Fariha Khan is a Research Associate at SANEM. She obtained an MSc in Economics for Development from University of Oxford, UK, with the support of the Commonwealth Scholarship. Before that, she worked for over two years at BRAC Advocacy for Social Change as a researcher. She was involved in various research projects including the learnings of the poor from the pandemic, post-Covid economic recovery of women informal sector workers and entrepreneurs, and Rohingya adolescents. She holds a BSS and MSS in Development Studies from University of Dhaka. Graduating at the top of her class in both, she is a recipient of the Dean’s Award for her BSS result. Her research interest lies in gender and development, and labour market dynamics.