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CV

Imran Hossain

Research Associate, BIGD, BRAC University

I am a Research Associate in the Gender and Social Development Cluster at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University. My work focuses on poverty, inequality and education in Bangladesh, and my interests lie in applied microeconomics, development economics and political economy.

I hold a BSc in Economics from Jahangirnagar University and am completing graduate-level coursework in Mathematics at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology. Before research, I was a feature journalist at The Business Standard, one of the leading dailies of Bangladesh.

Portrait of Imran Hossain

Education

  • MS in Mathematics, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
    2025–present
  • BSc in Economics, Jahangirnagar University
    2024

Academic Papers

Research experience

Family Card Programme: PMT evaluation

Evaluating the proxy means test scoring system: designed the questionnaire, trained enumerators, coordinated fieldwork and drafted the report.

TargetingSurvey designFieldwork

UPGP intergenerational panel

Data management for a panel following BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme households across generations.

Panel dataPoverty

No Means No adaptation for an RCT

Helped adapt a self-defence curriculum for adolescent girls for a randomised evaluation.

GenderRCT

Outreach

2026

A Backbencher's Guide to Econometrics

A plain-language introductory econometrics booklet, printed on a not-for-profit basis and used by over 100 students and 20 university teachers in Bangladesh.

In progress

Bangla translation of Good Economics for Hard Times

By Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Writing

Between 2024 and 2026, I wrote over a hundred research-driven features for The Business Standard. Here are a selected few.