Dr. Khan Md Raziuddin Taufique, Asst Professor, BRAC Business School has participated in a five-day research methodology workshop on ‘Impact Evaluation of Climate Change’ from 5 to 10 February 2017. The workshop was organized by Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) which is affiliated with International Society for Ecological Economics. Dr. Khan Taufique is also a life member of INSEE. The workshop was funded by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and hosted by Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India.
As it was a fully funded conference, the selection process was very competitive where only 19 percent of the applicants were invited to participate in the workshop. The workshop covers a range of research tools for impact evaluation with special focus on basic econometrics, randomized control trials (RCT), Difference-in-Difference (DID), sampling and experiment design, instrumental variables and application of impact evaluation tools in agricultural research. A total of 35 participants from different countries attended the workshop. All participants presented their research proposals at the end of the workshop and certificates were distributed accordingly.