Zaidi Sattar
Zaidi Sattar is a Bangladeshi economist and chairman of the Policy Research Institute.[1][2][3] He is a retired civil servant and former economist at the World Bank.[4]
Early life
[edit]Sattar completed his bachelors in economics at the University of Dhaka in 1967.[5] He completed his masters in economics at the University of Karachi in 1968.[5]
Career
[edit]In 1968, Sattar joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer of economics.[6] He joined the Central Superior Services the next year.[6] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he joined the Bangladesh Civil Service.[6]
Sattar finished his PhD at Boston University in economics in 1984.[6] He became a faculty of the Catholic University of America where he worked till 1992.[6] From 1992 to 1995, he was an advisor of World Bank to the National Board of Revenue.[6] From 1995 to 1996, he was an UNDP consultant at the Bangladesh Planning Commission.[6] From 1996 to September 2007, he worked at the World Bank office in Bangladesh.[6]
From October 2007 to December 2008, Sattar was the vice-chancellor of Millennium University.[6] In April 2008, he was elected an independent director of Southeast Bank Limited.[7] In December 2008, he became the founding chairman of the Policy Research Institute.[6]
In February 2020, Sattar said export diversification for Bangladesh was tied to the availability of bonded warehouses.[8] Sattar had called for pressure on the government of Myanmar to take back the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh.[9] He is a director of the Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Southeast Bank Foundation, Southeast Bank Capital Services Limited,[10] and Venture Investment Partners Bangladesh Limited.[5] He is a former director of Bay Leasing and Investment Limited and Asia Insurance Limited.[5]
Sattar has opposed the government of Bangladesh providing subsidies to import substituting industries of Bangladesh.[11]
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Sattar expressed support for the revolution and various reform initiatives of the Muhmmad Yunus led interim government.[12]
Bibliography
[edit]- Bangladesh Trade Policy for Growth and Employment: Collected Essays, 2019.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. Zaidi Sattar – Policy Research Institute". Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Looking for Trade Policy directions in the Forthcoming Budget – Policy Insights". Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh". ICE Business Times. 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Fifty years of the evolution of trade policy in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b c d "Zaidi Sattar: Positions, Relations and Network - MarketScreener". ca.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Zaidi Sattar". International Growth Centre. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Zaidi Sattar elected independent director of Southeast Bank". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Export diversification hinges on access to bonded warehouse". The Daily Star. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Rohingya influx caused reduction of wages in host community: report". The Daily Star. 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Welcome to Southeast Bank Capital Services Limited || Home". Southeast Bank Capital Services Limited. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "'The protection of import-substituting industries is creating an anti-export bias'". The Business Standard. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ "Tectonic shifts in politics trigger reform momentum". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Ahmed, Sadiq; Sattar, Zaidi (2019). Bangladesh Trade Policy for Growth and Employment: Collected Essays 2019. Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh. ISBN 978-984-34-6459-0.