Dr Md Mahmudul HoqueDeputy Secretary, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance, BangladeshEmail: mhmoni24@gmail.comProfilePublicationsExpertiseProfileDr. Md. Mahmudul Hoque serves as a deputy secretary at the Finance Division in Bangladesh. His research primarily focuses on the normalization of child labor and the perspectives of working children in the social construction of childhood in Bangladesh. His research and publications bring multidisciplinary perspectives to understanding global childhood. Dr. Hoque is also an internationally acclaimed photographic artist. ResearchPublications Hoque, M. M. (2024). A Critical Review of Bangladesh's Child Labor Regulations and Policies. World Development Sustainability, 100177. Hoque, M. M. (2023). Understanding the role of structural factors and realities in normalizing child labour in urban slums of Bangladesh. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(2), 2272319. Hoque, M. M. (2022, November). Hazardous child labor in Bangladesh: A critical evaluation of the legal and policy framework vis-à-vis practical challenges. In Proceedings of the World Conference on Children and Youth (Vol. 3, No. 01, pp. 34-55). Islam, R., & Hoque, M. M. (2022). Trade-off between schooling and labor for children: understanding the determinative factors among rural households in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 839231. Hoque, M. M. (2021). Reviewing child labour and its worst forms: Contemporary theoretical and policy agenda. Journal of Modern Slavery, 6(4). ExpertiseChild labor, childhood, climate change, international development, women and gender.