Ferdous Arfina Osman
Ferdous Arfina Osman is a professor and former chairperson of the department of public administration at the University of Dhaka.[1][2] She is a member of the Local Government Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.[3]
Early life
[edit]Osman completed her bachelor's degree and masters in public administration at the University of Dhaka in 1992 and 1993 respectively.[4] She completed her PhD at the University of Manchester in 1999.[4]
Career
[edit]Osman completed her postdoc research at the Johns Hopkins University in public policy in 2015.[4] She is a director of the Centre for Advanced Research in Social Sciences.[5] She is a "friend" of the Development Research Initiative.[6]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Osman was appointed a member of the Local Government Reform Commission.[7][8] The eight member commission is led by Tofail Ahmed.[9]
Bibliography
[edit]- Decentralization and Localization in Bangladesh - An Analysis of Functional Assignments in Health and Education in Bangladesh: The Role of Local Governments and Local Administration, Component 1.[10]
- Policy Making in Bangladesh: A Study of the Health Policy Process[11]
- External inducement, internal support: Explaining the health sector policy gains in Bangladesh (chapter) in the Public Policy and Governance in Bangladesh book by Nizam Ahmed.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Building a citizen-centric administration". The Daily Star. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Translating good governance into a reality requires political commitment". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Political commitment needed to establish a strong bureaucracy". Prothomalo. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ a b c "Department of Public Administration". dupublicad.com. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Home :: Research Center and Bureaus". du.ac.bd. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Friends of dRi". Development Research Initiative (dRi). Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Local Government Reform Commission holds first meeting | News". BSS. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Stakeholder Consultation on Local Government Reform | WaterAid Bangladesh". www.wateraid.org. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Eight-member Local Government Reform Commission formed". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ^ "Decentralization and Localization in Bangladesh - An Analysis of Functional Assignments in Health and Education in Bangladesh: The Role of Local Governments and Local Administration, Component 1". Amazon. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ Osman, Ferdous Arfina (2004). Policy making in Bangladesh: a study of the health policy process (1st ed.). Dhaka: A.H. Development Pub. House : Distributor, Mohiuddin & Sons. ISBN 978-984-8360-01-9.
- ^ "External inducement, internal support". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 10 February 2025.