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A blog to promote dialog on development in South Asia

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About us

This blog is maintained by the South Asia Region of the World Bank Group. Its goal is to exchange ideas on how to end poverty in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Zahid Hussain

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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.