Minhaj Mahmud
Minhaj Mahmud is currently Head of Research of Brac Institute of Governance and Development at Brac University Dhaka, Bangladesh and a contributor for ‘Ideas for India’.
Content by Minhaj Mahmud
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Project
Travel mode choice preferences of urban commuters in Dhaka: A pilot study
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has developed mostly organically and an appropriate planning of the city with long foresight is yet to be implemented. It has resulted in a transportation infrastructure which is wasteful and inconvenient to its citizen. Mass transit system, while it exists, is largely inadequate to provide a reasonable means of travel for its citizens and...
8 Jan 2016 | Atonu Rabbani, Minhaj Mahmud
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Project
Infrastructure and Well-being: Employment Effects of Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh
This study particularly focuses on the structures of poverty reduction effects, of a large infrastructure, such as job transformation and non-farm employments. We particularly focus on the impact of Jamuna multipurpose bridge (JMB), the largest bridge as well as the ever largest infrastructure in Bangladesh, on labour market integration. Jamuna River, one of the main water...
13 Feb 2015 | Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada
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Publication - Working Paper
Free Provision and Demand for Health Products (Working Paper)
1 Dec 2014 | Minhaj Mahmud, Ananta Neelim, Abu Mohammad Naser Titu
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Publication - Working Paper
Infrastructure and Well-being: Employment Effects of Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh (Working Paper)
1 Dec 2014 | Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada
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Blog post
Religion, minority status and trust in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has brought India’s societal divisions to Western media attention. Trust is central to economic interactions. It is thus crucial that India’s new government identify institutions and policies that promote trust and reduce societal divisions to better enable growth and development Religion has always been a...
30 Sep 2014 | Minhaj Mahmud, Pushkar Maitra, Ananta Neelim
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Project
Free Provision and Demand for health products: Evidence from follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of water treatment product in Bangladesh
The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether providing health products for free (under full subsidies), affects users’ future demand for the health product. Knowing individuals’ demand for health products such as water treatment tablets is important to stakeholders involved in water demand management as well as for policy makers in developing countries....
1 Jan 2014 | Minhaj Mahmud, Pushkar Maitra, Ananta Neelim, Abu Mohammad Naser Titu
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Publication - Working Paper
Travel mode choice preferences of urban commuters in Dhaka: A pilot study
1 Mar 2012 | Minhaj Mahmud, Atonu Rabbani