Newspaper columns, interviews & commentaries
2022
Media op-eds
Asadullah, M Niaz (2022) "Gender-Equal Education Is About More Than Access" The Project Syndicate. 29 July. Republished in The Jordan Times (30 July), Kathmandu Post (1 Aug).
Asadullah, M Niaz (2022) "Deepening the debate on gender equality and faith education" UNESCO World Education blog, (forthcoming)
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2022) "Does access to microfinance help or hinder women’s empowerment?" WiderAngle, United Nations University, 10 March 2022
Asadullah, M Niaz, Antonio Savoia and Kunal Sen (2022) "Effective states for sustainable development in South Asia" Global Development, 22 June 2022
Amirapu, A., Asadullah, M Niaz and Zaki Wahhaj (2022) "The threat of adolescents development from COVID-19" Oxford Policy Management, 10 March 2022.
Chakraborty, T. N., Asadullah, M Niaz and Basu (2022) "Tribute to the Poetry of Nazim Hikmet" The Daily Prothom Alo, 15 January 2022 (in Bengali)
Media interviews
Nature Magazine interview: How climate change could drive an increase in gender-based violence, 15 July 2022.
The Economist interview: New transport infrastructure helps South Asian women into work, 7 July 2022.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview: Why accuracy in labor statistics is important, 16 June 2022.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview: Why the discrepancy for Bangladeshi workers? 3 June 2022.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview: Should we make rest days mandatory, 6 May 2022.
The Edge Financial Daily (Malaysia) interview: Malaysia’s ratification of ILO Protocol of 2014 a good start in combatting forced labour, 4 April
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview: How to recover from pandemic learning loss, 18 Mar 2022.
The Edge Financial Daily (Malaysia) interview: The State Of The Nation: Collective effort necessary to eliminate malnourishment among children, 21 Mar 2022.
The Edge Financial Daily (Malaysia) interview: The State Of The Nation: Battling the silent, longer-term threats to the country’s growth post-Covid-19, 21 Mar 2022.
Astro TV (Malaysia) interview: Displaced for development (on poverty in indigenous Mah Meri communities), 4 Feb 2022.
The Daily Prothom Alo, "There are reasons to be concerned about the mega projects". 24 April 2022 (Bengali version). Re-published in South Asia Monitor (25 April 2022).
Bonik Barta, "Development isn't just GDP growth but also about improvements in living standards". 12 April 2022 (in Bengali)
2021
Media op-eds
Asadullah,
M Niaz (2021) "Southeast Asia’s migrant labor dilemma" The
Project Syndicate. 24 Nov. Re-published in 10+ national
dailies: The Japan Times (06 Dec), Channel News Asia (28 Nov), Jordan Times (27 Nov), Kathmundu Post (24
Nov), Asia New Network (24 Nov), MalaysiaKini (27 Nov), The
Philippine Inquirer (6 Dec), The Sunday Times (28 Nov), CM Media (29 Nov), The ASEAN Post (24 Nov), The Daily Prothom Alo (25 Nov), Nepal 24 Hours.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2021) Islamic Schools and Girls' Education in
Indonesia - The Diplomat, 26 Oct.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2021) “Fostering girls' education will be
challenging under a Taliban regime, but Afghanistan can learn a lot from
Indonesia”, The Conversation (11 Oct).
Asadullah, M Niaz (2021) "The Rise and Roles of Religious
Schools in Afghanistan", World Education Forum, UNESCO, 17
September.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Chakraborty, T. N. (2021) "Does export
boom and GDP growth reduce corruption?" The Daily Prothom Alo,
15 September 2021
Asadullah, M Niaz and Rahman, Mishkat (2021) "Bangladesh at
50: Reaping the Benefits of Bottom-up Entrepreneurship " The Daily Star, 17 June.
Asadullah, M Niaz & Raj, Aaron (2021) "Poverty
Policymaking During the Pandemic" New Mandala, 1 June.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Rahman, Mishkat (2021) "The Benefits of
Bottom-up Entrepreneurship" The Project Syndicate, 15 June. Re-published in 10+ international
outlets: The Jakarta Post (17 June), The Outlook Afghanistan (19 June), China Television Global Network (16 June), Jordan Times (15 June), Tageblatt (17
June), Business A.M. Nigeria (21 June), Daily Bonik Barta (29 June); Almendron (15 June).
