Executive Director
Dr Abdullah-Al-Mamun is the Executive Director of PARI. He is also an associate
professor and the ex-chairman of the Department of Japanese Studies, University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr Mamun is the General Secretary of the Japanese Studies Association in South Asia (JSASA). He did his PhD in International
Development Cooperation and Postgraduate Certificate (Research Methods) from
the University of Huddersfield, the UK.
Dr Mamun is an MBA and he completed a Certificate in Law from the University
of Northumbria, the UK. His areas of specialisation are aid and development
effectiveness, international development cooperation, FDI, effectiveness of
Japanese ODA in Bangladesh, and Japanese society and culture. He has years of
professional experience in working with international entities such as USAID,
UNDP, UNCDF, JICA, JETRO and Mitsubishi Corporation, and government and
domestic organisations such as ERD, NAPD, Cabinet Division, BRAC, ASA and
Asiatic Society for research, training report preparation and policy evaluation.
Dr Mamun is the co-author of three books and he published a number of research
articles in national and international journals.
