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Estimating the Economic Benefits of Arsenic Removal in India: A Case Study from West Bengal
Roy, Joyashree - eSocialSciences - 2008
People living in almost fifty percent of the districts in West Bengal are exposed to arsenic contaminated water. The economic costs imposed by arsenic-related health problems are estimated. Data from a primary survey of 473 households carried out in the districts of North 24 Parganas and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170147
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A Human Rights Commission Must Have Effective Powers
SAHR, South Asians for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
Ratification imposes specific obligations on a state to incorporate human rights into national laws, to amend legislation, to promote, protect and fulfill human rights and prevent violations of human rights through its policies and practices. It also agreed to submit periodical reports on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170172
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Shifting Cultivation and its Alternatives in Bangladesh: Productivity, Risk and Discount Rates
Miah, M. A. Monayem; Islam, S. M. Fakhrul - eSocialSciences - 2008
Khagrachari hill district of Bangladesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170186
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Combining Methodologies for Better Targeting of the Extreme Poor: Lessons from BRAC’s CFPR/TUP Programme
Matin, Imran; Halder, Shantana R - eSocialSciences - 2007
To assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aims to experiment with a different type of approach to address extreme rural poverty. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170194
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Bangladesh and Climate Change: Need for a Comprehensive Adaptive Strategy
eSocialSciences; Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD - 2008
The aim of this paper is to examine the effects climate change will have on Bangladesh and also gives some possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170198
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Employment Promoting Growth in Bangladesh: Monetary and Financial Sector Issues
Mujeri, Mustafa. K. - eSocialSciences - 2009
Although economic growth has improved in recent years in Bangladesh, the better economic performance has not translated … into satisfactory poverty reduction. The type of growth that matters Bangladesh is the one that creates employment … opportunities especially for the poor. In Bangladesh, monetary policy can create better employment opportunities with a well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980016
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Financing Long Term Investments in Bangladesh: Capital Market Development Issues
Mujeri, Mustafa. K.; Rahman, Md. Habibour - eSocialSciences - 2009
financial market to raise long term funds in Bangladesh. It is important, therefore, to set up the required debt market … infrastructure that can create a vibrant secondary debt market in Bangladesh. This paper analyzes recent developments in the country …'s capital market and suggests measures to ensure a liquid capital market in Bangladesh to support the country's rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980018
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Migration and Chronic Poverty
Kothari, Uma - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper provides an overview of conceptual understandings of, and methodological research issues on, the relationship between chronic, or long-term, poverty and processes of migration. The paper presents a framework to enable an analysis of social relations and processes of exclusion, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004995034
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Scaling up a Reproductive Health Curriculum In Youth Training Courses
Rahman, Laila; Islam, Md. Rafiqul; Rob, Ubaidur; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
northwestern Bangladesh from 1999-2003. The study used a quasi-experimental design with pre-post measurements and two experimental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699002
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A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship Between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, Philippines and Bangladesh
Kuper, Hannah; Polack, Sarah; Eusebio, Cristina; … - eSocialSciences - 2008
Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during 2005 …, 75 controls; Bangladesh 216 cases, 279 controls; Philippines 238 cases, 180 controls). [PLoS Medicine December 2008]. …
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