BINAYAK SEN

Personal Information: 08/08/58, Male, Married.

Education (post-graduate): Ph.D in Economics, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1986. Master of Science in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1982.

Current Position: Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (1997-to date). Division Chief, General Economics Division, BIDS (April 2001-to date).

Professional Experience: Long-term Consultant, Operations Evaluation Department (OED)/ Poverty and Human Resources Division, Policy Research Department, World Bank, Washington, D.C., July 1993-September 1995. Visiting Research Fellow, Research Administration Department, World Bank, Washington, D.C., June-August 1992.

Major Research Areas: Over 30 publications in the broad area of Economics of Poverty and Inequality, with sub-themes relating to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction, Human Development and Human Poverty, Economic Inequality and Social Exclusion, Health-Poverty Interfaces, Anti-Poverty Policies and Programs, Disempowerment and Marginality.  Recent major researches include Fighting Human Poverty: Bangladsh Human Development Report 2000 (Project Director and Team Leader), Inequality and Its Sources in Bangladesh: 1991/92 to 1995/96. An Analysis Based on Household Expenditure Surveys (with Azizur Rahman Khan), and Markets and Growth in South Asia, 1950-97: An Interpretation (with Suresh Tendulkar).

Major Publications: (a) Social Dimensions of Adjustment. World Bank Experience, 1980-93, World Bank, Washington, D.C., 1996 (with Carl Jayarajah and William Branson). (b) "When Method Matters: Monitoring Poverty in Bangladesh", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 44, No. 4, July 1996 (with Martin Ravallion). (c) "Impacts on Rural Poverty of Land-Contingent Targeting: Some Further Results for Bangladesh", World Development, Vol. 22, No. 6, June 1994 (with Martin Ravallion). (d) "Rural Poverty in Bangladesh: Trends and Determinants", Asian Development Review, 10 (1), 1992 (with Mahabub Hossain).

Other Professional Activities: Training and Lecture: Adjunct Professor, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, National University, Dhaka, January 1998-December 2000. National Committee: Member, Macroeconomic Consultative Committee to the Ministry of Finance (Advisory Body to the Finance Minister), Govt of Bangladesh, March 1997-to date. Other Professional Responsibilities: Member, International Steering Committee of the South Asia Network of Economic Institutes (SANEI), Regional Network Supported by the Global Development Network  (GDN) of the World Bank, Washington, D.C., April 1998-to date.