Monzur Hossain is currently a Research Director at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. He obtained his Ph.D. in International Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan. His area of interest mainly concentrates on the macro-financial domain with extensive research focused on evaluating and analyzing development interventions and economic policies. He has an interest in some emerging development issues pertaining to SME development, ICTs and knowledge economy, blue economy, green finance, and renewable energy. He has participated and served as a team leader in numerous professional research projects. He served as a consultant for the UNDP, ADB, UNCTAD, EU, World Bank, JICA, etc. He has held several visiting positions, such as Visiting Scholar at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan (in 2010) and visiting Research Fellow at IDE-JETRO, Japan (from January-March, 2020). Currently, he is a member of the Executive Board of the American Committee on Asian Economic Studies. He is a member of the Editorial Board of some reputed journals. Dr. Hossain has published extensively in nationally and internationally accredited reputed journals. He also has to his credit numerous other publications in the forms of research reports and edited books. His book " Digital Transformation and Economic Development in Bangladesh" was recently published by Palgrave Macmillan in September 2022.