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Farzana Munshi, PhD

Professor

Farzana Munshi is a Professor of Economics at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2018. She joined Brac University in 2009 as Assistant Professor and became Associate Professor in 2012. Prior to joining Brac University she taught at Queen’s School of Management, Queen’s University, Belfast. Farzana completed her PhD in Economics and Licentiate in Economics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and MSS in Economics from Dhaka University. Farzana was the recipient of the Swedish Wallander-Hedelius Foundation scholarship. Farzana's current research is on “Fast-track vaccine cold-chain assessment and design for mass scale COVID-19 vaccination in Bangladesh” funded by the Newton/Global Challenge Research Fund through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Farzana is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and at the advisory board of the Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship.

Farzana teaches Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, International Trade and Finance at undergraduate and post-graduate level. Her research area is broadly development and labour economics. She has worked on international trade and labour market issues in developed and developing countries. Her research is published in reputed international journals such as World Economy, Singapore Economic Review, The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, IZA Journal of Development and Migration. Farzana has contributed to policy making through Bangladesh Government’s Sixth and Eighth Five Year Plans. She has been a consultant to the World Bank and International Labour Organization.

 

Department of Economics and Social Sciences

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66 Mohakhali
Dhaka 1212

04478444063 Ext. 5068
fmunshi@bracu.ac.bd


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    Books

    Munshi, F. (2015). Preliminary assessment of impact of labour migration from South Asia on South Asian employers. Dhaka, Bangladesh: ILO.

    Munshi, F. (2009). Essays on globalization and occupational wages. Gothenburg, Sweden: Gothenburg University.

    Book Chapter/Working Papers

    Peters, T., Wang, X., Fox, T., Hossain, I., Greening, P., Munshi, F., … Debnath, K. B. (2020). Understanding the cold-chain challenge for Covid-19 vaccination. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Center for Sustainable Cooling, University of Birmingham. Retrieved from https://www.sustainablecooling.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/COVIDPDF.pdf

    Iqbal, K., Munshi, F., & Andaleeb, S. S. (2011). Small and Micro Enterprise (SME) development in Bangladesh. In M. K. Mujeri & S. Alam (Eds.), Sixth Five Year Plan of Bangladesh 2011-2015 (Vol. 4, pp. 327–362). Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies & General Economics Division, Planning Commission. Retrieved from http://office.mcc.com.bd/bids/uploads/publication/SFYP/SFYP-04.pdf

    Munshi, F. (2011). Labor regulations in Bangladesh: Constraints to more and better Jobs. Washington.

    Munshi, F. (2008). Globalization and inter- occupational wage inequality in a panel of countries: 1983-2003 (Working Papers in Economics 302). Gothenburg. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/gunwpe/0302.html

    Bigsten, A., Durevall, D., & Munshi, F. (2008). Offshoring and Occupational Wages: Some empirical evidence (Working Papers in Economics 312). Gothenburg. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/gunwpe/0312.html

    Munshi, F. (2006). Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis (Working Papers in Economics 241). Gothenburg. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/gunwpe/0241.html

    Durevall, D., & Munshi, F. (2006). Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh (Working Papers in Economics 205). Gothenburg. Retrieved from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hhs/gunwpe/0205.html

    Journals

    Gutierrez, I. A., Kumar, K. B., Mahmud, M., Munshi, F., & Nataraj, S. (2019). Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40176-019-0141-2

    Munshi, F. (2018). Do minimum wages reduce employment? Some empirical evidence from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Development Studies, XLI(3). Retrieved from http://bids.org.bd/page/journal/?rid=1260&vstatus=bds&vissue=past

    Bigsten, A., & Munshi, F. (2014). Globalisation and inter-occupational inequality: Empirical evidence from OECD countries. World Economy, 37(3), 501–510. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12128

    Bigsten, A., Durevall, D., & Munshi, F. (2012). Offshoring and occupational wages: Some empirical evidence. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 21(2), 253–269. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638191003615612

    Munshi, F. (2012). Does openness reduce wage inequality in developing countries? Panel data evidence from Bangladesh. Singapore Economic Review, 57(2). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590812500129

    Munshi, F. (2010). Globalisation and Occupational Wage Gap in Developing Countries: 1983-2003. Bangladesh Development Studies, 33(4), 39–50. Retrieved from http://bids.org.bd/uploads/publication/BDS/33/33-4/03_Farzana Munehi.pdf

    Durevall, D., & Munshi, F. (2014). Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality : Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 16(1 & 2), 13–24. Retrieved from https://www.bdiusa.org/sites/default/files/Vol%202014.pdf

    Magazine/Newspaper Articles

    Munshi, F., & Senan, A. (2021, May 23). Does Bangladesh have the infrastructure to vaccinate 130ml people? The Business Standard. Retrieved from https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/does-bangladesh-have-infrastructure-vaccinate-130ml-people-249517

    Munshi, F., & Senan, A. (2020, December 1). OP-ED: Covid-19 vaccine: Almost prepared is not good enough | Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/12/01/op-ed-covid-19-vaccine-almost-prepared-is-not-good-enough

    Munshi, F. (2020, October 11). Covid-19 vaccine: Why a robust cold chain is critical. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/10/11/covid-19-vaccine-why-a-robust-cold-chain-is-critical

    Munshi, F. (2020, April 30). The 4th IR and the changing patterns of employment: What should Bangladesh do? The Business Standard. Retrieved from https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/4th-ir-and-changing-patterns-employment-what-should-bangladesh-do-75508

  • Courses Taught

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    Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics for the External Sector, Trade Policy, International Trade, International Finance, Labor Economics , Development Economics and Introduction Microecomonics.

  • Research Areas/Interests

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    Development Economics

    Macroeconomics

    Labour Economics

    International Economics,

    Globalization Poverty and Inequality.

     

     

  • On-going Research/Work in progress

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    1. “Fast-track vaccine cold-chain assessment and design for mass scale COVID-19
    vaccination in Bangladesh” funded by the Newton/Global Challenge Research Fund
    through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). August 2020-February 2022.
    2. Book manuscript titled “Emerging Labour Market Issues and Challenges in
    Bangladesh”
    3. Clean and Energy Efficient Cooling for Livestock Supply-chain in Bangladesh

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