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2021) "Son preference and girls'
schooling in India and Bangladesh", Dhaka Times, 24
June 2021.
Asadullah et al (2021) The Social Returns of Ending Son
Bias, The Daily Monitor, 2 March
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2021) "Using survey experiments to
measure gender attitudes", LSE Global Health Initiative Blog,
15 May 2021.
Asadullah,
M Niaz, MANSOOR, NAZIA, RANDAZZO, TERESA & ZAKI
WAHHAJ (2021) "The Social Returns of Ending Son
Bias" The Project Syndicate, 26 February. Re-published: in Kashmir Observer (5 March), The New Times (3
March), Orissa Post (5 March), Times of Kuwait (28 Feb), Jordan Times (6 Mar), Middle East Business and
Financial News (6 Mar), The Daily Monitor (2 March)
Amirapu, Amrit & M Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj (2021)
“Can the Formal Law Change Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict
Enforcement?” VoxDev CEPR Policy Portal, 8 March.
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2021) "Measuring Gender Attitudes in
Developing Countries" Global Development Network (GDN) blog,
8 March.
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2021) "Son Preference and Girls’
Education in India and Bangladesh" UNESCO World Education blog,
8 March.
Asadullah,
M Niaz et al (forthcoming) "Addressing Hidden Support for Gender
Inequality" Global Development Network (GDN) blog, 18
March.
Media interviews
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview - "STEM is losing STEAM", 6 Dec 2021.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) interview - "Looking into how we treat our migrant workers", 2 Dec 2021.
The Economist "Bangladesh is making a serious attempt to improve its schools" 12 Nov 2021
Astro TV Malaysia "PdPR: Shift in educational responsibility", 1 October 2021
Astro TV Malaysia " PdPR: Measuring learning loss ", 1 October 2021
The Star "PdPR: How effective is it?", 12 September 2021
The Star "Family support, environment crucial for learning", 12 September 2021
The Star "Students can’t wait to be back in school", 12 September 2021 (COVER PAGE STORY)
Bonik Barta "Education disruption during COVID-19 pandemic is creating new disparities", 15 September 2021
Business FM radio live interview "Govt bans Malaysians from Australian Farm Visa scheme", 18 Oct 2021.
The Economist "Bangladesh’s government cracks down on a big Islamist group" 29 May 2021
BBC World Business Report interview for the news story "On Bangladesh's readymade garments sector", 26 Mar, 2021
Business FM live interview "Pandemic squeeze on salary and wages" 19 July 2021.
Business FM radio live interview "Ending migrant worker abuse", 21 June 2021.
Business FM radio live interview "On talent development: Think Long-term" 23 April 2021
Astro Awani TV Tonight show: Interviewed for the TV news story "Youth graduating into minimum wage. What is the solution?" 5th April 2021
Edge Financial Daily interview for a Special report entitled "Linking home and school with blended learning" 14 Mar 2021.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST interview - "Closing the Parental Divide ", 3 Feb 2021.
Bangla Tribune Interviewed for the news story "Research has shown that the desire for a son is decreasing, the reality is so?" 31 Jan 2021
Daily Prothom Alo interview for the news story Patriarchy still shapes actual fertility decision making" 26 February.
Voice of the Youth interview - Impact of covid-19 on women and girls in Asia and the pacific”, 16 Nov
2020
Media op-eds
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "From
Farming to Female Empowerment" The
Project Syndicate, 25 June. Re-published in Jordan
Times, El Pais, Kathmandu
Post, Ethiopia
Reporter, Nepal 24, Somaliland
Sun , Global
Connections for Women and China
Global TV Network.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Kalyani Raghunathan (2020) "Fighting
Gender Inequality in India During COVID-19 Pandemic" The
Diplomat, 25 June.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "Is
ASEAN's COVID-19 Response Leaving The Migrant Workers Behind" East
Asia Forum, 21 May. Re-published in Bangkok
Post (30 May).
Asadullah, M Niaz, Aulia, F. M. and Maliki (2020) "Pandemic:
A Threat to Indonesia's Poor" The ASEAN
Post, 26 May, 2020.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "Farming
Could Empower Millions of Women in South Asia" World
Economic Forum, 3 July.
Asadullah, M Niaz, Aulia, F. and Maliki (2020) "Preventing
Poverty Hike During COVID-19: Lessons from Indonesia". The
Business Standard. 06 June. Re-published in The
Finance Today (6 June).
