Provash Sarker

Welcome!
I am a research economist and a Joint Director at Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank of Bangladesh). I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the Wuhan University, and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Dhaka. I obtained my Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the same university.

Currently, I am working on macro and financial effects of climate change, monetary policy, green finance, energy transition, geoeconomics, and inequality. I am interested in macroeconomics and monetary economics, financial economics, energy economics and econometrics.

Research Fields

Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Energy Economics, Geoeconomics.

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Economic Association
Member, Central Bank Research Association
Member, World Economics Association

Academic Award

Dean's Award, School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, 2019

Technical Skills

Econometric Modeling: OLS, time-series and panel data analysis
Software: R, Stata
Machine Learning: ML Regression, Double ML, Causal forests

Work In Progresss

Bank Lending toward Green Transition: A Theoretical Framework
Monetary Policy in High-Inflation Environments across Emerging Markets
Climate Change, Endogeneity, and Threshold Effects
Temporal Effects of Geopolitical Fragmentation on Energy Transition in the European Union
Additional papers under development on green finance, climate risks, and macroeconomic policy interactions.

Editorial Experience

Advisory Board Member, Heliyon (Elsevier)
Referee and Peer Reviewer for over 30 leading journals published by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis
Completed more than 100 peer reviews across top-tier journals in Economics and Finance.

Scientific Profiles

Google Scholar Web of Science ORCiD Scopus SSRN IDEAS/RePEc

Conference Presentation

"The asymmetric effects of energy inflation, agri-inflation, and CPI on agricultural output: Evidence from the NARDL and SVAR models for the UK". Paper presented at the Pacific Rim Conference for Digital Technology and Green Growth, (2023, July 15–16). Tokyo, Japan.

Policy Dialogue Presentation

"The Central Bank of Bangladesh and Foreign Exchange Reserve Management". Presented at the Policy Dialogue on Financial and Economic Reforms in Bangladesh, (2024, November 16). BRAC Business School, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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