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Subjective well-being and relative poverty in rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2012

-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We …

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Family planning and women's and children's health: Long term consequences of an outreach program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2012

implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. …

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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China

Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

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What determines religious school choice? Theory and evidence from rural Bangladesh

Asadullah, Niaz; Chakrabarti, Rupa; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2012

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …

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Going to school in Purdah: Female schooling, mobility norms and madrasas in Bangladesh

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2012

This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction … Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) is combined with community information on the availability of non - religious …

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Survey of models on demand, customer base-line and demand response and their relationships in the power market

Heshmati, Almas - 2012

The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...

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Family planning as an investment in development: evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2007

The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …

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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? The Bangladesh case

Meng, Xin; Ryan, Jim - 2007

The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …

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Early childbirth, health inputs and child mortality: recent evidence from Bangladesh

Maitra, Pushkar; Pal, Sarmistha - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing and child mortality in Bangladesh, a country where …

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School access, resources, and learning outcomes: Evidence from a non-formal school program in Bangladesh

Dang, Hai-Anh; Sarr, Leopold; Asadullah, Niaz - 2011

- in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …

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