Md Shafiul Azam
Contact details
Economics, School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
3rd Floor, Arthur Lewis Building
Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
E-mail: md.azam@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Background
Academic Qualifications
- PhD (Economics) Student, The University of Manchester, UK – Sept. 2007-
- MSc (Economics), The University of Manchester, UK – 2006-07
- Development Planning Technique (DPT), The Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, The Netherlands – 2000
- Master of Social Science (Economics), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh – 1995
- Bachelor of Social Science (Economics), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh - 1994
Professional engagements
Shafiul joined Bangladesh Planning Commission following his MSS degree and worked there in the Socio-Economic Infrastructure Division for two years. He was then deputed in the UNDP – GoB initiative 'Sustainable Human Development (SHD) Project' where he was involved in preparing various case studies and technical papers to feed the socio-economic policy making process of the Bangladesh Planning Commission. In 2003 he was again posted in the General Economics Division of the Planning Commission and worked there until Oct.2006 when he came to the University of Manchester for his MSc + PhD programme.
Research interests
Shafiul's primary area of research revolves around some of the micro econometric issues like – analysing households' poverty and vulnerability to poverty, risks, uncertainty and the underlying dynamics that leads households dive into and out of poverty and vulnerability in a developing country context. Other areas of interests include investigating the micro-macro linkages for better understanding the coherent policy perspectives in areas of economic wellbeing and poverty reduction.
Teaching experience
For 2008/09 academic year, Shafiul is tutoring the following courses:
- First-year Microeconomics (ECON10041), Macroeconomics (ECON10042), and Introductory Computer Applications (ECON10151);
PhD supervisor
Dr Katsushi Imai
Policy/Working Papers
- 'Vulnerability and Poverty in Bangladesh', with Dr. Katsushi Imai, draft submitted to CPRC, University of Manchester, Manchester (March, 2009)
- 'Study on Jute Sector Assistance Policy', Bangladesh Tariff Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh – 2005
- Analysis of Gross Domestic Product: Trends and Structure, Technical Paper, SHD Unit, Planning Commission, Govt. of Bangladesh (Oct. 2002)
- 'SAM Approach for Informed Policy in Bangladesh', Technical Paper, SHD Unit, Planning Commission, Govt. of Bangladesh (Dec. 2001)
- 'Basic Needs Approaches to Poverty Analysis and Analysis of Poverty Profiles in Bangladesh', Technical Paper, SHD Unit, Planning Commission, Govt. of Bangladesh (Jan. 2001)
- 'Transmission Mechanisms and Impacts Over Time: Growth and Poverty', Technical Paper, SHD Unit, Planning Commission, Govt. of Bangladesh (Sept.2000)