Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Professor of Economics
Yale University

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Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is the Lead Academic for IGC Bangladesh.

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is Professor of Economics at Yale University. He also co-chairs the Urban Services Initiative at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, and leads the Bangladesh Research Program for the International Growth Centre (IGC) at LSE and Oxford. He has previously worked at the World Bank, and at the International Monetary Fund. He is a development economist with interests in environmental issues and has several ongoing research projects in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Malawi. He conducts field experiments exploring ways to induce people in developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that are likely to be welfare improving.

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak is the Lead Academic for IGC Bangladesh.

Projects

Transition to green growth: Laying the foundations for a transition to green growth strategy

Increasing vaccine access and uptake in Lahore

Tracking the economic consequences and response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

Scoping study: Using network theory to promote adoption of new agricultural technologies in Sierra Leone

Electrifying growth in Sierra Leone: Energy access for productive use

The impact on cities of a large-scale rural migration programme in Bangladesh

Taxpayer recognition programme

Encouraging seasonal migration to mitigate the consequences of a seasonal famine in rural Bangladesh

Effects of Climate Change on Low-lying and Flood-prone Areas: The case of Bangladesh

Marketing 'improved cookstoves' to combat indoor air pollution

Selling formal insurance to the informally insured

All contributions

Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Improving access to renewable energy in rural Sierra Leone

Rural Renewable Energy Project in Sierra Leone: Impact evaluation report

Subsidies for technology adoption: Evidence from rural Cameroon

Does energy access increase resilience against COVID-19?

Using network theory to promote adoption of new agricultural technologies in Sierra Leone

Electrifying growth in Sierra Leone: Energy access for productive use

How is COVID-19 affecting gender inequality in low-income countries? Insights from Sierra Leone

Tracking the economic consequences of COVID-19

COVID-19 in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan

Tracking the economic consequences and responses to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

Lessons learned from a scale-up of a seasonal migration RCT in Bangladesh

Can the microcredit model be improved?

The politics of poison: Elite capture of clean water in Bangladesh

Saving microfinance through innovative lending

Encouraging seasonal migration to mitigate the consequences of a seasonal famine in rural Bangladesh

Effects of climate change on low-lying and flood-prone areas: The case of Bangladesh

No Lean Season 2017 summary of results

IGC-SCID Conference on firms, trade, and development 2016

Ready made garments industry: Informing policy with evidence based research

Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women

IGC cities research group 2015: Mushfiq Mobarak

Satellites, self-reports, and submersion: Exposure to floods in Bangladesh (Working Paper)

Marketing 'Improved Cookstoves' to Combat Indoor Air Pollution (Project Memo)

Improving Tax Compliance in Developing Economies: Evidence from Bangladesh (Working Paper)

Growth Week 2014: Research Session - Entrepreneurship

Video: South Asia Growth Conference 2014 - Mushfiq Mobarak

Increasing Tax Compliance through Social Recognition (Policy Brief)

Encouraging seasonal migration to mitigate the consequences of a seasonal famine in rural Bangladesh (Policy Brief)

Under-investment in a Profitable Technology: The Case of Seasonal Migration in Bangladesh (Working Paper)

Marketing of Stoves through Social Networks to Combat Indoor Air Pollution (Working Paper)

Marketing of stoves through social networks to combat indoor air pollution (Policy Brief)

Improving Tax Compliance in Developing Economies: Evidence from Bangladesh

Informal Risk Sharing, Index Insurance and Risk-Taking in Developing Countries

Index-based Weather Insurance – Exploring Demand and Take-up (Policy Brief)

Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured (Policy Brief)

Improving Tax Compliance in Developing Economies: Evidence from Bangladesh (Policy Brief)

Formally insuring the informally insured

How to Keep More Girls in School? Lessons from Bangladesh

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