M. A. Hakim is presently a General Manager of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) incharge of administration, research, human resources development and capacity building programmes. Trained in economics at home and abroad, he has worked at Rural Development Academy, Bogra; Colombo based International Water Management Institute; Save the Children Fund UK at Dhaka. He has also served as a consultant/ researcher for the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA); UN Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD); and Winrock International. He has written and researched on microcredit, irrigation and rural development issues.