Zahid Hussain
Lead Economist
Zahid Hussain joined the World Bank in 1995 and is currently a senior economist in the South Asia Finance and Poverty group. Prior to that, he was a member of academia, with 14 years teaching experience in a number of universities in Bangladesh and abroad. He has worked on several flagship World Bank reports on Bangladesh. His other passion is cricket.
Blogging on: End Poverty in South Asia
- 05/21/13 Bangladesh’s Resilience On Trial Again
- 05/16/13 They Will Move If Services Are Available
- 05/13/13 In Bangladesh, the Alternative to Urbanization is Urbanization
- 02/26/13 Inclusion is No Illusion
- 02/18/13 Get the Conditions Right for Remittances to Matter
- 02/07/13 How Remittances Grease the Wheels of Bangladesh’s Economy
- 02/01/13 What Drives Remittances of Bangladeshi Migrants?
- 01/23/13 For Bangladesh, More Migrants Mean More Money
- 01/17/13 Bangladesh: The Next China?
- 01/09/13 What will it take for Bangladesh to become a Middle Income Country?
- 12/19/12 The Numbers Behind Bangladesh’s Goal of Middle Income Status by 2021
- 12/11/12 Be Happy Yet Do Worry: Explaining Resilience in Bangladesh's Economy
- 11/29/12 The Paradox That Bangladesh Isn’t
- 11/21/12 Better Jobs Can Outweigh a Secure Life
- 10/13/10 Let Scientific Precision Not be the Enemy of Common Sense
- 10/06/10 The Chicken and the Egg Ought to Come Together
- 08/24/10 Costly Electricity May Still Be Cheap
- 08/03/10 Financing Living Wage in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry
- 07/13/10 Let Good Sense Prevail in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry
- 05/16/10 New evidence reaffirms that migration is costly but still worthwhile for Bangladeshis
- 04/29/10 When More Roads Mean More Congestion
- 04/08/10 The Economy Slumbers as Power Eludes Bangladesh
- 01/06/10 The Dutch Disease has not Infected Bangladesh, not yet any way
- 12/14/09 Is Bangladesh Getting Public Investment Right?
- 10/15/09 Don’t Throw the Baby with the Bathwater!
Blogging on: End Poverty in South Asia