Integrated farming systems for the household food & nutritional security
Rural cooperative and marketing linkages for the small producer groups,
Business operations management
Sustainable rural livelihoods improvement
Democracy, Governance and Development
Rural finance and poverty alleviation,
Sustainable development & environment,
Teaching Experiance
Chairman at Dept. Of Business Adm., Eastern University from Nov 1st 2011 to Feb 28th 2017
Professor at Faculty Of Business Adm., Eastern University from Feb 1st 2010 to Jan 31st 2024
Professor at Div. Of Socioeconomic Scs;, Nagoya Univ., Japan. from Apr 1st 2006 to Aug 30th 2008
Associate Professor at Faculty Of Economics And Culture, Nagoya Gakuin University from Jan 1st 2004 to Mar 30th 2006
Associate Professor at Gono (The Peoples') University from Dec 1st 2008 to Jan 31st 2010
Associate Professor at Graduate School Of Social & Cultural Studies, Kyushu University from Apr 1st 2000 to Apr 30th 2004
Assistant Professor at Dept. Of Economics, Yokkaichi University, Japan from Apr 1st 1999 to Mar 30th 2000
Assistant Professor at Economics, Sasaki Intl. Academy from Apr 1st 2000 to Mar 31st 2002
Researcher at United Nations Centre For Regional Development from Apr 1st 1999 to Apr 1st 2004
Researcher at Bfri from Jan 1st 1988 to Dec 31st 1991
Researcher at Div. Of Socioeconomic Scs;, Nagoya Univ., Japan. from Apr 1st 2004 to Mar 31st 2006
Administrative Position
General Secretary and EC member at Iearn-Bd From Nov.2011 ~May 2016
Researcher & Trainer; and Project Coordinator (ASEAN). at Uncrd From April 1999 - March 2004
Coordinator, GCSM (Generation Change and Social Media) Project at American Center, Dhaka From 2013-14
IQAC Director at Eastern University From 1 January 2019 ~ Now
Director at Jb Ai Kids Garden From 2004-2022
Director at Arunapalli, Jahangirnagar University Housing Society From 12/2019 - 12/2022
Chairperson at Dept. Of Business Administration, Nagoya University From Nov. 2011 ~ 2/2017
IQAC Director at Ugc-Wb Heqep Project, Nagoya University From August 2017 - December 2018
Founding Director & Coordinator (Model Village, Cambodia) at Jcva (Japan-Cambodia Volunteers Association) From March 2003- August 2008
Head (Economics) at Gono (The Peoples') University From December 2008 - January 2010
Director (Aichi, Japan) and Peace Ambasedor (voluntary). at Iifwp (Intl. & Inter-Religious Federation For World Peace). From 2003-2008
Dean (Acting) at Faculty Of Business Administration, Eastern University From May - September 2012
Journal Publications
M. Ashraf Hossain et.al.: Sustainable Dev. and Green Financing - A Study on Banking Sector of Bangladesh, Co-author of “SE & Sustainable Development”. published at Springer publication on 2017 Based on CSR and Sustainable Development
M. Ashraf Hossain: Blue Revolution, Promising Small-Scale Rural Aquaculture and Search for Pro-Poor Social Business Entity in Bangladesh. pp.47-55. published at International Journal of General Management, Vol.5, Issue 1, Dec-Jan. 2016 (Best Paper Award). on 2016 Based on Aquaculture, Blue Revolution and Social Business.
Jahirul H., Ashraf Hossain & K. Hossain (2014): Impact of Capital Structure Policy on Value of the Firm: A Study on Some Selected Corporate Manufacturing Firms under Dhaka Stock Exchange, pp.77-83. published at ECOFORUM Journal, Vol.3, Issue 2(5). on 2014 Based on Capital Structure Policy and Impact of Firms.
