From Two Economies to Two Nations: My Journey to Bangladesh

Professor Rehman Sobhan, editor of the volume, is the founder of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (DPD), a leading civil society think-tank in Bangladesh which he currently chairs. He is also the Executive Director of South Asia Centre for Policy Studies (SACEPS). He served as Member of a number of important national and international bodies including Member of the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh National Commission on Money, Banking and Finance. He was a member of UN Committee for Development Planning, Governing Council of UN University, Tokyo, Board of United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Executive Committee of the International Economic Association, Groups of Eminent Persons appointed by SAARC Heads of State to review the future of SAARC. He also served as Chairman of Grameen Bank. Professor Sobhan has worked and published extensively on the themes of public enterprise, privatisation, debt default, economic reforms, foreign aid, agrarian change, political economy of governance and on South Asian cooperation. He is currently working in the issue of poverty and justice.