Muhammad Bayazid Sarker (born 1 January 1971) is a Bangladeshi economic researcher and central banker. He has been working in

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(BB) since 1999 and his current position is joint director in the Chief Economist's Unit. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the business school of

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and

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. In 2007, Sarker developed a theoretical structure of migrants’ sponsored bank SBas an alternative source of external financing for developing economies like Bangladesh. The idea of MSB also presented by Sarker in

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, 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 Bachelor's and Master's in economics from Dhaka University in 1997. In 2010, Sarker was awarded Master of Public Policy from National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies RIPS Tokyo. In 2012, Mr. Sarker also finished his MBA in international business from IBA,

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After graduation

After his graduation, he engaged with some research works under Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies IDSand couple of private research firms for two years. In March 1999 he joined in

; the central bank of Bangladesh, 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 who is a banker in profession. They have one son Ismail Sarker and one daughter Juwairyah Amreen Sarker. They reside in Banani, Dhaka.

References

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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
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