M. Ashraf Hossain & N. H. Sakib (2011): Development, Governance and Irony of Democracy, pp.103-119. published at Asian Studies, No.30, June 2011. on 2011 Based on Democracy and Governance
M. Ashraf Hossain & N. H. Sakib: Local Governance and Area Development in Japan, pp.115-130. published at Journal of Business Administration., No.2, June 2009. on 2009 Based on Governance and Development
M. Ashraf Hossain: Milieu Features of Food Insecurity and Potential Facets of Asian Integrated Farming Systems Centering in Rural Aquaculture, pp.187-250. published at Social Sciences (Vol.45, No.1, July 2008). on 2008 Based on Food & Nutritional Security
M. Ashraf Hossain: Faces of Poverty, Financing the Poor, Novel Management Props, and the Nobel Peace Prize - Modus Operandi of the Grameen Bank, pp.110-173 published at Social Sciences (Vol.44, No.3, Jan. 2008). on 2008 Based on Poverty, Finance and Management.
M. Ashraf Hossain, et al. : Micro-Credit, Grameen Bank, and Developmental Perspectives and Issues in Bangladesh. pp.209-236. published at Nanzan Management Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, March 2007. on 2007 Based on Micro-Credit Management
M. Ashraf Hossain, H. Takeya, & K. Nahar (2006): Pursuing Partnership and Ensuring People’s Participation in Rural and Regional Development - Participatory and Collaborative Approach of the PDA in Thailand, pp.54-70. published at on Based on Collaborative Participation
Interdisciplinary Jr. on World Peace & Education, (Vol. 32, No.4, Sl. No. 171 (Autumn 2006).
2006
M. Ashraf Hossain et al.: Nihon oyobi Ajia no Chiikki Kaihatsu(in Japanese/Japanese and Asian Regional Development. published at Minerva (Kyoto). (ISBN4-623-04571-4). on 2005 Based on Regional Development
Japanese and Asian Regional Development (in Japanese): Nihon oyobi Ajia no Chiikki Kaihatsu (Co-author: In I. Miyakawa, et al.). published at Book. Minerva Publisher (Kyoto). on 2005 Based on Regional Development
M. Ashraf Hossain (2004): Grassroots Poor and the Rural Credit Provisions in Cambodia: Reality of the Remote Villages, pp.42-56. published at Interdisciplinary Journal on World Peace & Education, (Vol. 30, No.2 Sl. No. 160, Spring 2004). on 2004 Based on Financing the Rural Poor
K. Takada; M. Ashraf H., et al.: Memorial Book - 10th Anniversary of the School, Kyushu University . published at Memorial Book on 2004 Based on School Research
M. Ashraf Hossain: Preliminary Findings of Participatory Action Research in Four Cambodian Villages - Grassroots Perceptions of Vulnerability, pp. 59-70. published at Interdisciplinary Jr. on World Peace and Education (Vol. 29, No. 1, Sl.#156, Winter 2003. on 2003 Based on Participatory Development
M. Ashraf Hossain: An Assessment on Thai Basic Minimum Needs Indicator - The Case of Nakhon Ratchasima Province of Northeast Region, pp.59-70. published at Interdisciplinary Jr. on World Peace and Education (Vol. 29, No. 2, Sl.#157, Spring 2003. on 2003 Based on Basic Needs Indicator
Bashiru M. Koroma & M. Ashraf Hossain: Problems of Food Insecurity in Cambodia - Participatory Action Research and Planning in Vulnerable Areas, pp.56-70. published at Regional Development Studies, UN Journal, Vol. 9, 2003. on 2003 Based on Participatory Research
M. Ashraf Hossain: Community Action Planning in Rural Development - A Method of Promoting People’s Participation, pp.62-70. published at Interdisciplinary Journal on World Peace & Education, Vol. 29, No. 3, Sl.# 158, Summer 2003. on 2003 Based on Community Participation
M. Ashraf Hossain: Human Security - Concept and Issues in Regional Development (II). pp42-49. published at Interdisciplinary J. on World Peace & Education, 28(2) , Sl.#153, 2002. on 2002 Based on Human Security and Development
