CPD Policy Brief 2003

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NATIONAL POLICY REVIEW FORUM 2003

Organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
in association with the Prothom Alo and The Daily Star
Schedule of Regional Consultations and National Forum

Task Force # 1
BUDGETARY DISCIPLINE AND FISCAL PROGRAMMES
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Chair Mr. M Syeduzzaman Member, Board of Trustees
Centre for Policy Dialogue
Co-chair Dr. Omar Haider Chowdhury Research Director
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member-Secretary Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya Executive Director, CPD
Member Dr Mirza Azizul Islam Former Director
UN-ESCAP
Member Dr. Mustafa Mujeri Visiting Fellow
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member Prof. Khondoker Mustahidur Rahman Department of Economics
Jahangirnagar University
Member Dr Salahuddin Ahmed Chairman, Department of Economics
Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences
Southeast University
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Task Force # 2
DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNANCE OF THE ENERGY SECTOR
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Chair Mr. S. M. Al-Husainy Former Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources;
Government of Bangladesh and
Chairman, Swanirvar Bangladesh
Co-chair Mr. Azim Uddin Ahmed Former Secretary
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Member-Secretary Mr. Nuruddin Mahmud Kamal Former Chairman
Power Development Board
Member Dr. A. K. N. Masud Division Chief, Energy and Industry
Planning Commission
Member Mr. S.K.M. Abdullah Former Chairman, Petrobangla
Member Prof. M. Nurul Islam Director
Institute of Appropriate Technology
BUET
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Task Force # 3
FINANCIAL SECTOR
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Chair


