Fahmida Khatun

Fahmida Khatun is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a leading think tank in Bangladesh and South Asia. She is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, think tank based in the USA. She is a member of the High-level Advisory Board on Productive Capacities Index of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). She is a member of the Governing Body of BRAC, largest non-government organisation in the world. Dr Khatun served as the Co-Chair of T20 India Task Force on “Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda” to the G20 during December 2022 – December 2023. She worked as a Research Fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies; as an Environment Specialist for the UNDP; as an Economist for the USAID Mission in Bangladesh. She taught economics at universities in Bangladesh and England. She was a Visiting Fellows at various Institutes in Norway, at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, South Korea and Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, India. Dr Khatun was a member of the Panel of Economists for the Eighth Five Year Plan formed by Bangladesh Planning Commission. She was a Director of Janata Bank Limited, the second largest state-owned bank of Bangladesh and a Director of the SME Foundation of Bangladesh. She has published widely at home and abroad. She is a columnist of the Daily Star, a leading daily in Bangladesh. She is also a contributor to the East Asia Forum. She is a member of the editorial board of Indian Journal of Human Development.

Publications

Equity for the Women in Workplace in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Equity for the Women in Workplace in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study
Fahmida Khatun, Nadia Nawrin, Afrin Mahbub, Marium Binte Islam. © 2024. 36 pages.
Despite women's significant strides in leadership roles, their representation remains disproportionately low. This chapter delves into the nuanced comprehension of gender...