Her areas of specialization are Development Economics and International Economics. Her recent research interests lie in issues, such as Evaluation of development projects based on micro surveys, Poverty reduction, and the Impact of Trade, FDI policies.She has conducted research based on micro surveys in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Latin American countries. She has been carrying out analyses as economists for development assistance projects, writing project reports and annual reports, facilitating international seminars and conferences, serving as a lecturer and a coordinator of training courses etc. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan in 1999.