Shyamal Chowdhury is an professor at the School of Economics, University of Sydney. Prior to joining Sydney, he worked for the International Food Policy Research Institute (from 2003-2006), and the World Bank (2006-2007) in Washington DC, USA. He graduated from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh with a BSc (Hons.) in Economics, an MA in Economics from Kiel University, and a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Bonn University. Shyamal specializes in development economics. His current research interests include Economic Development, Agricultural Economics. In particular: migration, micro-finance, technology adoption, human capital, field experiments, development in developing countries.