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Proloy Barua

Research Fellow, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, SK Centre, GP, Ja-4, TB Gate, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Education

Naresuan University

Ph.D. in Health Systems Management

Pitshanulok, Thailand

2020

Thesis: Investigation into Health Disparities among Stateless Children in Tak Province, Thailand

Brandeis University

M.A. in Sustainable International Development

Massachusetts, USA

2015

Thesis: Factors Affecting Technology Adoption among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Tanzania

Bangladesh Agricultural University

M.S. in Agricultural Economics (Marketing)

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

2002

Thesis: Inter-temporal Price Behaviour and Price-Supply Relationship of Selected Crops in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Agricultural University

B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

2000

Professional Experience

Research Fellow

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2023 (AUg) - Present

Assistant Scientist

BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2020 (Oct) - 2023 (June)

  • Designed and implemented short courses for public health professionals
  • Worked on GIS Mapping for three urban slums in Dhaka
  • Applied Multilevel modelling with Bangladesh Urban Health Survey-2014 data

Thematic Research Head

IERC, BRAC International

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2015 - 2016

Research Fellow

IERC, BRAC International

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2014 - 2015

Senior Research Associate

Research Unit, BRAC Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

2010 - 2013

Research Associate-II

Research Unit, BRAC Sierra Leone and BRAC Liberia

Freetown, Sierra Leon

2009 - 2010

Research Associate-I

Research Unit, BRAC Uganda

Kampala, Uganda

2008 - 2009

Staff Researcher

Research and Evaluation Division (RED), BRAC Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2003 - 2008

Scholarships and Fellowships

Naresuan University Scholarship

Ph.D. Program at Naresuan University

Pitshanulok, Thailand

2016

BITSS Summer Program

Short Training at University of California

Berkeley, USA

2014

Heller Scholarship

Graduate Program at Brandeis University

Waltham, USA

2013

CEGA Fellowship

Short Term Research at University of California

Berkeley, USA

2012

Scientific Publications

The effects of social determinants on children’s health outcomes in Bangladesh slums through an intersectionality lens: an application of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA).

PLOS Global Public Health, 3(3): e0001588. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001588

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2023

Barua, P., Kibuchi, E., Aktar, B., Chowdhury, S. F., Mithu, M. I. H., Quayyum, Z., Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, N., Leyland, A., Rashid, S.F. & Gray, L.

Effects of social determinants on children’s health in informal settlements in Bangladesh and Kenya through an intersectionality lens: A study protocol.

BMJ Open, 12(6), e056494. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056494

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2022

Kibuchi, E., Barua, P., Chumo, I., Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, N., Phillips-Howard, P., Mithu, M. I. H., Kabaria, C., Quayyum, Z., Whittaker, L., Dean, L., Forsyth, R., Selim, T., Aktar, B., Sai, V., Garimella, S., Saidu, S., Gandi, I., Josyula, L. K., Mberu, B., Elsey, H., Leyland, A., & Gray, L.

Healthcare policies for stateless populations in ASEAN countries: a scoping review.

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22(3), 597–620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-019-00945-y

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2020

Barua, P., Bangpan, M., Narattharaksa, K., Suphanchaimat, R., & Chaiyakunapruk, N.

The impact of the stateless health insurance scheme on inpatient service utilization of stateless children at the four selected district hospitals in Tak Province, Thailand.

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2913

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2020

Barua, P. & Narattharaksa, K.

The health status and insurance affiliation of stateless children in Tak Province, Thailand

International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 13(3), 219–238. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-06-2019-0046

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2020

Barua, P. & Narattharaksa, K. C.

Association between Health Insurance and Incidence of Death in Stateless Children in Tak Province, Thailand

Journal of Health Management 22(2):097206342093793. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972063420937930

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2020

Barua, P. & Narattharaksa, K. C.

Health: Treating symptoms, not the cause. In Atlas of the stateless: facts and figures about exclusion and displacement (pp. 16–17).

Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/atlasofthestateless2020_web_201029.pdf

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2020

Barua, P.

Impact of application of sufficiency economy philosophy on the well-being of Thai population: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of relevant studies.

Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and Technology, 7(1), 195–219. https://doi.org/10.25133/JPSSv27n3.0013

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2019

Barua, P. & Tejativaddhana, P.

Study the Intercropping and Sole Cropping of Banana in Some Selected Areas of Bogra.

Journal of Population and Social Studies, 27(3), 157–160.

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2009

Islam, M., Ahmed, J., Begum, S., Barua, P., & Miah, M.

Vegetable growing as a livelihood strategy: learning from BRAC CFPR Programme.

The Journal of Rural Development, 35(2), 141–160.

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2008

Barua, P., & Uddin, J.

An economic analysis of BRRI dhan 29 in Boro season under different farm categories in some selected sites of Dewanganj Upazila

The Journal of Rural Development, 34(1),55–70.

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2007

Rahaman, H., Barua, P., & Ahmed, JU

Growth, price instability and flexibility of major crops in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Journalof Agricultural Economics. 23(2), 103–116

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2002

Barua, P., & Alam, S.

Reports/Working Papers

R Codes for Creating an Interactive Map [Tutorial].

Not peer reviewed, https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35328.97289

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2021

Barua, P.

Spatial disparities in COVID-19 cases, deaths, and vaccination coverage in Bangladesh An application of R Programming.

Not peer reviewed, http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.20803.94244

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2021

Barua, P.

Factors affecting technology adoption among smallholder maizefarmers in Tanzania.

http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.1.3683.1123

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2015

Barua,P.

Improving livelihood using livestock: Impact evaluation of “targeting ultra‑poor” programme in Afghanistan.

BRAC International. http://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.24850.58563

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2013

Munshi, S., & Barua, P.

Impact Evaluation of BRAC‘s Microfinance Plus Programs in Uganda: Quasi‑Experimental Design.

BRAC International. Available at https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Impact-Evaluation-of-BRAC%E2%80%98s-Microfinance-Plus-Programmes-in-Uganda.pdf

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2013

Barua, P., & Munshi, S.

Sector Scan of TUP Enterprises: Identifying Determinants of Sustainability.

BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED). Available at https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sector-Scan-of-TUP-Enterprises-Identifying-Determinants-of-Sustainability.pdf

N/A

2005

Alarakhia, S., & Barua, P.

References

References are available upon request