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Short Biography:

Ferdous Arfina Osman PhD, is a Professor at the Department. She had her doctoral degree in 1999 in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Manchester, UK. She did her post-doctoral research at Johns Hopkins University, USA in 2015 under the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program. Dr. Osman has published extensively in academic journals at home and abroad on issues and areas relevant to public policy and governance. She has published a book titled, “Policy Making in Bangladesh: A Study of the Health Policy Process”. Her major research focus includes: public policy, health policy, local governance, urban governance and public management.

 In addition to her 25 years teaching experience at the undergraduate and post graduate level she has a vast work experience (in consulting capacities) with international  organizations including UNDP, World Bank, KOICA, ADB, Rockefeller Foundation in the fields of local government, political governance, health policy, urban poverty, institutional development, capacity building and evaluation of development projects /programs, policy review and analysis. 

Education:

Major publications in last 5 years:

1. “Bangladesh’s Health Improvement Strategy as an Example of the Alma Ata Declaration in Action” Coauthored with Joarder Taufique, Ch.7 in Bishai, David, Health for All: Success Stories from Countries that Transformed People’s Health, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. 2020
2. “Local Governments and Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh: The Role of the Union Parishad” Coauthored with Jamie Boex in Parliament, Public Policy, Local Government and Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh, Ch. 9, edited by Nizam Ahmed, University Publications Limited, Dhaka. 2019
3. “Policy network and Governance” in A. Farazmand (ed.) (2018), Global Encylopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance, Springer International Publishing https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1817-1
4. “Political Economy and Quality of Primary Health Service in Rural Bangladesh and the United States of America: A Comparative Analysis” Co-authored with Sara Bennett, Journal of International Development, 30, 818–836 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/jid.3343.
5. “Road to E-Governance and Public Service Delivery in Bangladesh: How Long is the Journey?” in Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh: Forty Years of Experience, Chapter 14, edited by Nizam Ahmed, Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis Books Ltd. 2016.
6. “External Inducement, Internal Support: Explaining the Health-Sector Policy Gains in Bangladesh” in Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh: Forty Years of Experience, Chapter 8, edited by Nizam Ahmed, Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis Books Ltd. 2016.
7. Co-authored two Chapters titled “Organization and Governance of the Health System of Bangladesh” and “Health Reform” in Bangladesh Health System Review, Health Systems in Transition (HIT), Vol.5 No.3., Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, World Health Organization (WHO), New York, USA. 2015.