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Dr Golam Rasul, Division Head, Ms Anu Joshi Shrestha, High
Economic Analysis Division, Value Chain Development
Sustainable Livelihoods and Specialist, Sustainable
Poverty Reduction Programme Livelihoods and Poverty
Reduction Programme
Dr Rasul, a development
economist, was appointed Ms Shrestha joined ICIMOD in
Head of the Economic Analysis August 2009 as Value Chain
Division in August 2009, Development Specialist. She
following fi ve years as a policy development specialist brings with her extensive experience in working with
at ICIMOD. Dr Rasul is from Bangladesh and holds a development agencies and bi-lateral/multilateral
PhD in regional and rural development planning from organisations. Ms Shrestha will be focusing on high
the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. He value product value chains, emphasising the equitable
worked for many years in the Bangladesh Civil Service promotion of pro-poor value chains and strengthening
in different ministries and in fi eld administration in rural-urban linkages. Prior to joining ICIMOD, she
different capacities and was involved in the formulation worked as an Advisor on local and regional economic
and implementation of development planning and development for GTZ INCLUDE, where she worked in
programming. As well as development work, he is the value chain promotion of various potential sectors
actively involved in research in areas that include for economic development in Palpa, Kapilbastu, and
agriculture, natural resource management, poverty Rupendehi, including serving as the focal point for
alleviation, and sustainable development in Bangladesh NTFP/MAPS value chains. Ms Shrestha has a strong
and the South Asian region. His research fi ndings have interest in nature conservation and worked with the
been published in many international journals and four National Trust for Nature Conservation as a knowledge
of his papers have appeared as ‘most read papers’ management offi cer. She was also a faculty member
in Science Direct. Dr Rasul will provide intellectual in Kathmandu College of Management, Kathmandu
leadership to mainstream economic concepts, tools, and University. She has an MBA from the University of
approaches to ICIMOD’s three Strategic Programmes Wales, UK, specialising in marketing and human
with a view to contributing to the achievement of the resources development.
strategic objectives of the Centre.
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