Farah Ishaq

Assistant Professor

Farah is now working as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka. She joined the University of Dhaka as a Lecturer in 2013. Earlier she worked as a research associate at the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) immediately after completing her Masters from the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka (2012). She passed HSC from Motijheel Ideal School & College and SSC from Kamrunnessa Govt. Girls’ High School, Dhaka. Farah was awarded the Chevening Scholarship for Merit and Leadership by the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, United Kingdom, and completed her MSc in Economics from the University of Manchester in 2017. Concurrently, she has continually worked in research projects for the World Bank, UNICEF, WHO, DFID, GIZ, IZA (ILO), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) along with the health ministry and planning commission of the government of Bangladesh both as a student and as an academician.

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Contact Details

Email: farah.ishaq_ihe@du.ac.bd

Web site: https://www.du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IHE/939

Mailing address: Institute of Health Economics, 4th Floor, Arts Faculty Building, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000

Teaching Areas

Advanced Econometrics
Introductory Econometrics
Research Methodology
Advanced Macroeconomics,
Introduction to Public Sector Economics,
Basic Macroeconomics,
Environmental Economics,
Role of Public Sector in Development and Stabilization,
Techniques of Planning and Management Decision Analysis,
Business Mathematics,
Business Statistics.

Research Areas

Research Interest:

Methodological and applied research using econometric and statistical tools in the field of economics and health economics, equity and efficiency assessments in health service delivery, economic and statistical evaluation of observational and retrospective data sets, policy impact evaluation using cutting-edge techniques.

Specialization:

Decomposition analysis using Concentration Indices, measurement of income-related health inequality, program evaluation using randomized control trials, health financing (especially marginal budgeting for bottlenecks), need-based local level planning and policy formulation in the health sector.

Selected Publications

Ishaq, F. Should Policy be Aimed at the Problem or the Contributing Factor? Determinants of Socioeconomic Inequality in Maternal Care Service Use: A Study Using Concentration Indices. January, 2021. Accepted for publication in the Social science Review (Dhaka University Studies, Part-D.
Jahan, N.A., Sultana, N., Bhuiyan, S.M., Ishaq, F. Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects. 2016. The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environment Sciences, vol. no. 3/2.
Jahan, N.A., Howlader, S.R., Sultana, N., Ishaq, F., Sikder, M.Z.H, Rahman, T. Health Care Seeking Behavior of Slum-Dwellers in Dhaka City Results of a Household Survey. 28 June 2015. World Health Organization (WHO) Publications.