Mir Tanzim Nur Angkur

Participated at the 2^nd SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference held at BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka, February 18, 2017 and presented a paper on “Factors Determining the Choice of the Level of Education in Bangladesh: Empirical Evidence from HIES”.

Participated at The Third Asia KLEMS International Conference held at Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan, August 12-13, 2015 and jointly presented a paper with Dr. Selim Raihan on “Sources of Output Growth: Bangladesh Economy.

Participated at The Second Asia KLEMS International Conference held at The Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, August 22-23, 2013 and presented a paper on “Estimates of Productivity: 28 Manufacturing Industries of Bangladesh”.

Represented SANEM at 5th South Asian Economic Summit 11-13th September 2012, Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan as a Special Speaker on the session “Liberalization of Services Trade in South Asia.”

TRAINING PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS

Workshop on “Getting published in indexed academic and scientific journal: how to do it?” organized by the Department of Real Estate and Research Group, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Eight South Asian Network Training Program on CGE Modeling, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 4th -8th August, 2015.

Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Delhi Training Course: “Panel Time Series Econometrics”-Two-Day Specialist Training Course, 28th and 29th January 2013 instructed by Dr. Markus Eberhardt, University of Nottingham and CSAE, Oxford.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Worked in SANEM’s research paper as for IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Canada on “Dynamics of Employment in the Urban Informal Sector in Bangladesh.”
• Worked as a Research Assistant for the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) project in collaboration with University of Manchester, UK: “The Political Determinants of Economic Growth”.
• As part of the International Trade Course (Masters) assignment, prepared the following papers for Dr. Selim Raihan, Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Dhaka.
  • Does resource abundance determine the (merchandise) export structure of a country? – A Cross-country Analysis
  • Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth: An empirical study on South Asian countries- A Panel Data Analysis.
• Leadership in preparing a Research Proposal & conducting the Research Study on “Evaluating Tax Performance of Bangladesh With Reference To Some Selected Developing Countries”.
• Worked as a Research Assistant in collecting data from primary sources for A Competitive Study: Edible Oil Market in Bangladesh conducted by Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka.