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{{Short description|Bangladeshi economist (1942–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Syed Abdus Samad
| name = Syed Abdus Samad
| image = Dr._Syed_Abdus_Samad.jpg
| image = Dr._Syed_Abdus_Samad.jpg
| caption = Syed Abdus Samad
| caption = Syed Abdus Samad
| birth_date = 1942
| birth_place = [[Bangladesh]]
| birth_place = [[Gaffargaon]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|07|28|1942|||df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.theindependentbd.com//post/265729 |title=PM mourns former principal secretary Dr SA Samad's death |work=The Independent |date=28 July 2021 |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Baridhara]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| occupation = Executive Chairman (Cabinet Minister), Board of Investment, Bangladesh
| occupation = Executive Chairman (Cabinet Minister), Board of Investment, Bangladesh
| yearsactive = 1965–present
| yearsactive = 1965–2021
}}
}}


'''Syed Abdus Samad''' is a teacher of [[economics]]. He has been a faculty member at the [[University of Dhaka]], [[Boston State College]], [[Boston University]], the [[University of the South Pacific]], and the [[Hankuk University of Foreign Studies]], [[South Korea]]. Samad has worked as a national and international civil servant, economist, and [[human rights]] activist. In Bangladesh, he was the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and a principal secretary to the Prime Minister. Samad is the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Board of Investment.
'''Syed Abdus Samad''' (1942 – 28 July 2021) was a teacher of [[economics]]. He was a faculty member at the [[University of Dhaka]], [[Boston State College]], [[Boston University]], the [[University of the South Pacific]], and the [[Hankuk University of Foreign Studies]], [[South Korea]]. Samad worked as a national and international civil servant, economist, and [[human rights]] activist. In Bangladesh, he was the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and a principal secretary to the Prime Minister. Samad was the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Board of Investment.


== Education ==
== Education ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
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From 1980 to 1982, Samad was a member of the teaching and directing staff of the Bangladesh Administrative Staff College. Between 1982 and 1985, he was an economic advisor to the [[President of Bangladesh]].<ref>[http://www.boi.gov.bd/index.php/contact/21-contact/177-dr-syed-abdus-samad Dr. Syed Abdus Samad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218100941/http://www.boi.gov.bd/index.php/contact/21-contact/177-dr-syed-abdus-samad |date=2013-02-18 }} Government of Bangladesh.</ref> Then, from 1985 to 1990, he taught students of economics at the Public Administration and Economic Development Training Academy.


Samad joined the Civil Service of Pskistan in 1964. He also served as [[Bangabandhu]]'s private secretary. He subsequently served as the principal secretary during government's 1996-2001 tenure.
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From 1990 to 1996, Samad was the director of the Economics and [[Information Technology]] Program of the [[United Nations]] Asian and Pacific Development Center<ref>[http://apdc.org Asian Pacific - supporting refugees and immigrants in the metro Denver area] APDC organisation website.</ref> and from 1992 to 1997, he was the executive secretary of the [[Malaysia]]n chapter of the Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of [[Asia]] and the [[Pacific]].<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/most/asregrep.htm Asian regional conference on the Management of Social Transformations (MOST)] UNESCO</ref><ref>[http://ipra.terracuranda.org/IPRA%20ASIA%20regions.html Asia peace research and related institutions] Terracuranda organisation</ref>


Samad's role in 1971 Liberation War that he joined the [[Mujibnagar Government]] severing links with Pakistan while serving as the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Rangamati being a member of erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP).
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From 1995 to 1997, Samad was President of the Bangladesh Civil Service Association<ref name="bcsadmin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331134400/http://www.bcsadmin.org.bd/ BASA, Leader of the Leaders] Bangladesh Civil Service Association website Accessed 12 July 2015.</ref> and from 1996 to 1997, the permanent secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. Between 1997 and 2001, Samad was the principal secretary to the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>[http://www.powerdivision.gov.bd Power Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - বিদ্যুৎ বিভাগ-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার|] Government of Bangladesh</ref>

From 1980 to 1982, Samad was a member of the teaching and directing staff of the Bangladesh Administrative Staff College. Between 1982 and 1985, he was an economic advisor to the [[President of Bangladesh]].
⚫
<ref>[http://www.boi.gov.bd/index.php/contact/21-contact/177-dr-syed-abdus-samad Dr. Syed Abdus Samad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218100941/http://www.boi.gov.bd/index.php/contact/21-contact/177-dr-syed-abdus-samad |date=18 February 2013 }} Government of Bangladesh.</ref> Then, from 1985 to 1990, he taught students of economics at the Public Administration and Economic Development Training Academy.

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From 1990 to 1996, Samad was the director of the Economics and [[Information Technology]] Program of the [[United Nations]] Asian and Pacific Development Center<ref>[http://apdc.org Asian Pacific - supporting refugees and immigrants in the metro Denver area] APDC organisation website.</ref> and from 1992 to 1997, he was the executive secretary of the [[Malaysia]]n chapter of the Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/most/asregrep.htm Asian regional conference on the Management of Social Transformations (MOST)] UNESCO</ref><ref>[http://ipra.terracuranda.org/IPRA%20ASIA%20regions.html Asia peace research and related institutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703110128/http://ipra.terracuranda.org/IPRA%20ASIA%20regions.html |date=3 July 2015 }} Terracuranda organisation</ref>

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From 1995 to 1997, Samad was president of the Bangladesh Civil Service Association<ref name="bcsadmin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080331134400/http://www.bcsadmin.org.bd/ BASA, Leader of the Leaders] Bangladesh Civil Service Association website Accessed 12 July 2015.</ref> and from 1996 to 1997, the permanent secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. Between 1997 and 2001, Samad was the principal secretary to the [[Government of Bangladesh]]. Samad also played a crucial role in reaching the historic 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty with India and the 1997 peace agreement with Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) that saw the end of the nearly two decades long unrest in the troubled hill region.<ref>[http://www.powerdivision.gov.bd Power Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - বিদ্যুৎ বিভাগ-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার|] Government of Bangladesh</ref>
Between 2006 and 2009, Samad taught at the [[University of the South Pacific]] and at the [[Hankuk University of Foreign Studies]] in [[Korea]].
Between 2006 and 2009, Samad taught at the [[University of the South Pacific]] and at the [[Hankuk University of Foreign Studies]] in [[Korea]].


Samad has carried out evaluations of many inter-regional agencies, [[United Nations]] funded programmes and projects. He was a member of the technical committee of the global programme on comparative poverty research, funded by the [[International Social Science Council]] (ISSC), [[Paris]]. He was one of the authors of the global research book on poverty published by [[UNESCO]] and the Scandinavian University Press in 1996.
Samad carried out evaluations of many inter-regional agencies, [[United Nations]] funded programmes and projects. He was a member of the technical committee of the global programme on comparative poverty research, funded by the [[International Social Science Council]] (ISSC), Paris. He was one of the authors of the global research book on poverty published by [[UNESCO]] and the Scandinavian University Press in 1996.


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==
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* ''SAARC Link: An econometric approach'' (1992) APDC/UNDP, Malaysia.<ref>[http://www.cmi.no/bangladesh/libref.cfm?refid=1102 SAARC Link] CMI Library.</ref>
* ''SAARC Link: An econometric approach'' (1992) APDC/UNDP, Malaysia.<ref>[http://www.cmi.no/bangladesh/libref.cfm?refid=1102 SAARC Link] CMI Library.</ref>
* ''External Economic Assistance'' (1993) The Information Documentation Resource Centre, Geneva and Colombo.
* ''External Economic Assistance'' (1993) The Information Documentation Resource Centre, Geneva and Colombo.
* ''Operational Strategies of Sustainable Development upon People’s Initiatives'' (1993) APDC, UN, Nepal, Malaysia and Thailand.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Operational_strategies_of_sustainable_de.html?id=XIDtAAAAMAAJ Operational strategies of sustainable development upon people's initiatives] APDC.</ref>
* ''Operational Strategies of Sustainable Development upon People's Initiatives'' (1993) APDC, UN, Nepal, Malaysia and Thailand.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Operational_strategies_of_sustainable_de.html?id=XIDtAAAAMAAJ Operational strategies of sustainable development upon people's initiatives] APDC.</ref>
* ''Privatization in Asia and the Pacific'' (1995) APDC,Commonwealth Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Privatisation_in_Asia_and_the_Pacific.html?id=y6xnAAAACAAJ|title=Privatisation in Asia and the Pacific|isbn=9789679928525|year=1996}}</ref>
* ''Privatization in Asia and the Pacific'' (1995) APDC,Commonwealth Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y6xnAAAACAAJ|title=Privatisation in Asia and the Pacific|isbn=978-967-9928-52-5|year=1996|publisher=Asian and Pacific Development Centre }}</ref>
* ''Economic transformation in Asia and the Pacific''. 1995. Association of Development Research & Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA)/UN. Malaysia/Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Economic_Transformation_in_Asia_and_Paci.html|title=Google Books|work=google.com}}</ref>
* ''Economic transformation in Asia and the Pacific''. 1995. Association of Development Research & Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA)/UN. Malaysia/Sri Lanka.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* ''Sustainable development''.1995. APDC/UNDP. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Kathmandu, Nepal.
* ''Sustainable development''.1995. APDC/UNDP. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Kathmandu, Nepal.
* ''Application of Information Technology'' (1996) APDC, Commonwealth Secretariat.
* ''Application of Information Technology'' (1996) APDC, Commonwealth Secretariat.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:14, 20 August 2024

For the footballer, see Syed Abdus Samad (footballer).

