Shafiun Nahin Shimul, PhD

Associate Professor

Dr. Shafiun Shimul is an Associate Professor of Health Economics at University of Dhaka with more than 14 years of work experience on wide range of issues including on health economics, public finance, economics of nutrition, social safety nets. Currently, he is serving the World Bank as a consultant in a project that aims to assess the impact of motivational intervention through a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) experiment. Besides, Dr. Shimul worked on projects funded by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, Pathfinder, USAID, FAO, etc. Dr. Shimul have been doing extensive research work on COVID-19 issues including projections of COVID-19; economic impact of lockdown, effectiveness of lockdown in developing countries. He has been a part of CoMo (Covid-19 Modeling) Consortium of Oxford University. His work on COVID-19 received a great media attention both in national and international and news media. Dr. Shimul holds his Ph.D. in Economics (Public Economics concentration).

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Contact Details

Email: shafiun.ihe@du.ac.bd

Phone: +8801817530853

Skype: sn_shimul

Web site: http://sites.google.com/site/shafiunihe

Mailing address: Institute of Health Economics, Arts Building (4th Floor), University of Dhaka, Dhaka 100

Teaching Areas

    Advanced Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Advanced Health Economics, Research Methodology

Research Areas

    • Health Economics
    • Economics of Nutrition
    • Social Security
    • Public Finance

Executive Master Theses

Selected Publications

    -Hasan, E., Khanam, M. & Shimul, S.N. Socio-economic inequalities in overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: a decomposition approach. BMC Women’s Health 20, 263 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-020-01135

    -Hussain, A, Rouf, A.  & Shimul, S.N. et al. The economic cost of tobacco farming in Bangladesh.  Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 202017(24), 9447; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249447

    -Khanom, M. Shimul, S & Sarker, R. Individual, Household and Community Level Determinants of Childhood Under-nutrition in Bangladesh, Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology, Vol 6, 2019

    -Joarder T, Shimul S N, Hasan M, et al. (2019) Predictors of Self-Reported Health Status of Ready-made Garment Workers in Bangladesh in Post Global Economic Recession Period. Cureus 11(9): e5742. DOI 10.7759/cureus.5742 (2019) 

    Shimul et al. “Major Obstacles for SMEs: A Comparative Analysis of Bangladesh, South Asia and other Developing Countries”, International Journal of SME development, I-2, March 2019

    -Anderson,J.E., Shimul, S.. “State and Local Tax Resilience: Estimates from Dynamic Heterogeneous Data Panels” National Tax Journal ,71(3), pages 521-546, Sep 2018

    Shimul, S. et al. “Remittance and Economic Development: Evidence from Bangladesh Using Unrestricted Error Correction Model Engel Granger Co-integration Approach” Business and Economic Horizon, April 2013. http://tinyurl.com/hl9atc3

    Shimul, S. et al. “Government Expenditure and Gross Domestic Product:  Use of VAR  and Granger Co-integration Approach” Social Science Review [The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D], Vol. 27, No.2, 2009: 49-56

    Shimul, S. et al. “An Examination of FDI and Growth Nexus in Bangladesh: Engle Granger and Bound Testing Cointegration Approach” BRAC University Journal, Vol. VI, No. 1, 2009: 69-78.

    Books

     

    Reichenback, L. and Shimul, S. “Sustaining health: the role of  BRACs  Community  Health Volunteers in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Uganda ” BRAC Research Monograph Series No. 49 Sep 2011. http://research.brac.net/monographs/Monograph49:pdf

In the Media

    https://sites.google.com/site/shafiunihe/media-coverage