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Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, PhD

Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, DUET, Gazipur

I am a Professor of Economics at the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. I earned a Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University in the USA, and MAs from Dalhousie University, Canada, and the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. My research areas are the Economics of Education, Public Policy, and Applied Econometrics. My recent contributions have appeared in Finance Research Letters, Eastern Economic Journal, Global Finance Journal, and Comparative Education Review. I have consulted for various government and private organizations, including the UNDP, Commonwealth of Learning, US Forest, BIDS, University Grant Commission, and World Bank.

Mobile:	+88 018 1551 2345
Email:	[email protected]
Office:	0249274034-53, 5167
Address:	Room NO. 10009, New Academic Building,

Field of interest:	Education Policy, Development Economics, and Microeconometrics.
Field of specialization:	Migration Policy, Energy Economics, and Environmental Economics

Degrees Obtained (Starting from Recent Degrees):

#	Degree	Institute	Year	Discipline & Field
1	PhD	Northern Illinois University, USA	2019	Economics
2	MA	Northern Illinois University, USA	2016	Economics
3	MA	Dalhousie University, Canada	2012	Economics
4	MSS	University of Chittagong, Bangladesh	2008	Economics
5	BSS	University of Chittagong, Bangladesh	2007	Economics

Employment Record (Starting from Present Position):

#	Designation	Institute	Duration
1	Professor	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology	2022-07-24 : Continue
2	Associate Professor of Economics	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology	2020-09-24 : 2022-07-24
3	Assistant Professor of Economics	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology	2012-09-20 : 2020-09-24
4	Lecturer in Economics	Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology	2009-05-09 : 2012-09-20

Additional Charges:

#	Designation	Faculty/ Department/ Institute/ Office	Duration
1	Head	HSS	2022-10-24 : 2024-10-24

Consultancy and Sponsored Research Activities:

#	Title	Organization	Role	Fund	Year
1	A Tracer Study of the CEMBA/CEMPA program.	Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada	Principal Research Consultant	collaborative study	2020-2021
2	Evaluation of Forest Ecosystem Service on-line Database for Forest Department of Bangladesh	Community Partnerships to Strengthen Sustainable Development Program (Compass) affiliated with US Forest Service, International Programs, United States Department of Agriculture	Environmental Economist	collaborative study	2020-2021
3	Impact of private polytechnic institutes on higher engineering education	University Grants Commission, Bangladesh	Project Director	UGC standard	2021-2022
4	Anondomela for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Assessing Needs and Priorities of Women Entrepreneurs in E-Commerce	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Economist	collaborative study	2021-2022
5	Impact of Smart Devices on Women Entrepreneurs in E-Commerce	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Economist	collaborative study	2021-2022
6	Baseline Study on Impact of Smart Devices on Women Entrepreneurs in E-Commerce	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Economist	collaborative study	2021-2022
7	Impact Analysis of Rural Roads and Waterways under Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II)	The World Bank	Infrastructural Specialist	Collaboration with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, financed by the World Bank	2022
8	Endline Survey Design and Implementation for Rural Roads and Waterways under Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (RTIP-II	The World Bank	Infrastructural Specialist	Collaboration with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, financed by the World Bank	2022
9	Recreational ecosystem services valuation: A case Study of Gazipur Sal Forest Area, Bangladesh	Community Partnerships to Strengthen Sustainable Development Program (Compass) affiliated with US Forest Service, International Programs, United States Department of Agriculture	Principle Investigator	collaborative	2022-2023
10	Vulnerabilities and Social Protection Needs of Artisanal Fisher Communities in the Coastal Areas of Southwestern Bangladesh	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Economists	Collaborative	2023
11	Socioeconomic Exclusions of the Third Gender Population in Bangladesh	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	Economist	Collaborative	2023-2024
12	Waterfall management of Baraiadhala National Park, Chattogram: risks, challenges and prospects	Bangladesh Forest Division	Environmental Economist	collaborative	2024
13	Formulation of Five Master Plans for five eco- parks along with digital topographic survey and biodiversity survey	Bangladesh Forest Division	Environmental Economist	collaborative	2024
14	User Satisfaction Survey (USS)-202	The World Bank	Economist	Collaborative	2024

Publications (Journal):

