Akib Khan - CERP

Akib Khan

Principal Investigator

Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

Akib Khan

Principal Investigator

Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.

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Akib Khan

Principal Investigator

Akib Khan is a Principal Investigator on Growth Monitoring Project at CERP. He is a 4th year Economics PhD student at Uppsala University and is mainly interested in human capital investments in developing countries and international migration. With a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, his past experience includes stints with the World Bank, IPA, IGC, and BRAC School of Public Health. He is currently co-investigating three field experiments: in Pakistan, exploring the potential of in-home growth monitoring in addressing childhood undernutrition, and the roles of learning and habit formation in the adoption of cheap water purification technology; and in Sweden, assessing the effects of contact with natives on immigrants’ socioeconomic integration.