1. Name of Staff: Md. Akteruzzaman
2. Proposed Position: Field Supervisor
3. Employer: Development Research Initiative (dRi)
4. Date of Birth: November 12, 1979
Nationality: Bangladesh
5. Education
School, college and/or
University Attended
Degree/certificate or other
specialized education obtained
Date Obtained
Govt. Jagannath College
Govt. Jagannath College
M.Sc. in Chemistry
B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry
2000
1999
6. Professional Certification or Membership in Professional Associations:
N/A
7. Other Relevant Training:
Dissemination Workshop on Poverty and Working Children, 2009
Traditional Technical Knowledge of Potters of Dhamrai: Present &Past, 2005
Research Methodology, 2003
8. Countries of Work Experience:
Bangladesh
9. Languages:
Bangla
English
Speaking
Fluent
Moderate
Reading
Fluent
Fluent
10. Employment Record:
1. From: 2015
To: Till date
Employer: Development Research Initiative (dRi)
Positions held: Senior Research Associate-1
2. From: 2011
To: 2015
Employer: BRAC University (BDI and Dept. of Architect)
Positions held: Research Associate
3. From: 2010
To: 2011
Employer: Verulam Associates Bangladesh
Positions held: Quantitative Enumerator
4. From: 2007
To: 2010
Employer: Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC
Positions held: Field Manager
Writing
Fluent
Moderate
5. From: 2006
To: 2007
Employer: Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC
Positions held: Investigator
6. From: 2001
To: 2006
Employer: Mitra & Associates
Positions held: Team In-charge
11. Detailed Tasks Assigned
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Planning
and
designing
of
the
research projects.
Developing
checklist
for qualitative data
collection
and
preparing
questionnaire
and
ODK for survey.
Conducting
training
sessions for the field
researchers.
Making field plans.
Supervising research
team.
Making sure the quality
of
Project
Implementation.
Conducting analysis of
these materials.
Preparing
desk
reports.
Preparing final project
reports for the donors
as required.
12. Work Undertaken that Best Illustrates Capability to Handle
the Tasks Assigned
1. Name of assignment or project: Application of Migration
Policy for Decent Work of Migrant Workers- Collection of
Baseline Data for Outcome Indicators
Year: 2018
Location: Bangladesh
Client: International Labour Organization (ILO)
Main project features:
dRi conducted a total of 2500 interview in a total of sixteen
districts and BMET training centers in Dhaka region. In addition
to survey, FGD and KII were also conducted to understand the
real situation that the workers pass through while going to
different countries. The main objectives of the project were to
find out Average cost of recruitment in 2017, perception of
availability of support services, with equal access for women
and men workers, awareness among migrant workers of
services provided by Government of Bangladesh and
recruitment agencies, Reduction of impediments for effective
service delivery based on KAP, initiatives taken for reduction of
impediments for effective service delivery, number of
complaints resolved through conciliation or sanction, migrant
workers’ perception of labour market information availability,
percentage of women migrant workers aware of different
occupations in receiving countries, quality of pre departure
training/orientation improved as perceived by workers.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
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Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
2. Name of assignment or project: Annual performance
monitoring survey 2019 for Jashore and Benapole
Paurashavas under WASH SDG Programme
Year: 2019
Location: Jashore
Client: SNV Netherlands Development Organization
Main project features:
WASH SDG programme works towards improved WASH
services for all. Using an integrated approach, the initiative
strives to ensure that water and sanitation related facilities and
services are sustainable, climate resilient, gender sensitive and
socially inclusive. It is a multi-country intervention implemented
in 20 cities in Nepal, Zambia, Tanzania, Indonesia and
Bangladesh. Through this, SNV is willing to provide technical
support focusing on Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion to city
corporation/municipalities, which is implemented at Jashore
Municipality, Benapole Municipality and Gazipur City
Corporation. The research project aimed to assess the capacity
development status, desire results, understand whether result
chain is working and if project interventions were helping to
deliver on its long-term objectives. Datasets were collected
based on the Performance Monitoring indicators which are
derived in order to measure the progress towards the objective
of the program. The study adopted a mixed method approach
where both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied.
