Introduction

Dr Rahman is an international trade economist by training, with over 17 years of work experience in New Zealand, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Switzerland, and Bangladesh. Prior to joining ISAS as a Visiting Research Fellow, Dr Rahman worked as a consultant with the institute.

Dr Rahman has held research and faculty positions at several leading institutions, including the United Nations University, Japan, University of Waikato, New Zealand, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, China, Microcredit Regulatory Authority and Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh and World Trade Organization. He was a Visiting Fellow at Asia Growth Research Institute and Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan and Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, Korea. He has been a consultant for a number of projects for the International Finance Corporation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, and Korea University of Foreign Studies.

Recently, Dr Rahman has developed two trade portals – Vietnam Trade and Information Portal and Bangladesh Trade Portal, with the support from the World Bank.

Dr Rahman has published extensively in several academic journals, including in the Singapore Economic Review, Sustainability, South Asia Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Structures and Journal of International Trade Law and Policy. He is an editorial board member of Journal of Indian and Asian Studies, published by World Scientific.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

• Trade Policy Analysis
• Trade Facilitation
• Non-Tariff Measures
• Regional Integration
• Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling