This may take the form of visiting some national heritage sites, trying out different local cuisines, visiting local malls/flea market, and attending a cricket match. Third, I grew up in Bangladesh and love to introduce those I care about (that would be you), to the culture, the cuisine, the sights, the heritage, and the people. We get to ask questions that interest us and often are able to get candid answers about the reality that is not always as rosy or as miserable as we may think. Yunus, the father of micro-finance and social business interact with villagers and the targeted clients of non-profit projects learn from the mission director of USAID (the largest governmental international donor for Bangladesh) and learn from those who work for these non-profits at the field level. This means our students get to spend time chatting with development giants like Nobel Laureate Prof. Second, over the years we have made some incredible connections with local non-profits and development think tanks. For me and my students, this is the closest thing to a lab that a social scientist studying economic development can get. Bangladesh is at the crossroads of a number of issues of interest to me (e.g., poverty alleviation, economic growth, women’s rights, microfinance, rural-urban migration, climate change, and etc.) with a myriad of development projects currently being practiced and tested. This trip offers an amazing real-world lens to our bookish and theoretical understanding of development. First, I love learning and teaching about economic development. Leading this program to Bangladesh holds a very special place in my heart for three reasons. My name is Faress Bhuiyan and I am an Associate Professor of Economics.
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