Biography
Dr. Aslam Mia holds Ph.D. in development economics (research area: microfinance) from University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Management (SOM), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Dr. Mia has published around 60 articles related to productivity and efficiency of financial institutions, market structure, microfinance and, urban economics in internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals. Among some of the journals he has published are, Economics Letters, Finance Research Letters, Singapore Economic Review, Managerial and Decision Economics, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, The European Journal of Development Research, Development Policy Review, Gender in Management, Business History, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Social Economics, Cities, Economic Analysis and Policy, Strategic Change and others. Recently, his sole authored book on “Social Purpose, Commercialization, and Innovations in Microfinance” has been published by the Springer. He also presented his research findings over 30 national and international conference/seminar during the last decade.
Location
Penang, Penang, Malaysia