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"As pesticide traders are important sources of information about the health impacts of pesticides, a crucial … understanding of their perception is necessary to guide further pesticide information dissemination efforts through this channel. To … this end, a 2003 survey of 110 Bangladeshi pesticide traders was conducted with questions on the pesticides in stock …
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Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4 percent of farmers formally trained in … pesticide use or handling, and over 87 percent openly admitting to using little or no protective measures while applying … pesticides, overuse is potentially a threatening problem to farmer health as well as the environment. To model pesticide overuse …
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"In this paper, the authors have assessed the incidence and determinants of pesticide poisoning among rice farmers in … negative externalities, and suggest that future research on pesticide-related damage should include information on local water …
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,000 households in rural Bangladesh, this paper studies the welfare impacts of households' grid connectivity. Based on rigorous …
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-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions … public assistance. The Bangladesh example shows active roles of both ex-ante and ex-post actions. These observations are …
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"This paper examines the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production using panel data from Bangladesh …, although disasters have negative impacts on investment. In Bangladesh, children with more biological human capital are less …
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"Seasonal poverty in Bangladesh, locally known as monga, refers to seasonal deprivation of food during the pre … targeted poor to contain income seasonality and poverty in this impoverished part of Bangladesh. "--World Bank web site …
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"The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using …
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