M. Ashraf Hossain (2002): Inter- & Intra- Regional Incidence of Inequality and Poverty in Northeast Thailand, pp.185-195. published at Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), UN Journal, Vol.22, No.2, Autumn 2002. on 2002 Based on Inequality and Poverty
M. Ashraf Hossain: Grassroots Agrarian Problems in Bangladesh and the Modus Operandi of the Grameen Bank and Grameen Krishi Foundation - A Focus on the Landless and Functionally Landless Poor, pp.71-98. published at Regional Development Studies (RDS), UN Journal, Vol. 8, 2002 on 2002 Based on Firm - Non firm linkages
M. Ashraf Hossain: Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh - The Grameen Bank’s Initiatives (Study in Foreign Affairs), pp.29-35. published at Journal of Agricultural Development Studies, Vol.13, No.1, 2002 on 2002 Based on Environmental Mitigation
M. Ashraf Hossain: Rural Poor and the Formal Credit Market in Bangladesh - An Empirical Analysis, pp.39-55. published at Social and Cultural Studies (Vol.8, Feb./2002). on 2002 Based on Financing the Poor
M. Ashraf Hossain: A Guide to Participatory Action Research: Determining People’s Real Needs at the Grassroots Level, pp.56-65. published at Interdisciplinary J. on World Peace & Education, Vol. 28, No. 3, Sl.#154, Summer 2002 on 2002 Based on Rural Livelihoods Improvement
M. Ashraf Hossain: Human Security - Concept and Issues in Regional Development (I),pp.52-60. published at Interdisciplinary Journal on World Peace & Education, 28(1), Sl.#152. on 2002 Based on Human Security and Development
M. Ashraf Hossain: Arsenic Contamination in Drinking Water and the Environmental Threats - Mitigation Perspectives in Bangladesh, pp83-102. published at Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), UN Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring. on 2002 Based on Environmental Mitigation
M. Ashraf Hossain & H. Takeya (2001): The Agricultural Linkages of the Grameen Bank, pp.59-69. published at Journal of Agricultural Dev. Studies, 11 (2) (Res. Note), March 2001 on 2001 Based on Financing the small farmers
M. Ashraf Hossain: Local Development & Planning in the 21st Century - Challenges and Priorities. (Co-author in Lee, et al.). published at EAROPH (East Asian Regional Org. for Planning & Housing), Korea Charter. 2001 (ISBN 89-87987-30-2) on 2001 Based on Local Planning and Development
M. Ashraf Hossain (2001): Grassroots Participatory Training for Poverty Alleviation: The Grameen Approach, pp123-136. published at UN Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), UNCRD, Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2001. on 2001 Based on Trainings for Field Functionaries
M. Ashraf Hossain, H. Takeya, & S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman (2000): Sustainability of Grameen Bank- Findings from the Branch Level Survey, pp29-38. published at Journal of Agricultural Dev. Studies, (Vol.11, No.1, Oct. 2000) on 2000 Based on Sustainability of Micro-Credit Organizations
M. Ashraf Hossain & H. Takeya: Grassroots Peoples Activities and the Managerial Aspects of the Grameen Bank at the Centre, pp42-57. published at Journal of Rural and Food Economics, Vol. 44, No. 2, June. on 1998 Based on Rural Financial Management
M. Ashraf Hossain & H. Takeya: The Diversified and Decentralized Aspects of the Grameen Bank - On the System Management, Functions and Activity Analysis, pp.38~50 published at Journal of Agricultural Development Studies, Vol.8, No.2, Oct. 1998. on 1998 Based on Micro-Credit Management
M. Ashraf Hossain & H. Takeya: The Validity of the Developmental Paradigm of the Grameen Bank, pp60-72 published at Journal of Agricultural Development Studies, Vol.7, No.2, March 1997, PP 60-72 on 1997 Based on Rural Financial Management
