Mustafizur Rahman

Mustafizur Rahman (born: ) is a Bangladeshi economist and policy analyst. He serves as a Distinguished Fellow and member of the Board of Trustees at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Education Rahman completed his secondary and higher secondary education from Mirzapur Cadet College. He completed his master’s degree in economics from Kharkov State University and earned a PhD in development economics from Moscow State University. He has undertaken post-doctoral and visiting research at institutions including the University of Oxford, Yale University, University of Warwick, and the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Career

Rahman joined the University of Dhaka as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems in 1986 and took voluntary retirement in 2012.

Rahman was a founding member of the Centre for Policy Dialogue in 1993 along with Rehman Sobhan and was made the research director of the organisation in 1999.

In 2024, Rahman was appointed by the Interim government of Muhammad Yunus as a member of the National White Paper Committee, led by Debapriya Bhattacharya to evaluate the economic mismanagement of the Sheikh Hasina government and outlining a path toward reform.