Dr Habibullah KHAN
Associate Dean, Academic Programmes

hkhan@u21global.edu.sg

Dr Habibullah Khan teaches Economics and Finance at U21Global, where his teaching and research focus is on Managerial Economics and Global and Regional Economic Development. Also the Associate Dean of Academic Programmes, he is responsible for all assessment-related matters, including the moderation and publication of students' grades. Dr Khan oversees the development of new subjects and works closely with authors, academic reviewers and U21pedagogica (the review and accreditation agency for U21Global). Prior to joining U21Global, Dr Khan was Associate Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore from 1997 to 2004. His research areas include development economics, the economies of ASEAN and NIEs, and tourism. He has consulted widely with international organisations, including the World Bank and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Dr Khan holds a PhD (Economics) from University of New South Wales, Australia (1980), MA (Economics) from Dhaka University, Bangladesh (1970) and BA (Economics Honours) from Dhaka University, Bangladesh (1969).

Programme(s) Taught

Master of Business Administration
Postgraduate Diploma of Business Administration
Postgraduate Certificate of Financial Management
Certificate of Professional Development

Subject(s) Taught

602: Data Analysis for Managers
620: Managerial Economics
720: Global and Regional Economic Development

Recent Publications

Khan, H. Global Financial Crisis and its Implications for Vietnam's Real Estate Sector: What are the Policy Options? 16th Asian construction Conference on "Sustainable Urbanization in Real Estate Sector", Vietnam National Convention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam, 26-28 November 2010. Download PPT.
Khan, H. The Impact of Globalization on Islamic Countries: A Brief Assessment International Expert Conference: "After the Crisis-New approaches for a value based economic policy" organised by KAS Abu Dhabi and Deutsch-Emiratische Industrie - and Handelskammer Abu Dhabi,UAE 11, (13 October 2010). Download PPT.

For a list of full publications, please click here.

Professional Affiliations

Economic Society of Singapore (ESS), Life member
Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), Member

Select Professional Services

Consultant for the World Bank Institute (WBI) and Offered a training course for the senior Bangladesh Bank officers on "Interactions between Fiscal and Monetary Policies", 1-20 July 2004.
Consultant for project "Short Term Contracts in Outsourcing of Work in Singapore", sponsored by NTUC Enterprise and OTC Labor Institute, Singapore, 2004.
Consultant for The ASEAN Secretariat's REPSF Project "Options for Managing Revenue Losses and Other Adjustment Costs of CLMV Participation in AFTA", 2003, and the final report will soon be published by the ASEAN Secretariat.
Consultant for the World Bank Institute (WBI) Project, "Social Policy in East Asian Economic Development", 1996-97 and prepared the 'Singapore Chapter', published by the World Bank Institute ("Social Policy in Singapore: A Confucian Model?", WBI Working Paper, Stock No.37165, January 2001).
Resource person/Consultant for the UN-ESCAP Project "Investment and Economic Cooperation in the Tourism Sector in Developing Asian Countries", 1991, and prepared a technical paper on "Foreign Investment in the Tourism Sector in Selected Asian Countries".

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