Syed Abdus Samad
Syed Abdus Samad
Born1942
Gaffargaon, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Died28 July 2021(2021-07-28) (aged 78–79)[1]
Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation(s)Executive Chairman (Cabinet Minister), Board of Investment, Bangladesh
Years active1965–2021

Syed Abdus Samad (1942 – 28 July 2021) was a teacher of economics. He was a faculty member at the University of Dhaka, Boston State College, Boston University, the University of the South Pacific, and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. Samad worked as a national and international civil servant, economist, and human rights activist. In Bangladesh, he was the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and a principal secretary to the Prime Minister. Samad was the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Board of Investment.

Education

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Samad received his bachelor's degree in economics from Dhaka University. He undertook post-graduate studies at UCLA. In 1977, Samad received his master's degrees in economics and political economics and in 1979, a doctoral degree from Boston University.

Career

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Samad joined the Civil Service of Pskistan in 1964. He also served as Bangabandhu's private secretary. He subsequently served as the principal secretary during government's 1996-2001 tenure.

Samad's role in 1971 Liberation War that he joined the Mujibnagar Government severing links with Pakistan while serving as the additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Rangamati being a member of erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP).

From 1980 to 1982, Samad was a member of the teaching and directing staff of the Bangladesh Administrative Staff College. Between 1982 and 1985, he was an economic advisor to the President of Bangladesh. [2] Then, from 1985 to 1990, he taught students of economics at the Public Administration and Economic Development Training Academy.

From 1990 to 1996, Samad was the director of the Economics and Information Technology Program of the United Nations Asian and Pacific Development Center[3] and from 1992 to 1997, he was the executive secretary of the Malaysian chapter of the Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific.[4][5]

From 1995 to 1997, Samad was president of the Bangladesh Civil Service Association[6] and from 1996 to 1997, the permanent secretary to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. Between 1997 and 2001, Samad was the principal secretary to the Government of Bangladesh. Samad also played a crucial role in reaching the historic 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty with India and the 1997 peace agreement with Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) that saw the end of the nearly two decades long unrest in the troubled hill region.[7]

Between 2006 and 2009, Samad taught at the University of the South Pacific and at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea.

Samad carried out evaluations of many inter-regional agencies, United Nations funded programmes and projects. He was a member of the technical committee of the global programme on comparative poverty research, funded by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), Paris. He was one of the authors of the global research book on poverty published by UNESCO and the Scandinavian University Press in 1996.

Selected works

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  • Real Wages in Labour Surplus Economies (1981) Dhaka University, Dhaka.[8]
  • Planning (1984) Bangla Academy, Dhaka.
  • SAARC Link: An econometric approach (1992) APDC/UNDP, Malaysia.[9]
  • External Economic Assistance (1993) The Information Documentation Resource Centre, Geneva and Colombo.
  • Operational Strategies of Sustainable Development upon People's Initiatives (1993) APDC, UN, Nepal, Malaysia and Thailand.[10]
  • Privatization in Asia and the Pacific (1995) APDC,Commonwealth Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[11]
  • Economic transformation in Asia and the Pacific. 1995. Association of Development Research & Training Institutes of Asia and the Pacific (ADIPA)/UN. Malaysia/Sri Lanka.[citation needed]
  • Sustainable development.1995. APDC/UNDP. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia & Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Application of Information Technology (1996) APDC, Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Poverty, a Global Review (1996) UNESCO, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, New York.
  • Poverty Research, an Asian Review (1996), ADIPA, APDC, Malaysia.
  • Changing Comparative Advantage in Asia and the Pacific (1997) APDC, ESCAP, UNDP, Malaysia, Thailand.
  • Cobbled Manuscripts, Changing Kaleidoscope of Conventional Economics (2005) Ankur Prokashani, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

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  1. ^ "PM mourns former principal secretary Dr SA Samad's death". The Independent. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. Syed Abdus Samad Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Government of Bangladesh.
  3. ^ Asian Pacific - supporting refugees and immigrants in the metro Denver area APDC organisation website.
  4. ^ Asian regional conference on the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) UNESCO
  5. ^ Asia peace research and related institutions Archived 3 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Terracuranda organisation
  6. ^ BASA, Leader of the Leaders Bangladesh Civil Service Association website Accessed 12 July 2015.
  7. ^ Power Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - বিদ্যুৎ বিভাগ-গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার| Government of Bangladesh
  8. ^ Real wages in labour surplus economies Open Library organisation website.
  9. ^ SAARC Link CMI Library.
  10. ^ Operational strategies of sustainable development upon people's initiatives APDC.
  11. ^ Privatisation in Asia and the Pacific. Asian and Pacific Development Centre. 1996. ISBN 978-967-9928-52-5.
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