Mahabub Hossain (1945-2016) was the Executive Director, BRAC. He was also the President of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) till 2017. Dr Hossain held the positions of Head of Social Sciences Division, IRRI, and Director General, BIDS. After completing his Masters in Economics from Dhaka University, Mahabub Hossain obtained Ph.D from Cambridge University. Besides the publications of many research articles in international journals, some of his seminal books are: Asian Rice Bowls: A Returning Crisis; Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Prospects; Impact of Rice Research in Asia; Strategy of Development in Bangladesh; Rural Economy and Livelihoods Insights from Bangladesh; Tin Bigha Jomi (Three bighas of land); Golpe Golpe Arthonity (Economics in tales); Gorib Deshe Gorib Manush (Poor People in Poor country); Bish Geramer Golpo etc.
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Mahabub Hossain (1945-2016) was the Executive Director, BRAC. He was also the President of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) till 2017. Dr Hossain held the positions of Head of Social Sciences Division, IRRI, and Director General, BIDS. After completing his Masters in Economics from Dhaka University, Mahabub Hossain obtained Ph.D from Cambridge University. Besides the publications of many research articles in international journals, some of his seminal books are: Asian Rice Bowls: A Returning Crisis; Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Prospects; Impact of Rice Research in Asia; Strategy of Development in Bangladesh; Rural Economy and Livelihoods Insights from Bangladesh; Tin Bigha Jomi (Three bighas of land); Golpe Golpe Arthonity (Economics in tales); Gorib Deshe Gorib Manush (Poor People in Poor country); Bish Geramer Golpo etc.
