Taieba Hosne Ishrat Email & Phone Number

Dhaka, Bd

Singapore

• Lead and manage impact assessment advisory projects to advance gender equality and women's empowerment, developing partnerships and identifying opportunities to drive feminist-aligned outcomes within sustainable finance• Support proposal writing and business development efforts for projects that promote gender-lens investing, collaborating with stakeholders like the Orange Bond Initiative to expand access to financing for women and marginalized communities• Drive the sales and growth strategy for IIX Advisory and Digital Platforms, targeting stakeholders committed to feminist principles, thereby amplifying the reach and impact of gender-transformative solutions• Assist in the product development of IIX Advisory and Digital Platforms, prioritizing sectors, reports, and tailored solutions that focus on empowering women and addressing systemic gender inequalities in key regions• Lead and evaluate the effectiveness of impact assessment rating systems, ensuring they meet feminist and gender-specific standards

United Kingdom

Project: Evaluating Schools2030; a ten-year participatory learning improvement programme based in 1,000 government schools across ten countriesFunded by: The Aga Khan FoundationDuration: June 2024–Present

Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Project: Scoping study on gender and social bonds to identify opportunities for AFDFunded by: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)Duration: January 2024–Present• Conducted a scoping study on gender and social bonds to identify opportunities for Agence Française de Développement (AFD)• Interviewed key players in the social finance space to understand how debt capital markets can direct financing towards (i) reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities, (ii) gender equality to identify opportunities of intervention and support by AFD and prepared report on the findings

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

One of 50 participants selected across the University of Oxford in 2023–24 to join the Skoll Centre-Said Business School's Impact Lab, a co-curricular Impact Leadership program to cultivate an impact-driven career.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Project: Randomized Control Trial (RCT) study to assess the effectiveness of one of BYLC’s five-year-long youth development projectFunded by: IKEA FoundationDuration: May 2023–October 2023

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Project: Updating the study report "Target Market Analysis for Solar PV potential for embedded generation in the commercial and industrial sector in Bangladesh"Funded by: German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)Duration: May 2023–October 2023

Singapore

• Lead Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) of IIX's Women's Livelihood Bond portfolios worth USD 115 million across Asia and Africa • Manage and lead impact verification with last-mile women beneficiaries through in-depth interviews with women from Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam• Manage digital impact verification through the IIX Values platform• Prepare impact reports for investors, donors, and other stakeholders

Singapore

• Prepared impact evaluation reports on IIX’s Women’s Livelihood Bonds for investors• Wrote the second-party impact opinion for IIX’s USD 50 million Women’s Livelihood Bond™ 5, which is the first sustainable debt security in the market issued in compliance with the Orange Bond Principles and is expected to empower ~300,000 women and girls across Asia and Africa

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Prepared grant proposals for the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the US Embassy, the IKEA Foundation, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FDCO) of the UK government, and the private sector of Bangladesh and raised funding worth ~USD 4 million• Provided scientific and management oversight for research work and ensured BYLC’s research output was disseminated in peer-reviewed academic journals• Oversaw studies and evaluations by external consultants (baseline, midline, and end line) by supporting the hiring process, overseeing quality, and disseminating results• Oversaw and led BYLC’s Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation and Grant Writing teams

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Monitored and evaluated projects budgeting over 9.5 million USD with funds from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the US Embassy, the IKEA Foundation, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FDCO)• Oversaw all the program and project monitoring activities and ensured timely dissemination of project monitoring and evaluation reports with relevant internal stakeholders• Co-designed and facilitated the rollout of a randomized control trial (RCT) study—in partnership with Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA) and with technical support from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Maryland—to assess the effectiveness of one of BYLC’s youth development project focusing on employability skill training, job placement support, and entrepreneurship skill training for youth • Oversaw and led BYLC’s Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation and Grant Writing teams• Conducted workshops for staff and project beneficiaries on various M&E tools, data analysis, and report writing