Asadullah, M Niaz, Aulia, F. and Maliki (2020) "Without
intervention, model shows COVID-19 will drag at least 3.6 million Indonesians
into poverty". The Conversation. 15 May.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Raman, Mishkatur (2020) "Migrant
workers cut off from aid but public health at risk" The
Edge Financial Daily, 27 April
Asadullah, M Niaz, Maliki and Aulia, Fisca (2020) "What can
Indonesia learn from past policies to prevent another poverty hike during the
pandemic?", The Conversation, 15 May.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Bhula-or, Ruttiya (2020) "Why
Coronavirus Pandemic Will Worsen Inequality in Thailand" The
Diplomat, 28 April.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "Research
finds gender bias in textbooks of Indonesia and other Muslim majority countries" The
Conversation, 19 March, 2020.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "Poor
Indonesian families are more likely to send their daughters to cheap Islamic
schools" The Conversation, 8 March, 2020.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2020) "Learning
Crisis and Girls' Education in Afghanistan", World
Education Blog, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO, 09 April
Media interviews
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST interview - "Averting a Lost Generation", 27 Nov 2020.
Interviewed by the Edge Financial Daily for a Special report entitled "Population Ageing: Opportunity or Adversity? The Changing Nature of Ageing" 26 Oct 2020.
Interviewed by Free Malaysia Today for a Special report entitled "Rice and grain prices found to be most stable over last decade", October 21, 2020.
Interviewed by the Edge Financial Daily - "Complex issues in helping the poor" Weekend cover story, 06/09/2020
Business FM PODCAST morning interview "FOR JOBS SAKE, MALAYSIA WANTS FEWER FOREIGNERS, MORE LOCALS, BUT HOW?" 5 August 2020
Interviewed by the Edge Financial Daily - "Bridging the gap between agriculture and food security" Weekend cover story, 05/07/2020
Interviewed by the Business FM - "Unemployment could hit 6% or higher", 16/05/2020
Interviewed by BBC Bengali Radio on the impact of COVID-19 on schooling and learning, 25 June 2020
Interviewed by the Edge Financial Daily. "An opportune time to reinvent Malaysia's labor market" Weekend cover story, 22 June 2020
Interview (live national TV) by Astro TV Awani "#Consider This: Contract Work - A Precarious Life?" 18 June 2020 Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST morning interview - "No Entry", 21 June 2020.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST morning interview - "3D Jobs Incompatible with the Malaysian Dream?", 20 May 2020.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST morning interview - "COVID-19 Will Leave an Uneven Impact on Unemployment", 4 May 2020.
2019
Media op-eds
Asadullah, M Niaz (2019) "How to
achieve universal quality education", The
World Economic Forum, 26 June.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2019) "How can Africa catch up with
the world in the fight against poverty" The
Conversation, 27 February. Re-published in Newstime Africa and, The News (Malawi).
Asadullah, M Niaz and Chen, Theresa (2019) "Malaysia’s
student-debt crisis could cripple the economy, unless the government acts", The
World Economic Forum, 26 June.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Chakravorty, N N Tarun (2019) "GDP
Growth, Export Boom and Rising Corruption in Bangladesh" LSE
South Asia Blog, 19 November.
Asadullah, M Niaz (2019) "Mind the Learning Gap" The
Project Syndicate, 15 November. Republished in Kuwait Times., Azerbaijan
Vision & Jordan
Times.
Asadullah, M Niaz, Amin, Sajeda, Hossain, Sara and Zaki Wahhaj
(2019) "Is the
Law Enough to End Child Marriage?" LSE
International Development Blog, 8 November.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Kambhampati, Uma (2019) "Rural
Bangladeshi women: Empowerment, farming and life satisfaction" LSE
South Asia Blog, 11 October.
Savoia, A and Asadullah, M Niaz (2019) "Accelerating
poverty reduction with stronger state capacity" GlobalDev
Blog, Global Development Network, 15 July.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Chen, Theresa (2019) "Asia's
Student-debt Time Bomb" The
Project Syndicate, 25 June
Asadullah, M Niaz and Wahhaj, Zaki (2019) "Early marriage
and the persistence of traditional norms" CEPR
VoxDev, 11 March.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2019) "Here's
how we can eradicate poverty in Africa faster" The
World Economic Forum, 04 March. Also in The
Conversation, 27 February,
2019.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2019) "Bangladesh
is booming but slide towards authoritarianism could burst the buble" The
Conversation, 1 March.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Wahhaj, Zaki (2019) "Marriage
or Graduation?" Rising
Nepal, 21 Dec.
