World Bank Senior Vice-President (Development Economics) and Chief Economist Dr Kaushik Basu arrives here on December 12 on a five-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman.
The World Bank senior vice-president will deliver a lecture on ” Global Economy, Bangladesh and Regional Cooperation: Problems and Prospects” at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at 3pm on December 13, BB General Manager AFM Asaduzzaman told BSS.
He said Dr Basu, an Indian national, will visit the central bank and exchange views with the officials of its research cell apart from holding meeting with the governor. The World Bank senior vice-president will also share views with the country’s leading economists. Dr Basu will also visit rural areas to have an idea about the country’s growing economy. He is scheduled to leave Dhaka on December 16.
Meanwhile, a press conference on the visit of the World Bank vice-president will be held at the Jahangir Alam Conference Hall of Bangladesh Bank at 4pm. Dr Basu, a fellow of the Econometric Society, received India’s Padma Bhushan award as well as the National Mahalanobis Memorial award. His contributions span development economics, welfare economics, industrial organization and game theory.
The World Bank senior vice-president holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. He is the second World Bank Chief Economist from a developing country and the first from India.
Prior to joining the World Bank, he served as the chief economic adviser to the government of India and is currently on leave from Cornell University where he is a professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies.
