Khandker Wahedur Rahman
Khandker Wahedur Rahman is an applied microeconomist with a broad interest in development and labor economics. He focuses on the empirical microeconomic analysis of development policies, social welfare analysis, and causal inference. His current research explores human capital and productivity – often having the role of information, norms, and technology as a cross-cutting theme.
He is working as a postdoctoral researcher for the Oxford Martin Program on the Future of Development at the University of Oxford, where he is an associate member of the Department of Economics as well. He is affiliated with the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, as a visiting research fellow.
He has completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. He also holds an MPP from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He has previously worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Swisscontact Bangladesh in various capacities.