Media interviews
Australian ABC Radio Network interview on "student debt crisis in Asia" for the Counterpoint program "Big tech breakup" (Presenter: Former Australian Minister & Senator Amanda Vanstone), 15 July 2019
The Star (Malaysia) Interview "Hindered by data costs and access", 20 October 2019.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST morning interview - "Coming Home with a Heightened Sense of Fairness?", 30 August 2019.
Business FM radio (Malaysia) PODCAST morning interview - "Student Debt - Treating the Symptoms or the Cause?", 27 June 2019.
Channel 24 Television Round Table Discussion on Child Marriage, 24 May 03, 2019.
Color FM Radio Talk Show on Child Marriage, 29 April 2019.
2018
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2018) "How can
countries reduce poverty faster?" The Project
Syndicate, 15 November. Re-published in over 15 international outlets
such as Gulf
Times, the
Khaleej Times, the
ASEAN Post, World
Economic Forum (English), World
Economic Forum (Spanish), the New
Times (Rawanda), Times of
Oman (Oman), the Outlook (Afghanistan), the
Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), the
Reporter (Ethiopia), LesEchoes (France), the
Tehran Times (Iran), the
Jordan Times, Somaliland
Sun (Somalia), the Dispatch
Magazine (Rawanda)
and the
Daily Star (Bangladesh).
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2018) "Bangladesh's
Deadly Election" The
Diplomat, 24 December, 2018
Savoia, Antonio and Asadullah, M Niaz (2018) "Why do some countries reduce
poverty faster than others?" OECD
Development in Transition, 26 September. Re-published by the University of Oxford, Dept of
International Development (ODID) Blog (17 Oct 2018)
Asadullah, M Niaz and Fahmy, Farihah (2018) "Protecting our girls from child marriage" The
Malaysian Insight, 12 October, 2018
Asadullah, M Niaz and Fahmy, Farihah (2018) "Protect girls, end child
marriages" The New Straits Times, 27 October, 2018
Asadullah, M Niaz and Joseph, Jeron (2018) "Concern over rising inequality
in Sabah", The Edge Financial Daily, 06 Sep 2018
Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2018) "From MDGs to SDGs: where next
for Bangladesh? Asia Dialogue,
Asia Research Institute online magazine - The University of Nottingham, 04 Sep
2018. Re-published by the University of Oxford, Dept of
International Development (ODID) Blog (20 Sep 2018)
Asadullah, M Niaz and Islam, K (2018) "Representation as important as
participation" The Daily Star, 30 March
Asadullah, M Niaz and Islam, Kazi Mukitul (2018) "Gender Stereotypes in
Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian and Pakistani textbooks", World
Education Blog, Global Education Monitoring Report (GMR), UNESCO, 20
March
Asadullah, M Niaz (2018) Eradicating child marriage, Asia
Research News, 17 Jan.
2017
Asadullah, M Niaz and Maliki (2017) "Bottling
Indonesia's Gini". The
Project Syndicate, 01 September. Re-published in over 10 international
outlets such as The
Bangkok Post (Thailand), The
Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), The
Jakarta Post (Indonesia), The Arab
News, Financial
Express (Bangladesh), The
Strategist, the
Daily Star (Lebanon) and The
Kathmandu Post.
Asadullah, M Niaz, Samia Huq, Kazi Mukitul Islam, and Zaki Wahhaj
(2017) "Gender
stereotypes in Bangladeshi School Textbooks" World
Education Blog, Global Education Monitoring Report (GMR), UNESCO, 30
May.
Asadullah, M Niaz and Zaki Wahhaj (2017) "Mending
Bangladesh's Garment Industry". The
Project Syndicate, 01 May. Re-published in Times of
Oman , The
Jordan Times, La
Nacion (Spain), the New Dawn (Libera),
and the Himalayan
Times.
Amin, Sajeda, Asadullah, M Niaz, Hossain, Sara and Zaki Wahhaj
(2017) "Cash
transfers to end child marriage: The Indian Experience". Ideas
for India, 10 April.
