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Groundwater currently provides 98 percent of all the drinking water supply in Bangladesh. Groundwater is found … throughout Bangladesh but its quality (that is, arsenic and salinity contamination) and quantity (that is, water storage … at the national scale for Bangladesh that combine information on arsenic, salinity, and water storage, using geospatial …
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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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the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) -- spread through Bangladesh's labor markets. Although the end of the MFA was arguably … exogenous to Bangladesh, the authors instrument export demand with OECD imports to ensure identification. The paper compares …, Bangladesh's export shock was sector specific, limited predominantly to the female-intensive garment and textile sector. The …
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empirical illustration documenting changes in sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh showcases the measures' ability to identify …
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This study uses a choice experiment among 2,000 workers in Bangladesh to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) for job …
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impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce …
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representative matched employer-employee data set in Bangladesh with detailed information, including direct measures of the use of …
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electrification are highly context dependent. Using a panel data of 7,018 rural households in Bangladesh for 2005 and 2010, the paper … expanding access to and improving reliability of electricity supply in Bangladesh is estimated to be US$2.3 billion a year …
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