Study covered Jashore Municipality and Benapole Municipality
where the project has been implemented.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
3. Name of assignment or project: Development of Skills
‘Household Survey 2018’
Year: 2018
Location: Chandpur, Gopalgonj, Netrokona, Sunamgonj
Client: Evaluation & Consulting Services (ECONS) Ltd
Main project features:
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Max Planck Institute &
The University of Sydney jointly conducted the study titled
Development of Skills: Risk, Time and Other Regarding
Preferences for Children and Adults” The project area was 150
villages in four districts – Chandpur, Gopalgonj, Netrokona and
Sunamgonj. These villages are identical to those of the survey
that ECONS had conducted in 2014 and 2016. However, about
20 new households was randomly drawn from each village
based on their children attending the public primary school in
the village. For that purpose, dRi collected list of students from
grades 2-6 of each primary school in the 150 villages that
contained student’s names, gender and their addresses.
Surveys was conducted in 3,000 households in total.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
4. Name of assignment or project: Revenue Potential of
Bangladesh: An Examination of HIES Data
Year: 2018
Location: Rajshahi, Rangpur
Client: CPD, Embassy of Denmark
Main project features:
The primary objective of this study was to review the current
revenue mobilisation system of Bangladesh and critically
estimate the size of potential personal income tax of
Bangladesh economy using most recent data from the HIES.
Furthermore, this study attempted to find out the key
determinants of public compliance regarding tax submission.
To this end, a perception survey, covering 21 districts, was
conducted. The selected sample was nationally representative
and consisted of individuals who are either currently paying or
eligible for paying income tax. This implies that, individuals,
whose gross annual income exceeds the current tax-exempt
threshold, was selected for sampling.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
5. Name of assignment or project: Pathway to Sustainable
Development and Human Dignity and Choice
Year: 2018
Location:
Chuadanga,
Satkhira,
Chittagong,Thakurgaon, Gaibandha,
Netrokona.
Bhola,
Rangamati,
Shylet, Moulivibazar,
Client: Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation' (PKSF)
Main project features:
Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation (PKSF) launched a
community development-based program named ENRICH
(Enhancing Resources and Increasing Capabilities of poor
Household towards Elimination of their Poverty) since 2010.
This research project was initiated with the central focus to
understand the ENRICH programme in relation to alternative
national and international approaches and in particular to locate
this analysis in a broader understanding of the wider concern
with human freedoms, capabilities AND human dignity. This
research study focuses on the 35 Upazilas selected for phase
one and phase two of the ENRICH programme. The research
was completed in three phases. The first and very intensive
phase of work developed a detailed plan for data collection,
data analysis and report preparation which will precede and run
alongside the second phase of work. Development Research
Initiative (dRi) was assigned to complete the primary data
collection from the field and provide assistance to the core
research team in data processing and analysis. The study
adopted mixed method approach where both quantitative and
qualitative tools were used to collect data.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
6. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey of
Shishuder Jonno Program
Year: 2018
Location: Bangladesh
Client: Save the Children
Main project features:
Sponsorship funded Shishuder Jonno (SJ) Program is an
Integrated Child Development Program (ICDP), which has been
implemented at Meherpur district in a rural setting and at Rayer
Bazar slum & Chad Uddan slum areas as an urban setting. The
program’s goal is stated as ‘Children Learn and Develop to
their Full Potential’. The target group is from birth to eighteen
years following a ‘life cycle approach’. The program has five
core components namely a) Early Childhood Care &
Development (ECCD) b) Basic Education (BE) along with ICT
in education c) School Health & Nutrition (SHN) d) Maternal
Newborn Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) & e) Adolescent
Development (AD) and another 2 non-core component namely
a) Child Protection (CP) and b) Child Rights and Governance
(CRG) as well as 2 cross-cutting component namely a)
Community Mobilization and b) Gender. The ‘Shishuder Jonno’
program has been working in Meherpur for last 9 years and the
program has reached to the stage to initiate Phase-out from
Meherpur district and phase in to a new rural Impact Area in
Barisal district. “Shishuder Jonno” program has decided to work
in three upazilas (sub-districts) in Barisal district, namely:
Bakerganj, Muladi and Babuganj, and these three upazilas
were defined as the new sponsorship program impact area. A
comprehensive situational study was done in Barisal in
September 2017. As the next step, we are planning to conduct
a baseline study for the program in this new program impact
area in Barisal. The total beneficiaries of this program is
approximately 628,981 (children and caregivers).
Positions held:
Senior Research Asociate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
7. Name of assignment or project: Needs Assessment of
Children Living in and around Daulatdia and Faridpur
Brothels
Year: 2015
Location: Rajbari, Faridpur
Client: Save the Children
Main project features:
Save the Children in Bangladesh has projects focusing on child
protection and education in Daulatdia and a small-scale
intervention focusing on child protection in two brothels in
Faridpur. With the aim to make the existing program more
comprehensive, holistic and rights-based, Save the Children
had an intention to gather information on lessons learned from
previous works and identify the needs of the children living in
the program area. dRi identified key constraints faced by the
caregivers and children, and identified strategies that would
ensure sustainable practices.
