CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh
Programme Manager
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/arfanuzzaman/en;
E-mail: arfanuzzaman@cpd.org.bd; arfan@asia.com
Mr. Md. Arfanuzzaman is serving CPD as a Programme Manager under the CPD-RMG Study. Prior to joining this position, he worked with International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) as a Senior Research and Project Development Officer and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) as a Senior Research Officer. He has expertise in the areas of Private sector development, Natural resource economics, Climate change, Regional development, and Quantitative modeling (STATA, E-VIEWS and GAMS). Mr. Arfan also received a good number of training from home and abroad on socio-economic analysis, environmental issues and research management.
Publications
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. and Syed, M. A. 2017.Water Demand and Ecosystem Nexus in the Transboundary River Basin: A Zero-sum Game, Environment, Development and Sustainability, doi: 10.1007/s10668-017-9915-y, Springer Nature.
◙ Vij, S., Moors, E., Ahmad, B., Arfanuzzaman, M., Bhadwal, S., Biesbroek, R., Gioli, G., Groot, A., Mallick, D., Regmi, B., Thapa, B., Werners, S.E., Wester, P. 2017. Climate adaptation approaches and key policy characteristics: Cases from South Asia. 2017. Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 78, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.09.007, Elsevier.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. and Rahman, A. Atiq. 2017. Sustainable Water Demand Management in the Face of Rapid Urbanization and Ground Water Depletion for the Social-ecological Resilience Building, Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 10, doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2017.01.005, Elsevier.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M., Mamnun, N., Islam, M.S., Dilshad, T., Syed, M.A. 2016. Evaluation of Adaptation Practices in the Agriculture Sector of Bangladesh: An Ecosystem Based Assessment. Climate, Vol. 4 (11), doi:10.3390/cli4010011, MDPI, Switzerland.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. and Ahmad, Q. K. Assessing the Regional Food Insecurity in Bangladesh Due to Irrigation Water Shortage in the Teesta Catchment Area. 2016. Water Policy, Vol. 17 (6), doi: 10.2166/wp.2015.072, IWA publishing, UK, and paper presented at the 19th Biennial Conference on Rethinking the Political Economy, organized by Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), 10th January 2015.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. Impact of CO2 Emission, Per Capita Income and HDI on Environmental Performance Index: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh. 2016. Intl. Journal of Green Economics, Vol. 10 (4), doi:10.0.5.224/IJGE.2016.10002856, Green Economics Institute, UK.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. Nexus of Broad Money Supply and GDP of Bangladesh in Fixed and Floating Exchange Rate Regime. 2015, Stamford Journal of Economics, Vol. 1 (1), ISSN-2343-3248, Stamford University, Bangladesh.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. The Long Run Dynamic Relationship between Broad Money Supply and the GDP of Bangladesh: A VECM Approach. 2014. Developing Country Studies, Vol. 4 (14), ISSN 2224-607X (Paper), 2225-0565 (Online), IISTE, UK.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. An Assessment of Child Mortality in the Low and Middle Income Nations: A Cross Country Analysis. 2014, Economic Processes Management, Vol. 3 (1), ІSSN 2311-6293, Sumy State University, Ukraine.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. Inter-Sectoral Wage Differential in Bangladesh, Some Remedial Measures and Its Concomitant Outcome. 2013. Bangladesh Economic Journal, Vol. 2 (1), ISSN-2225-353X, Bangladesh Economics Teachers Association (BETA), and paper presented at the national conference on “Current Economic Issues of Bangladesh”, arranged by BETA, 7th February 2014.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. An Assessment and Determinants of Real Wage: A Macroeconomic Overview of Bangladesh. 2014, Economic Journal of Nepal, Vol. 18 (1), ISSN 2349-2031, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
◙ Arfanuzzaman, M. Global Recession and its Impact on Major Macroeconomic Parameters: A Case of Bangladesh. 2011. Bangladesh Economic Journal, Vol. 1 (1), ISSN-2225-353X, Bangladesh Economics Teachers Association (BETA), and paper presented at the national conference on “Change in global Scenario and its impact on Bangladesh”, arranged by BETA, 31st December 2011.
Seminar/Conference Papers
◙ “Quantifying the cost of inaction of climate change impacts in the vulnerable delta region”, presented at the Impacts World 2017 Conference held on 11-13 October 2017, Postdam, Germany.
◙ “Prospering Transboundary Water Security in the face of Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerabilities in the Hindu Kush Himalyan Region” presented at the Water Security and Climate Change Conference held on 18-21 September 2017, Cologne, Germany.
◙ “Managing Population Growth, Land Use Change and Environmental Health for Advancing Sustainable Urbanization: A Comparative Analysis between Dhaka and Selected ASEAN Cities”, presented at the R & D Congress on Sustainable Urbanization in the Course of ASEAN Economic Integration, held on 26-27 June 2017, Manila, Philippines.
◙ “Climate change impacts, risks and social vulnerabilities of the Teesta River Floodplains in Bangladesh”, presented at the HI-AWARE Stakeholder Workshop on Sharing the Findings of Situational Analysis of the Lower Teesta River Floodplains, 31st August 2016, organized by BCAS and supported by IDRC and DFID; Rangpur, Bangladesh
◙ “Relationship between CO2 Emission, Per Capita Income, HDI and Environmental Performance Index of Bangladesh: an econometric analysis”, presented at the National Seminar on “Towards Bangladesh at 50: Emerging Environmental Challenges from the Perspective of Environmental Economics in Bangladesh, Organized by Dhaka School of Economics, 13–14 September 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh
◙ “Country Risk Analysis and Road to Survive in terms of Climate Change”, presented at the seminar on Climate Change and the Vulnerability of Bangladesh, 2010; arranged by International Centre for Development and Research.
Master’s Thesis
■ Economic Impact of Scarcity of Water in North-Western Bangladesh due to Reduced Water Flow in Teesta River. Supervisor: Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad; Funded by PKSF.
■ Relationship between Money Supply and the GDP of Bangladesh: An Econometric Analysis. Supervisor: Dr. Basanta Kumar Barmon
Professional Affiliation
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA)
British Ecological Society (BES)
Future Earth Water-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus Group
Gobeshona Resilient Livelihood Subgroup
International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC)
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) Forum