Dr. Afra Rahman Chowdhury
Social Protection Consultant
World Bank
Dr. Afra Rahman Chowdhury, a native of Bangladesh, is currently working with the Social Protection and Labor Global Practice of the World Bank. She has MA in Economics and Sociology and Ph.D. in Sociology (Demography) from Brown University. Prior to joining the Bank, she served as a teaching fellow, instructor, and research assistant at Brown University. Her research and development work covers a wide domain of topics ranging from survey design, impact evaluation to vulnerable population. Afra also served as a research associate for the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.