Ashfaqul Chowdhury Email & Phone Number

Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Continuing duties assumed under the Country Economist position - Planning and foreasting IGC Bangladesh CT activities including project evaluation and onboarding and funds allocaiton for dissemination activities

Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Managing IGC data platform development by ideating and building prototype dashboards (Tableau, PowerBI, R) and collecting, catalouging and visualizing various datasets- Monitoring research projects, identifying stakeholders and initiating discussions between IGC, researchers and stakeholders including government agencies to transform research findings into actionable policy items- Liaising with GoB development partners including UNDP and FCDO to initiaite joint efforts on the areas of labour conditions, macroeconomic uncertainty and other relevant issues- Co-authoring research on air pollution, foreign direct investment and green industries and writing communicaiton materials including policy memos for advocacy

Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Cleaned Economic Census 2013 raw data to analyse number, capital, size and type of rural enterprises in Bangladesh and to develop a women-led enterprise directory for Bangladesh- Formulated questionnaire, managed vendor and analysed data for a rural enterprise survey focused on COVID-19 recovery and growth of enterprises - Ensured timely submission of monitoring related deliverables by project implementing units at different government agencies by providing them with consultancy support - Co-authored ‘Building Back Better: Promoting Rural Enterprises for Inclusive Jobs and Recovery’

Dhaka

- Co-authored Results Oriented Annual Report 2018 to showcase strategic objectives and results analysis- Onboarded three companies including Unilever Bangladesh to UNDP's Business Call to Action - Provided economic research support to the Country Director as necessary- Mentored startups on impact investment opportunities

United States

-Research Assistant to Professor Gabriel Chan on literature review, data management and report generation on progress of multiple projects-Co-author of articles and policy briefs for UNFCCC Climate Conference at Marrakech, Morocco

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Research on transboundary river management in South and Southeast Asia - Managing social media presence of Stimson Center Southeast Asia department

Dhaka

- Data collection and analysis to find evidence of micronutrients on preganant mothers and children aged 0-60 months- Arranged workshops in partnership with FHI 360 and Institute of Public Health & Nutrition for policy advocacy and raising awareness on maternal and child nutrition - Led the field evaluation of National Nutrition Services and later co-authored a paper on quality of services (published in PLOS One)

- Designed evaluation tools for “The real effect of electronic wage payments: A field experiment with salaried factory workers”- Led training of ~30 enumerators for field work on electronic wage payment project- Cleaning and analyzing various survey datasets

Bangladesh

- Led qualitative surveys on quality of primary education in hard to reach areas including Chittagong Hill Tracts

Bangladesh

- Wrote business case studies to be used by the Faculty of Marketing - Supervised course performance of faculties and support staff- Conducted action research on housing crisis in Dhaka for the University’s Economics Research Center

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Team member: IBA English Debate team-1, IBA Bangla Debate team-1

Master’S Degree, Public Policy

Master Of Development Studies, Local And International Development

Higher Secondary Certificate

Activities and Societies: Team member: Notre Dame Debating Club Gold Bangla, Notre Dame Debating Club Gold English

School Secondary Certificate

Activities and Societies: General Secretary- Josephite Debating Club (JDC), Team member: JDC-1 Bangla, JDC-1 English