#	Year	Title	Authors	Event
1	2025	The Impact of Remittance on Financial Development in the Recipient Countries: A Comparison Between Highly- and Low-skilled Migrants	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Gazi Mahabubul Alam	Migration and Development
2	2024	Impact of private tutoring for university admission and subsequently on students' academic results	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
3	2024	Current versus forward-looking oil shocks and the asymmetric response of precious metal returns: evidence from daily and weekly data	Md Rafayet Alam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Applied Economics
4	2024	The asymmetric impact of oil market shocks on the time-varying connectedness and spillover of financial stress	Md Rafayet Alam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Applied Economics
5	2024	Crude oil futures prices and foreign exchange markets	Md Rafayet Alam, Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, Mohammed Syedul Islam & Joshua Lawson	Applied Economics
6	2023	The Impact of Accessing Education via Smartphone Technology on Education Disparity—A Sustainable Education Perspective	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Sustainability
7	2023	Reverses in Gender Salary Gaps Among STEM Faculty: Evidence from Mean and Quantile Decompositions	Virginia Wilcox and Md Abdur Rahman Forhad	B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
8	2023	Educational achievements and export earnings: a comparison between leader and follower countries	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Journal paper, volume and issues number are yet to publish
9	2023	Does a vocational education program prepare competent graduates for further academic programs?	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Afruza Haque, Md. Sawgat Khan, Mamunur Rashid	Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
10	2023	Effect of Remittance-Sending Countries’ Type on Financial Development in Recipient Countries: Can the Pandemic Make a Difference?	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Md. Toabur Rahman	Journal of Risk and Financial Management
11	2022	Sustainable Development in Higher Engineering Education: A Comparative Study between Private and Public Polytechnics	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad,Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Mamunur Rashid, Afruza Haque, and Md. Sawgat Khan	Sustainability
12	2022	Consumption- and speculation-led change in demand for oil and the response of base metals: A Markov-switching approach	Md Rafayet Alam, Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, Nilesh B. Sah	Finance Research Letters
13	2022	Impact of oil demand and supply shocks on food-grain prices: a Markov-switching approach	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Md Rafayet Alam	Applied Economics
14	2021	What makes a difference for further advancement of engineers: socioeconomic background or education programs?	Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Higher Education
15	2021	Clustering secondary education and the focus on science: Impacts on higher education and the job market in Bangladesh	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Md Abdur Rahman Forhad	Comparative Education Review
16	2021	Impact of oil-demand and oil-supply shocks on the exchange rates of selected Southeast Asian countries	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Md. Rafayet Alam	Global Finance Journal
17	2021	Minimum Dropout Age and Juvenile Crime in the United States	Forhad, Md. Abdur Rahman	Eastern Economic Journal
18	2021	Remittance and education in recipient countries: an interdependence	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Gazi Mahabubul Alam	International Journal of Education Economics and Development
19	2020	Impact of introducing a customer services component during secondary school education to improve small and medium-sized enterprises: a case study in Bangladesh	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad, Md. Rajibul Ahsan, Gazi Mahabubul Alam	Society and Business Review
20	2020	Can education as an ‘International Commodity’ be the backbone or cane of a nation in the era of fourth industrial revolution? - A Comparative study	Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Abdur Rahman Forhad, and Ismi Arif Ismail	Technological Forecasting and Social Change
21	2020	Relationship between MDA and juvenile crime and its impact on socioeconomic development – a theoretical framework for business and economics	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Gazi Mahabubul Alam	Society and Business Review
22	2020	Does the private university sector exploit sustainable residential life in the name of supporting the fourth industrial revolution?	Gazi Mahabubul Alam, Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Abdur Rahman Forhad, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarakak	Technological Forecasting and Social Change
23	2020	Sustainable Achievement of Selective KPIs of Different Players in Education: An Update for Policy Discourse	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Abdur Rahman Forhad	International Journal of Learning and Change
24	2020	Education Quality Comparing between Offcial Measurement Scale and Inter- counterparts’ Perception: A New Horizon for Learning Assessment	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Abdur Rahman Forhad	International Journal of Learning and Change
25	2020	Roadblocks to University Education for Diploma Engineers in Bangladesh	Gazi Mahabubul Alam and Abdur Rahman Forhad	Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
26	2019	Do Remittances Cause Dutch Disease in the Recipient Country?	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Journal of International and Global Economic Studies
27	2017	Monetary Policy Transmission over the Real Sector of Bangladesh Economy: An SVAR Approach	Abdur Rahman Forhad, Ghassam A Homafair, and Abul Hasnat Muhammed Salimullah	Economia Internazionale / International Economics
28	2014	How Many Currencies in SAARC Countries?: A Multivariate Structural VAR Approach	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	The Journal of Developing Areas
29	2013	Towards a Common Currency in SAARC Countries: An Empirical Analysis	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Jahangirnagar Economic Review
30	2011	Testing Volatility Clustering in Stock Index return in Bangladesh	Md. Amirul Islam and Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad	Asian Profile
31	2010	Measuring Stock Market Volatility: An Experience from Chittagong Stock Exchange	Md. Abdur Rahman Forhad and Md. Amirul Islam	Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy

List of Conferences, Short-term Course etc. Organized or Participated):

#	Event	Organizer	Role	Year
1	Valuing recreational ecosystem services: A Case Study for Sal Forest Area (Shorea robusta) in Bangladesh	American Economic Association	Presenter	2022

Course Conducted:

#	Programme	Course No	Course Title	Year
1	B.Sc.	Hum-5611	Project Management & Accounting	2025