Dr. Muhammed Muqtada, a development economist and policy analyst, is best known for his work on growth, poverty, employment and labour market issues. He had been associated with the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, for nearly two and a half decades, and had held several top management positions at the ILO. He led, and participated, in various fact-finding, programming and employment review missions in various countries, inter alia Cambodia, Chile, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania and Ukraine. As Director of Policy Planning, he coordinated and directed the research programmes of the ILO’s Employment Sector, Geneva. Prior to joining the ILO, he taught macroeconomics, economic development and planning at the University of Dhaka. Among his co-edited titles, are—Employment Expansion and Macroeconomic Stability in an Era of Increasing Globalization (from MacMillan, London); and Bangladesh: Economic and Social Challenges of Globalization (from The University Press Limited, Dhaka). At present, Dr. Muqtada is involved in applied research and consultancy services and to date, has provided expert advisory services to governments, international organisations and other stakeholders within and beyond Bangladesh. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Muqtada was educated at the University of Cambridge, UK (PhD in Economics, 1980), and the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (MA and BA in Economics).
