Prof. Rehman Sobhan
Professor Rehman Sobhan was educated at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, Aitichison College, Lahore and Cambridge University. He began his working career at the faculty of Economics, Dhaka University. He served as Member, Bangladesh Planning Commission, in charge of the Divisions of Industry, Power and Natural Resources, and of Physical Infrastructure, as Chairman, Research Director and Director General, BIDS and as a Visiting Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University. He was a Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division. He is today the Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Professor Sobhan has held a number of important professional positions. He was a Member of the Panel of Economists of the Third and Fourth Five Year Plans of Pakistan. He served as Envoy Extraordinary with special responsibility for Economic Affairs, Govt. of Bangladesh during 1971, as President, Bangladesh Economic Association, as a Member, Bangladesh National Commission on Money Banking and Finance, as a Member, UN Committee for Development Planning, as a Member, Governing Council of the UN University, Tokyo, as a Member of the Commission for a New Asia, Kuala Lumpur, as a Member of the Board of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, as a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Economic Association, and as a Member, Group of Eminent Persons appointed by SAARC Heads of State. He is the Chairman of the Board of Grameen Bank.
Books Published : Basic Democracies, Works Programme and Rural Development in East Pakistan (1968), Public Enterprise in an Intermediate Regime: A Study in the Political Economy of Bangladesh (1980), The Crisis of External Dependence: The Political Economy of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh (1982), Public Enterprise and the Nature of the State (1983), Rural Poverty and Agrarian Reform in the Philippines (1983), From Aid Dependence to Self-Reliance: Development Options for Bangladesh (1990), Debt Default and the Crisis of State Sponsored Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh (1991), Public Allocative Strategies, Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation : A Global Perspective (1991), Planning and Public Action for Asian Women (1992), Rethinking the Role of the State in Development : Asian Perspectives (1993), Bangladesh : Problems of Governance (1993), Agrarian Reform and Social Transformation (1993), Aid Dependence and Donor Policy: The Case of Tanzania (1996), Towards a Theory of Governance and Development: Learning from East Asia (1998), Team leader and Editor of the annual Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development: Experiences with Economic Reform (1995), Growth or Stagnation? A Review of Bangladesh's Development (1996), Crisis in Governance:Review of Bangladesh's Development (1997), Trends in the Post-Flood Economy:Review of Bangladesh's Development (2000).
Professor Rehman Sobhan was educated at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, Aitichison College, Lahore and Cambridge University. He began his working career at the faculty of Economics, Dhaka University. He served as Member, Bangladesh Planning Commission, in charge of the Divisions of Industry, Power and Natural Resources, and of Physical Infrastructure, as Chairman, Research Director and Director General, BIDS and as a Visiting Fellow, Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University. He was a Member of the Advisory Council of the President of Bangladesh in charge of the Ministry of Planning and the Economic Relations Division. He is today the Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Professor Sobhan has held a number of important professional positions. He was a Member of the Panel of Economists of the Third and Fourth Five Year Plans of Pakistan. He served as Envoy Extraordinary with special responsibility for Economic Affairs, Govt. of Bangladesh during 1971, as President, Bangladesh Economic Association, as a Member, Bangladesh National Commission on Money Banking and Finance, as a Member, UN Committee for Development Planning, as a Member, Governing Council of the UN University, Tokyo, as a Member of the Commission for a New Asia, Kuala Lumpur, as a Member of the Board of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, as a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Economic Association, and as a Member, Group of Eminent Persons appointed by SAARC Heads of State. He is the Chairman of the Board of Grameen Bank.
Books Published : Basic Democracies, Works Programme and Rural Development in East Pakistan (1968), Public Enterprise in an Intermediate Regime: A Study in the Political Economy of Bangladesh (1980), The Crisis of External Dependence: The Political Economy of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh (1982), Public Enterprise and the Nature of the State (1983), Rural Poverty and Agrarian Reform in the Philippines (1983), From Aid Dependence to Self-Reliance: Development Options for Bangladesh (1990), Debt Default and the Crisis of State Sponsored Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh (1991), Public Allocative Strategies, Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation : A Global Perspective (1991), Planning and Public Action for Asian Women (1992), Rethinking the Role of the State in Development : Asian Perspectives (1993), Bangladesh : Problems of Governance (1993), Agrarian Reform and Social Transformation (1993), Aid Dependence and Donor Policy: The Case of Tanzania (1996), Towards a Theory of Governance and Development: Learning from East Asia (1998), Team leader and Editor of the annual Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development: Experiences with Economic Reform (1995), Growth or Stagnation? A Review of Bangladesh's Development (1996), Crisis in Governance:Review of Bangladesh's Development (1997), Trends in the Post-Flood Economy:Review of Bangladesh's Development (2000).
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