Dr Minhaj Mahmud is Senior Economist, ADB Economic Analysis and Operational Support Division, Economic Research and Development Impact Department. Minhaj’s research areas include behavioral economics, development economics and health economics, with a focus on field experiments and impact evaluation in health, education, labor, environment, climate change, gender, and political economy issues. He works in the teams supporting economic analysis of health and social sector projects as well as impact evaluation of ADB projects.
Prior to joining ADB, he was a senior researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. He previously taught at Queens University Belfast and Keele University in the UK and BRAC University and Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. He serves on the editorial board of Journal of International Development.