Abu Siddique

Abu Siddique is at present Director of the Centre for Migration and Development Studies which is located within the Department of Economics at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Prior to this he used to teach at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh where he obtained his early degrees in Economics (B.A. Honours, M.A. and M.Phil.). He also obtained a post-graduate diploma in Development Economics from the University of Hawaii in 1975 before working for his Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia. A frequent contributor to learned journals, Dr. Siddique’s principal research interests relate to consumption economics, development economics and economic history with special focus on South-East Asia, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.