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Refaya Rashmin

Lecturer

Refaya Rashmin has been a Lecturer at the Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka since November 2016. She is a Commonwealth Scholarship Alumni (2018-19) that was awarded for an MSc in Economics for Development (Merit) degree from Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Previously, she completed a Master and Bachelor (hons.) degrees in Economics from University of Dhaka. Currently she is a candidate in PhD Economics at the Centre for Health Economics in University of York, UK. Her research is focused on economic evaluation of healthcare interventions by means of estimating opportunity cost of health policies. In her early career, she worked as a research associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka and her research was focused on international financial flows for development among Southern countries. Gradually her research interest is aligned with empirical work on evaluating the effectiveness of overseas or local funds on healthcare and social development interventions. Apart from that Refaya is passionate about travelling and debating. She holds a Duke of Edinburgh’s Bronze Award and several accolades in Model United Nations conferences, international inter-varsity debating tournaments and volunteering works.

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Contact Details

Email: refaya.ihe@du.ac.bd

Web site: https://www.du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IHE/2699

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

Teaching Areas

    • Macroeconomics
    • International Trade
    • Dynamic Optimization
    • Development Economics

Research Areas

    • International development
    • Official development assistance
    • Randomised control trial
    • Economic evaluation of healthcare interventions

Selected Publications

    • Rashmin, R and Hosain, N. (2020). Economic Implications of Coronary Arterial Revascularization from Bangladesh Perspective. Cardiovascular Journal, 13(1), 56-61. https://doi.org/10.3329/cardio.v13i1.50566
    • Rashmin, R. (2019). Linking crop diversification and farm household food access in Bangladesh. MSc Thesis at University of Oxford. 
    • Bhattacharya, D. and Rashmin, R. (2020) Financial flows from India and China: How concessional is it? Forum for Development Studies, Vol 47. No.10, (181-199), DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2019.1672780
    • Bashir, M. M., Rashmin, R and Bashir, M.A. (2018) Content analysis: Supplier selection process using multi-criteria approaches. European Journal of Business and Management, Vol (10), No. 15 (115-120)
    • Bhattacharya, D and Rashmin, R. (2016). Concessional Financial Flows among Southern Countries: Conceptualising Design Principles, Operational Modalities and Assessment Framework. Development Impact Group, UNDP, New York.

    Bhattacharya, D, Rashmin, R and Mahfuze, A.H. (2016) Strengthening Accountability of Development Cooperation- Role of GPEDC Monitoring Indicators in the context of Agenda 2030 and AAAA. Occasional Paper Series No. 29. Dhaka: Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals

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