Professor Wahiduddin Mahmud Department of Economics
University of Dhaka
Co-chair Mr. Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled Managing Director
Pubali Bank
Member-Secretary Dr. Toufiq Ahmed Chowdhury Professor and Director, CPGS
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)
Member Mr. C. M. Koyes Sami Managing Director
Al Baraka Bank Bangladesh Limited
Member Mr. Shah Md. Nurul Alam Managing Director
Prime Bank Limited
Member Mr. Mohammed Hossain Managing Director (Rtd)
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited
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Task Force # 4
Rural Economy : Agriculture and Non-farm
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Chair Dr. Abu Ahmed Abdullah Research Director
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Co-chair Dr. Quazi Shahabuddin Director General
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member-Secretary Professor M. M. Akash Department of Economics
Dhaka University
Member Dr Abdus Sattar Mandal Former Member, Planning Commission and
Professor, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh
Member Dr. M. Asaduzzaman Research Director
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member Dr Uttam Deb Research Fellow
CPD
Member Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman Research Director
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member Dr Jahangir Alam Member, Director
Agricultural Economics Division
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
(BARC)
Member Mr. A. M. M. Shawkat Ali Former Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
Government of Bangladesh
Member Dr. M. Hasanullah Agri-Business Development Specialist
Poultry Sector Development Project
Member Mr Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury Executive Director
BRAC
Member Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman Senior Research Fellow, BIDS
Member Ms Khushi Kabir Coordinator
Nijera Kori
Member Mr Abdul Kader Executive Director
SAMATA
Member Mr Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Executive Director
Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD)
Member Mr. Md. Shofiuddin Ahmed Former Secretary
Ministry of Religious Affairs
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Task Force # 5
TRADE POLICY
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Chair Mr. Syed Manzur Elahi Member, CPD Board of Trustees
Former Member, Advisory Council of the Caretaker Government
Chairman, APEX Group of Industries
Co-chair Mr Latifur Rahman Former President, Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and
Managing Director, Transcom Technologies Ltd.
Member-Secretary Professor Mustafizur Rahman Research Director
CPD
Member Mr. Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chairman
Jarom Consultants Ltd
Member Major General Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Retd.) Chief Executive
Property Development Ltd.
Member Mr. Aftabul Islam Chairman
International Office Equipment
Member Mr. Imtiyaz Hussain Chairman
Imtiyaz Hussain & Co.
Member Mr. Tauhid Samad Chairman
Savar Textiles Ltd.
Member Professor Ali Rashid Department of Economics
North South University
Member Dr. Zaid Bakht Research Director
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya Executive Director, CPD
Member Mr. Farid Ahmed Chowdhry President
Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry
...    
Task Force # 6
POVERTY ERADICATION AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
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Chair Professor Mohammad Yunus Managing Director
Grameen Bank Ltd
Co-chair Professor Rehman Sobhan Chairman, CPD
Member-Secretary Dr Imran Matin Senior Economist
Research and Evaluation Division
BRAC Centre
Member Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman Research Director
BIDS
Member Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Managing Director, PKSF
Member Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed Deputy Executive Director
BRAC Centre
Member Dr Atiur Rahman Senior Research Fellow
BIDS
Member Dr. Binayak Sen Senior Research Fellow
BIDS
Member Dr Kazi Ali Toufique Research Fellow
BIDS
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Task Force # 7
GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT
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Chair Professor Rounaq Jahan South Asia Centre, Columbia University
Co-chair Ms. Khushi Kabir Coordinator, Nijera Kori
Member-Secretary Dr. Kaniz Siddique Associate Professor
North South University
Member Dr Shamsul Bari Chairman
Resource Initiative Bangladesh
Member Dr. Hameeda Hossain Ain-O-Shalish Kendro
Member Dr Faustina Pereira Programme Coordinator
Ain-o-Shalish Kendra
Member Dr Simeen Mahmud Research Director
BIDS
Member Ms Sonia Nishat Amin Associate Professor
Department of History
Dhaka University
Member Dr Ferdous Azim Member
Nari Pokkho
Member Ms Ayesha Khanam General Secretary
Bangladesh Mohila Parishad
Member Ms Khaleda Salahuddin Member, Women for Women
Member Dr Sadeka Halim Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka
Member Mr Syed Fahim Munaim Managing Editor
The Daily Star
Member Dr Shahdeen Malik Adviser, BLAST
Member Ms Selima Ahmad Managing Director
Nitol Group
Member Dr Halida Hanum Akhter Managing Director
Health Promotion Limited (HPL)
Member Dr Naila Zaman Khan Professor
Dhaka Shishu Hospital
Member Mr Abdul Quayum Joint Editor
The Daily Prothom Alo
Member Mr Sohrab Hassan Assistant Editor
The Daily Sangbad
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Task Force # 8
Health and Population Policy
Convener Mr. Syed Alamgir Farrouk Chowdhury Former Secretary, Ministry of Health
Government of Bangladesh
Co-convener Mr. Syed Shamim Ahsan Senior Policy Advisor
NIPHP
Member-Secretary Dr. Naushad Faiz Population Research and Development Associate
Member Dr. A.K. Azad Khan BIRDEM
Member Dr. Enamul Karim Deputy Chief
Management Change Unit
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Member Dr. Asib Nasim Deputy Chief
Project Coordination Cell
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Member Dr. Mustaque Chowdhury Chief, Research
BRAC
Member Dr. Ubaidur Rab Country Director
The Population Council
Member Professor Rashid-E-Mahbub Pro Vice Chancellor
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)
Member Professor Kazi Saleh Ahmed Former Vice Chancellor,
Jahangirnagor University
Member Ms Farida Akhter Executive Director, UBINIG
Member Professor M A Hadi Vice Chancellor
Banga Bandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)
and President, BMA
Member Dr Yasmin H Ahmed Country Director
Marie Stopes Clinic Society
Member Professor A B M Ahasan Ullah Former DG, Ministry of Health
Government of Bangladesh
Member Professor M A Wahed Khan Joint Chief, Family Planning
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Member Dr. Binayak Sen Senior Research Fellow
BIDS
Member Mr Abu Taleb Former DG
NGO Affairs Bureau
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Task Force # 9
EDUCATION POLICY
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Chair Professor Muzaffer Ahmad Institute of Business Administration
Dhaka University
Co-chair Dr. A N M Eusuf Former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Government of Bangladesh
Member-Secretary Professor Md. Masum Department of Economics
Jahangirnagar University
Member Ms Rasheda K. Choudhury Director,CAMPE
Member Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid Former Chairman
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education
Member Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Executive Director
Centre for Mass Education in Science
Member Dr. Siddiqur Rahman Professor
Institute of Education Research
Member Dr. Md Hedayet Hossain Institute of Education and Research Dhaka University
Member Dr. Ajay Kumar Roy Department of Physics
Dhaka University
Member Mr. Kazi Rafiqul Alam Executive Director
Dhaka Ahsania Mission
Member Md. Imtiaz Hossain Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Dhaka.
Member Dr. Iqbal Mahmud Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and
Former Vice Chancellor
BUET, Dhaka
Member Dr. Manzoor Ahmed Director
BRAC Institute of Education Project
Member Dr Delwar Hossain Former Deputy Chief Planning
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education
Member Dr Ayesha Khatun Consultant, Hunger Project
Hunger Project
Member Ms Roushan Jahan Member, Women for Women
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Task Force # 10
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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Chair Professor Amirul Islam Chowdhury Former Vice Chancellor
Jahangirnagar University
Member-Secretary Dr Akhtar Hussain Associate Professor
Department of Public Administration
University of Dhaka
Member Mr M Hafizuddin Khan Comptroller & Auditor General (Rtd.)
Member Md. Ismail Hussain Inspector General of Police (Rtd.)
Member Salahuddin M Aminuzzaman Professor, Department of Public Administration
Dhaka University
Member Professor Zarina Rahman Khan Department Of Public Administration
University of Dhaka
Member Dr. Sumaiya Khair Associate Professor
Department of Law, University of Dhaka
Member Professor Monirul Islam Khan Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka
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Task Force # 11
URBAN GOVERNANCE
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Chair Professor Nazrul Islam Department of Geography and Environment
University of Dhaka
Co-chair Mr. Tanwir Nawaz Managing Director
Urban Habitat Ltd
Member-Secretary Dr. N. I. Nazem Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Environment
University of Dhaka
Member Dr. Rita Afsar Research Fellow
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Member Mr. A.H.N.A Chowdhury Former Joint Secretary
Ministry of Housing and Public Works, GOB
Member Professor Golam Rahman President, Bangladesh Institute of Planners
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
BUET
Member Prof A. I. Chowdhury Department of Economics
Jahangirnagar University
Member Mr. Md. Shaukot Ali Khan Former Chief Town Planner, DMDP- RAJUK
Member Ms. Salma A. Shafi Managing Director
Sheltech Pvt. Ltd.
Member Ms. Rasheda Nawaz Director
Planning and Environment
Urban Habitat ltd.
Member Mr. Afsar Hossain Saqui Director, Training NILG
Member Dr. Dibalok Singha Executive Director
Dustha Shasthya Kendra (DSK)
Member Professor Rosie M Ahsan Department of Geography and Environment
University of Dhaka
Member Mr Abu Naser Khan Secretary General,
BAPA (Civil Society Movement)
Member Dr Mahbuba Nasreen Associate Professor
Department of Sociology