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village sample leads to underestimation of agriculture's role in employment growth and transformation of non-farm activities …
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essential for planning adaptation in low-lying coastal areas around the world. This paper presents a case study in Bangladesh on …
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activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper … agricultural productivity, and using subdistrict level panel data from Bangladesh, this paper finds significant positive effects of …
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elasticity of demand and the wage elasticity with respect to productivity increase in agriculture. For productivity growth to …
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. The empirical context of the analysis is the Jamuna bridge in Bangladesh, which opened in 1998 and reduced the transport …
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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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