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"Households in rural Colombia are confronted with a variety of violent threats: attacks and displacement threats by guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households have to adjust their day-to-day decisions, including...
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The objective of this study is to identify lessons for improving cookstoves in Bangladesh through an evaluation of …. Bangladesh's new renewable energy policy endorses creating a better environment for renewable energy technologies and promoting … market development for improved cookstoves (Government of Bangladesh 2009). This study supports this policy direction by …
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such as Bangladesh, where they often have few work alternatives. In this paper, the authors descriptively examine the … formal and informal financial sectors of rural Bangladesh, placing special emphasis on differences between men and women …. Their analysis uses unique data on the credit and transfer behaviors of 1,800 households in rural Bangladesh. The authors …
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Bangladesh stands out as the shining new example in South Asia of a poor country achieving impressive gains in gender … evidence-based policy proposals. Beyond a doubt, Bangladesh has made great progress in achieving gender equality and enhancing … equality. Between 1971 and 2004, Bangladesh halved its fertility rates. In much of the country today, girls' secondary school …
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malnutrition in Bangladesh through a better understanding of gender-nutrition linkages. It is also part of a larger effort on … Bangladesh is instrumental in shaping nutrition outcomes. This study has demonstrated that gender and nutrition are intimately …During the past two decades, Bangladesh has made considerable progress in development, sustaining high rates of …
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