Hossain Zillur Rahman is an academic, economist and policy maker from Bangladesh. Combining degrees in economics (Masters, Dhaka University) and political sociology (Ph.D, Manchester University), Hossain Zillur Rahman is a leading policy voice on poverty, governance, social protection, education, social protection, urbanization and political development. He led the drafting of the poverty reduction strategy of the government in 2005 and was a member of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation (ISACPA). He founded the Dhaka-based think-tank Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) in 1996 and prior to that was for over twenty years a leading researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of development Studies.