Asad Islam is a Bangladeshi-born development economist and academic. He is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, and Director of the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) at Monash University, Australia. His research focuses on development economics, education, health, agriculture, gender, social protection, and randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries.
Asad Islam was born and raised in Bangladesh. His early education and upbringing in a developing-country context shaped his academic interest in poverty, inequality, education, health, and evidence-based development policy.
Asad Islam was born and raised in Bangladesh. His early education and upbringing in a developing-country context shaped his academic interest in poverty, inequality, education, health, and evidence-based development policy.
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Author of more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles published in leading journals including: Journal of Political Economy: Micro; American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; Economic Journal; Journal of Development Economics; Review of Economics and Statistics; World Development; Demography; Health Economics; PLOS Medicine; PLOS ONE; Social Science & Medicine; American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; Energy Economics; International Migration; Oxford Economic Papers; Journal of Banking and Finance; Economic Development and Cultural Change; Journal of Risk and Uncertainty; Food Policy; and related journals.
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