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• With support from the Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), led the study from BYLC to assess the Violence against Women and Children (VAWC) situation in Bangladesh amidst the countrywide lockdown for COVID-19, which found that 25% of the surveyed women and children experienced domestic violence and abuse during the lockdown.• Led the study titled ‘Youth development in the COVID-19 era and beyond’—supported by the Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government—under its project Excluded People's Rights in Bangladesh to assess the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi youth and presented the findings through a webinar• Led the study ‘Youth and Climate Change: Bangladesh Perspective’ to assess Bangladeshi youth's understanding of the climate crisis and the actions they are taking to fight against this crisis and shared the study findings through a keynote presentation at BYLC's Global Youth Climate Summit 2021• Facilitated successful completion of the endline evaluation of a three-year-long project (529 beneficiaries) on youth leadership development funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN)• Prepared donor reports for USPACOM, EKN, IKEA Foundation, FCDO, and Porticus, ensuring donor compliance

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Developed project log-frames, theory of changes, and result frameworks for projects focusing on leadership training, online education, and entrepreneurship• Designed and developed web-based project beneficiary databases and project progress tracking systems for projects with more than 10,000 beneficiaries• Monitored, evaluated, and reported on ~100 BYLC programs focusing on youth leadership development, professional development, and entrepreneurial skills development• Facilitated successful completion of the baseline study of a three-year-long youth leadership development project (15,220 beneficiaries) funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN), Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government• As a founding member of BYLC’s Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RME) team, developed its M&E system, beneficiary feedback mechanism, data collection and management process, and reporting structures• Participated in World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Doha, Qatar, in November 2019 as a delegate, represented BYLC, and spearheaded conversation for grant opportunities from Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD)• Oversaw and led a team of five people and capacitated them to help in their professional growth

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Using the econometric model developed by Marianne Fay and Tito Yepes (The World Bank, 2003), forecasted the infrastructure financing needs of Bangladesh between 2021 and 2025 for a study named ‘Bangladesh: Study on Infrastructure Financing’; supported by Asian Development Bank (ADB)• With support from International Finance Corporation (IFC), conducted a study on Bangladesh’s off-grid market to assess the existing electrification scenario, enabling policies, off-grid energy sector performance, and market prospects for off-grid DC appliances and Pico PV lanterns• With support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), led an impact evaluation to assess the socioeconomic impact of improved cookstoves (ICS) and solar lanterns (PicoPV) in rural Bangladesh and supervised and trained 100+ field enumerators who collected data from ~2,000 end beneficiaries in 99 Upazilas of 57 districts across Bangladesh• Wrote 11 articles on different social, economic, and political issues of Bangladesh for the quarterly digital magazine—'Keystone Quarterly Review'• Contributed to background research and prepared the initial draft of selected chapters for the book 'Win: How Public Entrepreneurship Can Transform The Developing World' by M. Fouzul Kabir Khan

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Assisted in preparing expression of interests (EoI) and proposals against ToRs published by multilateral and bilateral development organizations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, GIZ, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC)• Conducted field surveys, focus group discussions (FGD), and key informant interviews (KII) per project requirements• Conducted necessary econometric and statistical analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data• Assisted in preparing final project reports per the requirements specified in the ToRs • Wrote articles on selected economic and political issues of Bangladesh to publish in the quarterly digital magazine 'Keystone Quarterly Review'• Contributed in the updating data and texts for the revised edition of the book 'Financing Large Projects: Using Project Finance Techniques and Practices' by M. Fouzul Kabir Khan and Robert J. Parra

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Checked and maintained the conditions precedents (CP) list for the Summit–Bibiyana Power Project II• Assisted in the documentation for the project• Collected information from different functional teams to support in assisting in preparing the financial model for Summit–Bibiyana Power Project II• Prepared guest list, confirmed guests, and followed up with them for the financial closure for the Summit–Bibiyana Power Project II

Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Conducted primary data collection through surveys, focus group discussions (FGD), and key informant interviews (KII)• Conducted secondary data collection and prepared literature reviews• Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data• Prepared draft research reports

Master Of Science (Msc), Evidence-Based Social Intervention And Policy Evaluation

Activities and Societies: St Cross College Community Bursary Award, 2023–24 Skoll Centre-Saïd Business School Impact Lab, January–March.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Management Information System (Mis), 3.80 Out Of 4.00

Major coursework: International Financial Management Capital Investment Decisions Financial Derivatives Commercial Bank Management.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Economics And Finance, 3.86 Out Of 4.00

Graduating honor: Summa Cum Laude Major coursework: Microeconomics Macroeconomics Economy of Bangladesh Money, Banking, and Financial.