Faculty Members Publications

1. M. A. K. Rifat, A. Kabir, and A. Huq, “An Explainable Machine Learning Approach to Traffic Accident Fatality Prediction,” Procedia Computer Science, vol. 246, pp. 1905–1914, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.09.704. ‌

1. "Subsidies and Inefficiency; a Stochastic Frontier Approach," Contemporary Economic Policy, vol. XV, July, 1997 (with Sakano and Obeng).
2. "Type of management and subsidy Induced Allocative Distortions in Urban Transit Firms --- A Time
   Series Approach", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Spring 1996. (with Kofi Obeng) 
3. "Allocative Distortions From Transit Subsidies", International Journal of Transport Economics, February 1995. (with Kofi Obeng) 
4. "The Intended Relationship Between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," Public Finance Quarterly, Vol. 23, No.1, January, 1995. 
5. "Sources of Change in U.S. Manufactured Exports during the Eighties", Journal of Economics and
   Finance, Vol. 18, Number 1, Spring 1994 (with Farida Azam). 
6. "Revisiting Relationship Between Growth and Poverty", Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 22, No. 1, Summer 1993 (with Alonzo Redmon). 
7. "US Export Performance: 1978-1987" Proceedings of the Third Annual Symposium on International
   Economic competitiveness, Institute of International Economic Competitiveness, Radford University, March 23-25, 1990 (with Farida Azam).
8. Modeling Economic Inefficiency from Transit Subsidies, Praeger 1997 (with Kofi Obeng and Ryoichi
   Sakano). This is an advanced level book. 
9. Government Subsidies and Economic  Inefficiency in Public Transit (with Kofi Obeng). This research was done for the US Department of Transportation. The project was funded by the Federal Transit Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1994. 
10. Terms of Trade for Jute: A Note" Bangladesh and UNCTAD V, ed. By K.M. Matin (Dhaka, Bangladesh: B.I.D.S., 1982) with S.R. Osmani, and Q.K. Ahmad. 
11. World Trade in Primary Commodities, the Case of Jute, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1979. The project was funded by the Third World Forum.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS  

1. “Which Way is Liberal Democracy Headed”, The Independent, September 27, 2012. 
2. “The Making of Iraq War”, Daily Sun, January, 2012. 
3. "From Plassey to PRSP: The anatomy of poverty creation", The Daily Star, Vol. 5, Aug 2006. 
4. A Doctrinal History of US Foreign Policy: The Missing Link, Greensboro News & Record, January 2002. 
5. “Koran Foretells Inevitable Conflict – A Reply,” Greensboro News & Record, December 2001.

Conference Presentations/Participations/Other Professional Activities 

1. Keynote Speaker at the Golden Jubilee if the Victory Day of Bangladesh and China as the Development Partner of Bangladesh, December 18, 2023.
2. Member, International Best of Regions Award Committee, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022 and 2023.
3. Evaluator, International Teaching Excellence Award, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, 2022.
4. Marketing Evolution in the Post Covit Scenario, presented at the Valedictory session, 4^th International Marketing Conference, SIES College of Management Studies, February 13, 2021.
5. Challenges in Higher Education, Annual Meeting of the Higher Education Forum held on December 7, 2019, in Mumbai, India. (Distinguished Speaker) 
6. ACBSP Annual Conference on the Art of Developing Entrepreneurial Leaders, held on June 21-24, 2019, in Houston, Texas, USA, USA.
7. ACBSP Annual Conference on Transforming Student Success through Recruitment, Retention, and Re-entry, June 8-11, Kansas City, Missouri, USA 
8. ACBSP Annual Conference on Preparing Students for Career Success, held on June 23-26, 2017, in Anaheim, California, USA.
9. "Rise of the West: Evidence from the Early Modern Period", East-West University, Dhaka Bangladesh, August 2005. 
10. "Subsidies and Inefficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Approach," with Sakano R. and K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996. 
11. "Transit subsidies, Allocative Distortion and Input Demand", with K. Obeng. Presented at the Western Economic Association meeting held in San Francisco, June 29-July 2, 1996.
12. "The Intended Relationship between Federal Operating Subsidy and Cost," with K. Obeng. Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992.
13. "Government Debt and U.S. German Interest Rate Differential," with Faik Koray. Presented at the Western Economic Association Meeting held in San Francisco, July 9-13, 1992
14. "Twin Deficit Linkages, Some Empirical Results." Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 29-April 1, 1990.
15. "Real Factors in Exchange Rate Determination,” with Farida Azam. Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Meeting, Boston, Mass, March 10-12, 1988.
16. Discussant, Third Annual Symposium of the Institute for International Economic Competitiveness, College of Business and Economics, Radford University, Radford, Virginia, March 23-25, 1990.
17. Participant, Negotiated International Economic Change, Assessing Progress after UNCTAD V, Institute of Developing Studies, Sussex University, Brighton, U.K., June 2-29, 1979.

1. Guilford College Anti-Racism Team: 2003 - 2005. 
2. Greensboro Civic Entrepreneur Initiative: This project aimed to foster community participation in decision-making through leadership development. A three-year project, it was funded by the Pew Charitable Trust and hosted by the Community Foundation of Greensboro. Twenty Cities across the nation participated in it. I was a member of the steering committee.
3. ARC of Greensboro: For more than a decade I have been a member of ARC of Greensboro, an advocacy group for the mentally challenged, and have served as the Treasurer for several years.

1. Project title: Government Subsidy and Economic Efficiency 
2. Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Transportation. Grant amount: $80,802.00