Amin, Sajeda, Asadullah, M Niaz, Hossain, Sara and Zaki Wahhaj
(2017) "A
Blueprint for Ending Child Marriage". The
Project Syndicate, 07 March. Republished in 7 languages (Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Italian, Somali, Spanish) and re-published in 19
outlets such as The World
Economic Forum, The Gulf
Times, Times of
Oman and the Khaleez
Times, The Daily Star (Lebanon),
The Times Kuwait and The
Daily Star (Bangladesh).
Asadullah, M Niaz, Wahhaj, Zaki, Amin, Sajeda and Hossain, Sara
(2017) "Bangladesh's
new child marriage law swings in the wrong direction" The
Conversation, 08 March. Re-published in The Wire, South Asia Journal, The
Scroll, The
Mecca Post, and, The
Huffington Post.
2016
Asadullah, M Niaz (2016) "Dhaka
Cafe Attack: Don't Blame Private Education for Radicalisation in Bangladesh" The
Conversation (Australia), 03 Aug 2016. Re-published
by The
Daily Star and Asia
News Network (ANN), 07 Aug 2016
Asadullah, M Niaz et al (2016) "Jeffrey Sachs on
meeting the Sustainable Development Goals: 'We need a victory of
ideas'" The Conversation Global, 17 October
2016. Re-published in The
Huffington Post and The Wire.
Asadullah, M Niaz & Zaki Wahhaj (2016) "Marriage
instead of Graduation" Development
and Cooperation D+C, 03 Aug 2016
Asadullah, M Niaz (2016) "Terrorism:
Look beyond private schools" Development
and Cooperation D+C, 28 July 2016
Op-ed published in LSE South Asia Blog "Social
attitudes that view female child marriage as a means of protecting respectability
need to change" 27 July 2016 (with
Zaki Wahhaj)
Op-ed article in The Centre for the Study of
African Economies (CSAE) blog, Oxford University, "Ending
early marriage
in Bangladesh and Uganda" 14 July
2016 (with Abdul Alim and Fathema Khatun of BRAC). Re-published
in BRAC blog 12 July
2016, BRAC
Newsletter, and The New
Age, 07 Aug 2016.
Op-ed article in World Institute of Development Economics
Research (WIDER) blog, "Ending child marriage and closing the
education gap" 12 July 2016 (with Abdul Alim and Fathema Khatun of
BRAC). Re-published in The Independent (Bangladesh) 10 Aug
2016.
Op-ed article in BDNews24 "Child
marriage in Bangladesh" 16 April
2016 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent).
Op-ed article in Open Democracy "What is
driving the increase in child marriage in Bangladesh?" 7 April
2016 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent). Re-printed
in The New
Age, 11 April 2016.
Article in Development and Cooperation D+C
"Minimum
Wage Attracts Girls to Factories" 3 Jan
2016 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent). Re-printed
in Dhaka
Tribune, 10 January 2016.
2015
Article in the Diplomat "Vietnam's PISA Surprise" 01 Nov
2015 (with D Perera, Monash University). Re-published in Bangkok
Post and Young
Lives Blog of Oxford University.
Op-ed in the Daily Star "Sustaining
Women's Literacy and SDGs", 13 September
2016 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent). Re-published
in Asia
News Network, Bangkok.
Op-ed in the Daily Star "Child
Marriage Law and Freedom of Choice" 29
August 2015 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent).
Article on BRAC blog "Delaying
Marriage, Educating the Next Generation" 26
July 2015 (with Abdul Alim and Fathema Khatun).
Article in Asian Development Bank Institute
(ADBI) Blog "Learning
crisis in South Asia" 27 March
2015. (re-published in Dhaka
Tribune 04 Sep 2015)
Article on BRAC blog "In school but not learning" 5 March
2015 (with Abdul Alim and Fathema Khatun).
Op-ed in The East Asia Forum (EAF) "Bangladeshi
politicians should keep hands off Grameen Bank" 9 Jan
2015 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent). Re-published
in BDnews24 21 Jan
2015.
2014
Article in Asian Development Bank Institute
(ADBI) Blog "Pathways
to Development" 5 Dec 2014
(with Antonio Savoia, University of Manchester). Re-published
in The
Daily Star, 12 Dec 2014; Development@Manchester blog in
15 Dec 2014 and Effective
States and Inclusive Development Research (ESID)
Centre blog, Jan 15, 2015; The
IndependentBD 10 Aug 2015
Feature article in The Diplomat "Saving
Grameen Bank, Sustaining the Bangladesh Paradox" 6 Dec
2014 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent). Re-published
in Dhaka
Tribune 24 Dec 2014.
