Education:

   Doctor of Philosophy, Economics                                                    September, 1991

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

Field:                            Money and Banking

Area of Research:    Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Finance, Financial Economics and Development Economics

Thesis Topic:            Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Economic Activity across Countries in a Vector Autoregressive Model

   Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning                    October, 2003

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield, United Kingdom

   Master of Arts, Economics                                                                September, 1986

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

   Master of Arts, Economics                                                                September, 1980

Jahangirnagar University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

   Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics                                          August, 1978

Minor: Mathematics and Statistics

Jahangirnagar University

Dhaka, Bangladesh