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
8. Name of assignment or project: Social Research for the
Evaluation of UNHCR’S Response to the Rohingya
Refugees in Bangladesh)
Year: 2018
Location: Cox’sbazar
Client: Lewis Sida, UK
Main project features:
The Rohingya refugee crisis has seen almost 700,000 people
flee into Bangladesh since August of 2017, making it one of the
largest refugee emergencies. Added to previous waves of
people seeking sanctuary there are now some 858,898 people
of Myanmar origin seeking protection in Bangladesh. The
speed and scale at which people crossed the border also made
the crisis one of bigger humanitarian emergencies of the
decade, prompting UNHCR to declare it level 3. The role of
UNHCR in the Rohingya crisis has not been its traditional one.
UNHCR’s operational role to mitigate the crisis has got priority
in its intervention. Followed by the role of UNHCR as a remedy
for Rohingya response, dRi designed a forward looking
prospective to evaluate the UNHCR’s responses to the
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The qualitative research has
been conducted to understand the overall evaluation. The main
goal of the research was to analyze the extent to which
UNHCR is providing a timely and effective response to the
refugee crisis unfolding in Bangladesh including identifying the
enabling and constraining factors that are shaping the
responses of the organization in this particular case..
Positions held:
Senior Research Associate-1
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
9. Name of assignment or project: COVID-19 Rapid Urban
Assessment Survey
Year: 2020
Location: Dhaka, Chattogram
Client: The World Bank
Main project features:
The COVID-19 crisis in Bangladesh is going affect very badly
not only due to its inadequate health and safety systems but
also for the nature relating to the economy and livelihoods of
vast majority of people who rely on income from informal
economy sector and migration. The World Bank (WB) Poverty
and Equity team developed a series of phone surveys to gain a
rapid understanding of their knowledge of novel Coronavirus
and protective behaviours, to collect information on three key
shocks that the households may face of the time- health, labour
and access to basic necessities and their prices, and how the
households are coping with reduced income and work. Three
rounds of data collection will be conducted using Computer
Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) software on households
from slum and poor areas of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Positions held:
Senior Research Assistant
Activities performed:
Assisting in finalizing reports and manuscript writing
process
Supporting and communicating with the responsible
Research Investigator for developing research proposal
and reports
Assisting with planning of the research
Ensuring quality of data collection
Conducting situation analysis of the field
Supervising the research team
Conducting field visit on a regular basis and providing
feedback to field staff as required
Analyzing raw data
Performing field study based on tools of qualitative
research including In-depth Interview, Case Study, Focus
Group Discussion and Observation
Facilitating the entire research process
10. Name of assignment or project: Trust, institutions, and
collective action: how are communities responding to
COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Year: 2020
Location: Dhaka , Naraynganj , Madaripur , Rajshahi ,
Bogura, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Rangpur, Jhalokhati, Sylhet,
Patuakhali, Netrokona, Satkhira, Jhenaidah, Chuadanga,
Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Comilla
Client: Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
Main project features:
Effective responses to COVID-19 depend on citizens
cooperating with government in the lockdown, testing and
treatment regimes. This rapid research had been conducted in
20 communities across Bangladesh about local responses to
COVID-19 undertaken between 6-15 April 2020, designed to
inform Government and its partners about how their policies
and communications are being received and acted upon by
communities.
Positions held:
Senior Research Asociate-1
Activities performed:
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Developed concept note, project proposal and logical
framework
Finalized reports and manuscript writing process
Prepared training manuals and guidelines for research
Formulated qualitative checklist and survey questionnaire
Supervised the quantitative and qualitative research team
Ensured validity, reliability and quality of all data/
information
Applied qualitative research tools
Cleaned and checked the logical sequence of data
Ensured that enumerators are using quantitative and
qualitative approaches to collect data and assisted them in
data processing
13. Do you currently or have you ever worked for the World Bank Group including any of the
following types of appointments: Regular, term, ETC, ETT, STC, STT, JPA, or JPO? If yes, please
provide details, including start/end dates of appointment.
No
Certification
I certify that (1) to the best of my knowledge and belief, this CV correctly describes me, my
qualifications, and my experience; (2) that I am available for the assignment for which I am
proposed; and (3) that I am proposed only by one Offeror and under one proposal.
I understand that any wilful misstatement or misrepresentation herein may lead to my
disqualification or removal from the selected team undertaking the assignment.
Date: 8/26/2020
[Signature of staff member or authorized representative of the staff]