Md Abir Hasan is working as an Expert on Industrial Policy at CSAE EPN. Before joining CSAE, Abir has consulted for the World Bank Group, UNDP, FCDO for over a decade covering countries in MENA, South Asia, and Africa. Abir is also pursuing his DPhil in International Development at the University of Oxford, under the supervision of Professor Stefan Dercon and Professor Adeel Malik, looking at the political economy of industrial upgrading in late developing countries.
Abir’s research interest includes political economy of reforms, export diversification, industrial policy, and economic growth, with a focus on late developing countries.