Zahid Hussain
Senior Economist
Zahid Husain joined The World Bank in 1995 and is currently working as a Senior Economist in South Asia Finance and Poverty group. Prior to that, he was a member of the academia, with 14 years teaching experience in a number of Universities in Bangladesh and abroad. He has worked in a number of flagship World Bank reports on Bangladesh. His other passion is cricket.
Latest Posts:
- Let Scientific Precision Not be the Enemy of Common Sense
- The Chicken and the Egg Ought to Come Together
- Costly Electricity May Still Be Cheap
- Financing Living Wage in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry
- Let Good Sense Prevail in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry
- New evidence reaffirms that migration is costly but still worthwhile for Bangladeshis
- When More Roads Mean More Congestion
- The Economy Slumbers as Power Eludes Bangladesh
- The Dutch Disease has not Infected Bangladesh, not yet any way
- Is Bangladesh Getting Public Investment Right?












