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Using nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh …, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of …
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There are significant value chain linkages between India and Bangladesh, particularly in the textile and apparel sector … Bangladesh. Bangladesh specializes in the downstream final apparel segment, exporting worldwide as well as to India. Tariffs and …
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Biases from truncation caused by coresidency restriction have been a challenge for research on intergenerational mobility. Estimates of intergenerational schooling persistence from two data sets show that the intergenerational regression coefficient, the most widely used measure, is severely...
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contiguous districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the northeast of the subcontinent to measure the degrees of trade …
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The primary objective of this study is to analyze the impact on Bangladesh of increased market access in India, both … within a static production structure and also identifying dynamic gains. The study shows that Bangladesh and India would both … gain by opening up their markets to each other. Indian investments in Bangladesh will be very important for the latter to …
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India and Pakistan, the two largest economies in South Asia, share a common border, culture and history. Despite the … benefits of proximity, the two neighbors have barely traded with each other. In 2011, trade with Pakistan accounted for less … than half a percent of India's total trade, whereas Pakistan's trade with India was 5.4 percent of its total trade. However …
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Household surveys in Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were analyzed using a two …
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This study conducted an experimental intervention in unelectrified areas of northern Bangladesh to investigate the …
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Bangladesh has achieved robust economic growth over the past 10 years, with real GDP growing by more than 6 percent on … forward. A simple growth model calibrated to the Bangladesh economy is used to analyze various growth scenarios. The main …
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Millions of villagers in Bangladesh are exposed to arsenic by drinking contaminated water from private wells. Testing … randomized controlled trial conducted in 112 villages in Bangladesh to evaluate the effectiveness of different test selling …
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