Bayazid Sarker

Muhammad Bayazid Sarker
Born	(1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 Chapai Nawabganj, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Academic career
Field	Banking, International monetary economics
Institution	Bangladesh Bank [The Central Bank of Bangladesh]
Contributions	Migrants sponsored banking known as NRB banks, Cross border money demand function [an extension of Keynesian money demand function ] Privatization under private organization

Muhammad Bayazid Sarker (born 1 January 1971) is a Bangladeshi economic researcher and central banker. He has been working in Bangladesh Bank (BB) since 1999 and his current position is joint director in the Chief Economist's Unit. He is also an adjunct assistant professor of business school of Southeast University. In 2007, Sarker developed a theoretical structure of migrants’ sponsored bank [MSB] as an alternative source of external financing for developing economies like Bangladesh. The idea of MSB also presented by Sarker in Kuala Lumpur, April 15, 2008. According to Sarker's developed concept, MSB banking model is equally applicable for developing or emerging economies deficient in both capital and foreign exchange coupled having a good base of non-residents earning abroad.

Early life and education

The sixth of nine children, Sarker was born on 1 January 1971 to a Muslim family in the village of Sarkerpara under Cahapai Nawabganj district, a west-northern part of Bangladesh. His father was Md. Latifur Rahman Sarker, a public health inspector, and his mother was Sekina Khatun. His early childhood was spent in the village. He finished his Master of Social Science in economics from Dhaka University in 1997. In 2010, Sarker was awarded Master of Public Policy from National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies [GRIPS], Tokyo. In 2012, Mr. Sarker also finished his MBA in international business from Dhaka University.

After graduation

After his graduation, he engaged with some research works under Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies [BIDS] and couple of private research firms for two years. In March 1999 he joined in BB as an assistant director. In his central banking job, Sarker works in bank examination, foreign exchange, public debt management, risk management and banking regulation departments. During the central banking job, Sarker visited Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and India for participating different international training and seminars.
His concept of migrants' sponsored banking for encouraging self-dependency in development financing of emerging labor exporting countries. The idea partially implemented in Bangladesh.

Personal life

In 2003, Sarker got married with Mahfuja Hoque Sarker. She works in a local private commercial bank. They have one son Ismail Sarker and one daughter Juwairyah Amreen Sarker. They reside in Banani, Dhaka.

References

• Sarker, Md Bayazid (2010). "Alternative Resource of World Bank for External Financing in Bangladesh: A Foreign Remittance Approach" (PDF). Bangladesh Economic Association Journal: 689–701. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
• "NRB Bank idea to help 'reduce dependence on foreign assistance'". The Financial Express. Dhaka. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on August 24, 2014.
• "A foreign remittance approach to development". The Financial Express (Letter to the editor). Dhaka. October 5, 2007. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
• The daily Prothom Alo, March 27, 2013.p-12
• The daily Bonik Barta, April 02, 2013 p-7
• Cross border money demand function
• Privatization under private organization
• Uddin, AKM Zamir (July 11, 2014). "Investors still lack confidence amid political uncertainty: BB report". New Age. Dhaka.