M Niaz Asadullah University of Malaya   ,   nasadullah@gmail.com   http://www.niazasadullah.com/   Biographical Sketch: I am Professor of Development Economics in the Faculty of Economics at Malaya University where until recently I additionally held the post of Deputy Director at the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS). I am also a visiting researcher at SKOPE (Dept of Education, University of Oxford), visiting Fellow in Economics at Reading University, visiting Professorial Fellow in the University of Manchester, Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Research Associate of CSAE (Centre for the Study of African Economies), Oxford University and RSA connector for Bangladesh. Previously I have worked at Reading University as an assistant professor of Economics, BRAC (research and evaluation division) as a Distinguished Fellow, BRAC University (Institute of Governance Studies) as a Senior Fellow and have held visiting positions at Harvard University (Centre for International development) and Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).       JEL Areas: O1 : Economic Development: General I3 : Welfare and Poverty: General