Biography
Salim Rashid was Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He obtained PhD. from Yale University in 1976. His present area of interest is Development Economics. He was consulted for the UNDP, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. His articles have appeared in various journals including The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Theory, Econometrica, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Economica, History of Economic Ideas and International Economic Review. He took early retirement in order to pursue my goals more effectively. He has since held visiting professorships at the University of the South Pacific, IIT Gandhinagar, the University of Malaya and the Universiti Utara Malaysia.
POSITIONS HELD
- Instructor, Dartmouth College, 1974-76
- Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, 1977-1981
- Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1981-84
- Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1985
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
- Associate Head, Dept of Economics, University of Illinois, 1989-1996
- Director of Graduate Studies, Economics, University of Illinois, 1992-1996
VISITING POSITIONS
- Director, Center For Urban Studies and Sustainable Development (CUSSD),
- Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, April
2018 – Present - CIMB Professor, Universiti Utara Malaysia, September 2015-September 2017
- University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, February-June, 2013
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, July-November 2012
- University of the South Pacific, Fiji, August-December 2011 and July-December
2013 - Concordia University, Montreal, January-July 1981
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Spring 1988
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Economic Association
Southern Economic Association
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Primary supervisor of some twenty dissertations and reader for many more.
- Editor, Journal of Asia Pacific Economy (Routledge)
- International Advisory Board, Bangladesh Development Studies
- President , Association for Economic and Development Studies on
Born
9th October 1949
Marital Status
Married, with four children
Education
- B.Sc. London School of Economics, 1970
- Ph.D. Yale University, 1976
- Thesis Topic: Economies with Infinitely Many Traders
- Thesis Committee: D. J. Brown (supervisor), M. Ali Khan, P.Dubey.
Citizenship
USA with DNC Bangladesh