Shahid Ullah

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Mohammad Shahid Ullah obtained the Masters of Social Sciences (MSS) degree in Sociology from University of Dhaka. He carried out different research projects independently utilizing qualitative and quantitative approaches commissioned by National and International NGOs as lead and co-researcher in the area of MDGs, Access to Justice, Workers’ Rights, Displacement and Rehabilitation and Public Health Care. He has extensive knowledge, expertise and experiences in the field of development with a critical outlook on public policies including education and health. He has also expertise in strategic management and project design. He has publications and writings on the budget, democracy and governance and issues pertaining to various public policies. Besides as development activists, Shahid has long experience in training, mobilization, and advocacy being exposed to the national and international arena. He has served in senior management positions in different NGOs and research organizations including the Shushasoner Jonno Prochar Ovijan-SUPRO (Campaign for Good Governance).

At present, he is working as Chief Executive with Jana Adhyan Kendra an independent organization dedicated to enhancing the critical understanding of development and promoting collective actions through innovative research, analyses, and shared-learning

List of major studies carried out by Mohammad Shahid Ullah, 2009-2015

i. “Baseline Study on Child Labor Situation at Keraniganj Apparel Hub” conducted by Capacity Building Services Group (CBSG), commissioned by Bangladesh Labor Welfare Foundation (BLF) and supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) as Co-Researcher, 2015

ii. “Revenue and Tax System in Bangladesh” commissioned by SUPRO and supported by Capacity for Research and Advocacy for Fair Taxation (CRAFT) as Co-Researcher, 2015

iii. “Mapping Transport Sector Workers’ in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Study” commissioned by International Transport Worker’s Federation (ITF) as Principal Researcher, 2014

iv. “Agriculture Laborers in Bangladesh: Entrapped in Unviable Production Relations” commissioned by FNV Mondiaal, Netherlands Trade Union Confederation as Principal Researcher, 2014

v. “The viability of the Chittagong Hill Tracts as a destination for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh” commissioned by Young Power in Action (YPSA), a coastal NGO in Bangladesh and supported by Displacement Solutions as Principal Researcher, 2013

vi. ‘’Baseline survey on Ensuring Access to Justice for Poor Women by Activating village Courts and Arbitration Council of Union Parishad” as Principal Researcher commissioned by ManusherJonno Foundation (MJF), 2009

vii. “Impact of Free Trade Agreement on Women Workers in EPZs of Bangladesh” commissioned by Committee for Asian Women (CAW) as Principal Researcher, 2007; available at http://www.cawinfo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/epz-report-bangladesh-final-sept-082.pdf

List of major publications of Mohammad Shahid Ullah

i.‘The viability of the Chittagong Hill Tracts as a destination for climate-displaced communities in Bangladesh’ in Scott Leckie (edited) Land Solutions for Climate Displacement, page 195-227, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge 2014

ii. Life and Livelihood Conditions of the Coastal Communities and Policies, Policy Research Paper, Community Development Centre (CODEC), 2012

iii. Kansat: A People’s struggle for fair access to power supply in Bangladesh; A Resource Book on organizing and mobilizing in people-centered advocacy in South Asia, NCAS, Pune, India, 2011

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Turmoil in RMG industry in Bangladesh-Low wage and absence of trade union rights fuel labor unres... more Turmoil in RMG industry in Bangladesh-Low wage and absence of trade union rights fuel labor unrest Context The 'new reality' that emerged after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime on August 5, 2024, was referred to as Bangladesh 2.0 in the country. Some media outlets went on to highlight it as the country's 'second independence.' The mood was euphoric and the interim government headed by Mohammad Yunus, the Nobel Laureate took over. The people saw it as an opportunity to correct the misdeeds of the past and as a start of a new journey for the better future of Bangladesh led by the young generation of the country.

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Self-employed proletarians in an informal economy: insecurity and exploitation of street vendors in Dhaka city

Dhaka is a city of rickshaw-pullers and street vendors. In every roads, corners and neighbors any... more Dhaka is a city of rickshaw-pullers and street vendors. In every roads, corners and neighbors any one will see the rickshaw and street vendors, except in the VIP road. The street vendor locally named as Hawker; the no. of Hawker in Dhaka city will be around 0.2 million, and the no. of mobile vendor named as Feriwalla will be same (0.2 million); in total the no. of street vendor is around 0.4 million. Hawkers are migrated from rural to urban areas for a better living. They began to work at shops or factories as employee at first, and then became owners of makeshift shops on footpaths by renting the shop from the employer or opening a new shop. In some cases, the nearby landowners leased out the footpaths to hawkers. Some of them are employees of hawker-cum-shop owners. The contract is verbal and informal. For many years urban poor are engaged in this occupation; it is to 35 years. For the long period of living in Dhaka city some of the hawkers have registered themselves as voters and settled permanently in Dhaka. The street vendor of Dhaka city have been facing livelihood insecurity due to eviction drive by the city administration and also being exploited systematically by the extortionist patronized by the police and political parties. Due to eviction drive by the city corporation in the last couple of months thousands of street vendor lost their livelihoods and some of them have injured physically by the police assault as they are occupying the street illegally; this eviction drive is being carried out on the name of so called clearing the footpath for the pedestrians. The poor people in Dhaka city depends mostly on street vendor. Everything is available from vendor, vegetable, cloth to food. The poor and mostly the lower middle class in Dhaka purchase gods from Feriwalla / Hawker as it is cheaper (20% to 30%) than markets. The street vendors not only facing the problems of eviction from footpaths; they also face the challenges of eviction of shelter in slum areas despite paying more money the rich city dwellers. The right to city and livelihoods has been being violated structurally and systematically; they are not being treated as citizen of the country. Street vendor is not only the illegal occupier of footpaths in Dhaka city Street vendor is not only the illegal occupier of footpaths in Dhaka city; other institutions and agencies also haven occupying the footpath illegally. There are traffic police boxes on sidewalks near intersections; about 350 police boxes have been built in the city for on-duty traffic police to shelter from heat and rain (Daily Star, 2011). The footpaths of Dhaka city are also occupied by timber store house, political party's office, and various types of shops including rickshaw maintenance shops, and electronic goods.

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PEASANT AND LAND QUESTION IN BANGLADESH

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Tax System in Bangladesh: Efficiency and Fairness

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Neo-liberalism, food security and agriculture laborers in Bangladesh

Food security is broadly defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food to meet ... more Food security is broadly defined as access by all people at all times to sufficient food to meet their dietary needs for a healthy and productive life. It depends on availability of food, access to food and utilization of food at national, household and individual level. Food availability at the national level is determined by domestic food production; public and private food stockholding; food imports, including food aid; and food exports. With the liberalization of international trade, global availability of food is of increasing importance for national food security. Availability of food at the household level depends on the household's own capacity to produce food, household food stockholding, and availability of food in the local markets. These factors, in turn, are a function of market operations, infrastructure, flow of information, and seasonal variations in domestic food production.

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