Muzaffar Ahmed (economist)

Muzaffar Ahmad (27 March 1936 – 22 May 2012) was a Bangladeshi economist and an emeritus professor at the Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. He was also the Chairman of the Trustee Board of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Ahmed was awarded the Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2008.

Ahmed was also associated with an organization called "Sushashoner Jonno Nagarik", popularly called "Sujon," which promotes good governance. Ahmed led Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA), an environmental organization that campaigned against the encroachment of rivers by land grabbers.

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See also

List of Bangladeshi economists

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