Updated: September, 2021
Sonia Afrin
Research Associate
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) BRAC UNIVERSITY
Email: [email protected] Website: ResearchGate
FIELDS OF INTEREST Agricultural Economics Environment and Resources Economics Development Economics
EDUCATION
Masters of Social Science in Economics Economics Discipline, Khulna University
EMPLOYMENT
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
● Research Associate, Economics Cluster, 2020-Present
Community Reconstruction Centre
● Project Officer, 2017-2020
PUBLICATIONS
Khatun, F., Ahsan, M. N., Afrin, S., Warner, J., Ahsan, R., Mallick, B., & Kumar, P. (2022).
Environmental non-migration as adaptation in hazard-prone areas: Evidence from coastal Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 77, 102610.
● Islam, M.S., Tumpa, S., Afrin, S., Ahsan, M.N., Haider, M.Z. and Das, D.K., (2021). From over to optimal irrigation in paddy production: what determines over-irrigation in Bangladesh?. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 7(3), pp.1-15.
● Islam, M. S., Ferdousy, S., Afrin, S., Ahsan, M. N., Haider, M. Z., & Das, D. K. (2020). How does farmers’ field schooling impact eco-efficiency? Empirical evidence from paddy farmers in Bangladesh. China Agricultural Economic Review.
● Islam, M. S., Hossain, R., Morshed, M. M., & Afrin, S., (2020). The value of Environmental (dis) amenities in the urban housing market: Evidence from Khulna, Bangladesh. Journal of Urban Management. 1-11.
Updated: September, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2020.02.001
● Islam, M. S., Afrin, S., Ahsan, N. A., Haider, M. Z., Mamun, T. M., & Das, D.K. (2019).
Households’ willingness to pay for disaster resilient safe drinking water sources in southwestern coastal Bangladesh, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 10(4), 544-556.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-019-00229-x
● Afrin, S., Haider, M. Z., & Islam, M. S. (2017). Optimal Use of Pesticide for Paddy Production in the South-west Region of Bangladesh, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 6(4), 1-25.
doi.org/10.1080/21606544.2017.1333461
● Afrin, S., Haider, M.Z. and Islam, M.S. (2017). Impact of Financial Inclusion on Technical Efficiency of Paddy Farmers in Bangladesh, Agricultural Finance Review, 77(4), 484- 505.doi.org/10.1108/AFR-06-2016-0058
Working Paper
● Shatil, T., Afrin, S., Saha, S., Ghosh, D., & Kamruzzaman, M. (2021). The end user context of BCC materials on COVID-19 guidelines and handwashing (Development Economics Series 02), 1-27. BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University
RESEARCH PROJECTS
● The effect of public handwashing stations, awareness campaigns and behaviour change interventions on health behaviour and outcomes during COVID-19 (2020-2021)
● Managing Climate Migration: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh (2021)
● Addressing resilience losses of climate-induced mi-grants in Southwest Bangladesh affected by COVID-19 pandemic (2021-2023)
● Enhancing Safe Drinking Water Security and Climate Resilience through Rainwater Harvesting in Mongla (2022-224)
