Teaching Experience
Lead Childcare Consultant
(2025 - Present)
Leading a study assessing the return on investment (ROI) for childcare in Jordan, including the design of a primary short-form childcare demand assessment.
Time-Use Survey Consultant
(2024 - Present)
Leading the time-use and policy chapter for an upcoming ADB report, and served as a co-lead facilitator for ADB’s regional time-use workshop.
Gender Specialist
(2024 - Present)
Serving as focal point for blended finance and sustainability-linked instruments, and supporting gender integration across multiple sector portfolios including health, education, tourism, retail, and real estate.
Ph.D. in Economics, American University, Washington D.C., 2020
Dissertation: “Three Essays on Gender and Development”
M.S. in Economics, North South University, Dhaka, 2012
B.S. in Economics, North South University, Dhaka, 2010
Economist Consultant
(2017 - Present)
Led quantitative and qualitative research across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—including childcare Return on Investment (ROI) analysis, time use diagnostics, care economy valuation, and survey implementation for World Bank regional projects, Indonesia’s care policy reform, gender research, and firm-level enterprise surveys.
Research Consultant
(2024 - Present)
Led gender and care economy research at IWPR using ATUS and CPS data—including time use inequality, unpaid care work valuation, and labor market dynamics, with contributions to high-impact U.S. policy reports and peer-reviewed studies.
Economist
(2022 - 2024)
Led quantitative assessments, impact evaluation portfolio, and care economy analytics at the World Bank—including global childcare demand and supply tools, and strategy contributions to the Invest in Childcare Initiative and Global Gender Strategy.
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
ECON-100: Macroeconomics
Teaching Assistant
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ECON-100: Macroeconomics.
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ECON-200: Microeconomics.
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ECON-374: Gender Roles in the Economy.
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ECON-623: Applied Econometrics I.
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ECON-624: Applied Econometrics II.
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ECON-634: Development Finance and Banking.
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ECON-662: Development Microeconomics.
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ECON-674: Gender Perspectives on Economic Analysis: Microeconomics.
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
ECO 244: Applied Mathematics-II
Teaching Assistant
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ECO 101: Introduction to Microeconomics.
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ECO 104: Introduction to Macroeconomics.
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ECO 134: Applied Mathematics-I.
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ECO 249: Economy of Bangladesh.