidula Nababsing (eds), Gemder and Industrialization: Mauritius, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Editions de I’Ocean Indien, Stanley, Rose-Hill, 1996 (jointly with Pratima Paul-Majumder).
- Chapter titled “Bangladesh” in a book entitled Human Resource Policy and Economic Development – Selected Country Studies, published by Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines, July 1991.
- Chapter titled “Human Resources Development” of the Report of the Task Forces on Bangladesh Development Strategies for 1990s, University Press Limited, August 1991.
- Chapter titled “Bangladesh” in the book Manpower Problems in South Asia, edited by A.K. Dasgupta, Macmillan India, July 1991.
- “Participatory Development Effort in Rural Bangladesh – A Case Study of three Villages”, in Amit Bhaduri and Anisur Rahman (eds) Studies in Rural Participation, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1982 (jointly with Q.K. Ahmad and Mahabub Hossain).
- Near Miracle in Bangladesh – the Experience of the EPI, University Press Limited, Dhaka, July 1991 (co-author).
- Chapter on Bangladesh in S. Irudaya Rajan (ed.) Social Security for the Elderly – Experiences from South Asia, Routledge, London, 2008.
- “Social Policies for Elderly in Bangladesh” in S. Irudaya Rajan and John Ang (eds.) Policies for Elderly in South Asia, Sage Publications, New Delhi, India, 1999 (co-author).
- Population Policies and Programmes: Determinants and Consequences in Eight Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and United Nations Population Fund, 1995 (co-author).
- Studies on Consequences of Population Change in Asia: Bangladesh (monograph), Asian Population Studies Series, No. 120, United Nations, New York, 1993 (co-author).
- “Bangladeshi Clandestine Foreign Workers”, in Reginald Appleyard (ed.) Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Organization for Migration (IOM), Ashgate, 1999.
- “International Migration, Remittances and Development: Untapped Potentials for Bangladesh”, in Verinder Grover (ed.) Government and Politics in Asian countries.
- April 30 – May 1, 2014: Presented a paper on “Differential Impact of Migration on Poverty and Wellbeing: Evidence based on Bangladesh data”, at the Internal Migration and Urbanization Conference organized by KNOMAD, Dhaka.
- October 31, 2013: Presentation on “Success out of International Migration – Concepts, Measurement and Determinants, at Gulf University of Science and Technology (GULF), Kuwait.
- October 30, 2013: Keynote speech on “Migration, Remittances and Development – Major Issues of Concern,” at Bangladesh Embassy in Kuwait.
- October 27, 2013: Seminar presentation on “Interfaces of International Migrants’ Remittance”, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
- June 13-14, 2011: World Bank Technical Workshop on “Cross-Border Mobility and Remittance in South Asia”, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- February 12-13, 2011: RMMRU/RPC Regional Workshop on Migration out of Poverty – Drivers, Impact, Policies and Data, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- December 2-3, 2010: Technical Workshop on Cross-Border Mobility and Remittances in South Asia, Dubai, UAE.
- July 2 – 4, 2009: Guest Speaker at Annual Meeting of the Federation of Bangladesh Associations in North America (FOBANA), Houston, USA, making a presentation on “Role of Expatriate Professional Bodies in Redeeming Skills Shortage in Bangladesh.”
- November 26 -28, 1998: Consultants’ Meeting, Human Development Report 1999, New York
- May 26 – 28, 1997: Regional workshop on ‘Return Migration and Long-Term Economic development in South Asia’, organized jointly by the Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and the University of Hohenheim, Germany.
- March 10 -14, 1997: Meeting of the ILO/JIL Network of National Institute for Labour Studies, Bali, Indonesia.
- September 2 – 4, 1996: Workshop on Emigration Dynamics in South Asia, organized by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Switzerland.
- March 13 – 15, 1996: Seminar on Globalization with Equity, organized by ILO/JIL, Tokyo, Japan.
- Dec. 22 – Jan. 8, 1996: Conducted field study in India in connection with the study ‘Clandestine Foreign Workers and Domestic Labour Market’, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Switzerland.
- Sep. 28 – Nov. 1995: Conducted field surveys in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in connection with the study ‘Clandestine Foreign Workers and Domestic Labour Market’, sponsored y the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Switzerland.
- March 27 – 31, 1995: Workshop on ‘Gender, Adjustment and Export Oriented Industrialization in Bangladesh, Mauritius and Sri Lanka’, held at Reduit, Mauritius.
- May 10 – 13, 1994: Workshop on ‘Population Policies and Programmes: Determinants and Consequences in Eight Developing Countries’, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.
- March 29-30, 1994: International ‘Seminar on Cross-National Labour Migration in Asia and Regional Development Implications for Planning and Management at the Local Level’, Nagoya, Japan.
- December 14 – 15, 1993: Meeting of the South Asian Team on the study ‘Analysis of Present and Future Emigration Dynamics in Developing Countries: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean’, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- November 15 -17, 1993: Workshop on Population Policies and Programmes: Determinants and Consequences in Eight Developing Countries, organized by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England.
- April 7 – 10, 1992: Regional workshop on the ‘Consequences of Population Change in Asia’ organized by the Population Division of the ESCAP, Bangkok, held at Chiangmai, Thailand.
- March 24-25, 1992: Workshop on ‘Economic Interaction between Japan and other Asian Countries’, organized by the Research Institute for Social Sciences, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
- November 18-19, 1991: Panelist at the ‘International Symposium on the Problems of Foreign Workers’, organized by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Japan.
- November 21 -25, 1991: Guest speaker at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan.
- May 1991: Project Directors’ Meeting on the project ‘Consequences of Population Change in Asia’, organized by the Population Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.
- January 1991: Meeting on ‘Cost Management of the EPI Programme in Asia’, organized by the WHO, Delhi, India.
- January 1990: Project Directors’ meeting on the project ‘Consequences of Population Change in Asia’, organized by the Population Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.
- June 1989: Expert Group Meeting on ‘Consequences of Population Change in Asia’, organized by the Population Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand.
- November 1988: Project Directors’ meeting on the project ‘Policy Study on Human Resources and Development’, Asian Development Bank, Manila.
- December 1987: Project Directors’ meeting on the project ‘Enhancement of Household Capacity in Post-Migration Phase’, organized by the United Nations University (UNU), Bangkok, Thailand.
- November 16-20, 1987: Asian Regional Workshop on ‘International Contract Labour’, at Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand.
- June 1986: Project Directors’ meeting on the study on the “Enahncement of Household Capacity during the Post-Migration Phase’, at Marga Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- March 1985: Project Directors’ meeting at Marga Instittute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- May 1984: Project Directors’ meeting, organized by the United Nations University (UNU), Bugio, Philippines.
- November 1983: Preparatory meeting on a study on “Migration to the Middle East’, organized by the United Nations University (UNU), Delhi, India.
- September 19 – 23, 1983: Conference on Asian Labour Migration to the Middle East, East West Population Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- September – October, 1982: Traveled extensively in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in connection with field work for doctoral dissertation on international migration.
- April – May, 1979: Attended UNCTAD-V meeting, Manila, Philippines.
- July-August, 1978: Attended the study seminar on ‘New International Economic Order’, at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex University, England.