Op-ed in The East Asia Forum
(EAF) "Managing
Malaysia's Education Crisis" 5 Dec
2014. Re-published in The
Malaysian Tribune, 5 December
2014, The Edge (Malaysia) 15 December 2014 and The
Establishment Post 20 Dec 2014.
Op-ed in World Economic Forum "Closing the Gender Gap in the
Developing World" 4 Nov 2014 (with
Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent)
Op-ed in World Bank South Asia Blog "No Magic
Bullet to Close the Gender Gap" 4 Nov 2014 (with
Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent)
Op-ed in Korea Herald (South Korea)
"Gender
gap in education is result of policy priorities", 16 Oct
2014
Article in The Straits Times (Singapore)
"An
education in gender equity", 14 Oct 2014
Opinion piece in The Conversation (UK) "Nobel
Peace Prize win for Malala and Kailash is a beacon of hope for children's
rights", Oct 10, 2014. Re-published by BDNEWS24.com on Oct
12, 2014 (with Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent)
Op-ed in New Straits Times (Malaysia) "Perspective: Female schooling under threat", 12 Oct
2014
Opinion piece in The Conversation (Australia) "Gender
equity in schools in Muslim countries: it can be done", 13 Oct
2014. Republished in CSAE (Centre for the Study of
African Economies) blog, University of
Oxford, 20 Oct 2014 & The Daily Star, Oct 25, 2014
& Dhaka
Tribune, 2 Nov, 2014 & BDNEWS24.com on Nov
8, 2014.
Op-ed in East Asia Forum (Australia) Will
India’s social development stagnate under Modi?, July 1,
2014. Re-published by The
Daily Star and BDNEWS24.com on July
2, 2014; Indian
Council on Global Relations on July
3, 2014
Op-ed in BDNEWS24.com (Bangladesh), Measuring
graduate unemployment, May 1, 2014
Op-ed in the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Is graduate
unemployment rate really 47%? May 1, 2014
Op-ed in Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh), Looking
East, March 3, 2014.
Re-published in The Daily Star, March 5,
2014.
Op-ed in the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Quality
Education for All, Feb 11, 2014.
Re-published in The New
Nation, Feb 21, 2014
Op-ed in BDNEWS24.com (Bangladesh), Development
Billboards: Numbers Don't Lie, or Do They?, Dec 10,
2013. Re-published in The New
Age, December 12, 2013
Op-ed in BDNEWS24.com (Bangladesh), A League
of Our Own, September 2, 2013. Re-published in The
New Age, September 4, 2013
2013
Op-ed in the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Hartal
Politics and Examination Results, August 07, 2013
Op-ed in the Hindu (India), Still in the Last Row, June 29, 2013
(with Uma Kambhampati, University of Reading)
Op-ed in the New Age (Bangladesh), The Politics of Education
Statistics, May 25, 2013
Op-ed in the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Female Schooling in Bangladesh, Sep 17, 2008
(with Nazmul Chaudhury)
Op-ed in the Daily Star (Bangladesh), Among
the Scholars: An Update, Aug 16, 2005
Media coverage & interviews, 2018-2013
The race between human capital and technology. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. IBEST
Public Lecture. Dec 10, 2018.
The Star, Income
inequality symptom of educational inequality, Oct 24,
2018.
The Edge, The Growing Wealth Gap: A Fate
We Can't Afford, November 16, 2017.
Al Jazeera, Can
madrassas help developing countries?, March 13,
2014.
Bangladesh
achievements may appear as development puzzle, News
Today, Nov 11, 2013.
Kudos for Bangladesh's
progress, Financial Express, Nov 11, 2013.
Bangladesh's
progress and future challenges, BDNews24, Nov 09, 2013.
HSC pass rate, GPA 5 down this
year, Dhaka Tribune, August 3, 2013.
THE LEARNING CURVE - Primary
level education, The Daily Star, 5 March
2013
Improve governance to maintain
growth, The Daily Star, December 2011
Madrasa teachers mostly
untrained, The Daily Star, 11 August 2010
WB recommends raising quality
of madrasas, BDnews24, 10 Aug, 2010
Govt. mulls to bring Qoumi
madrasa education close to the mainstream, Priyo.News,
Aug 2010
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