In many developing and transition economies, remittances from labor migrants constitute a large share of households’ disposable incomes. Economy-wide, remittances are often a major source of external finance that surpasses official development assistance and foreign direct investment. In this...

In many developing countries international remittances are an important catalyst in economic development and the reduction of poverty. The increasing importance of international remittances has stimulated research about their impact on economic development. Currently, the debate about the effect...

This paper examines adaptation process and position of current higher educational institutions initiatives for quality assessment and competition for twenty first century challenges. Key objective of this study is to examine twenty identified variables which mostly observe recent rapid changes...

This paper examines the socioeconomic impacts of regional rural urban migration of marginal segment in Rajshahi city corporation slum areas in Bangladesh. Key objective of this article is to examine the results of the first phase, i.e, the findings of the 2003-04 survey, compare with the recent...

This paper examines the factors of regional rural-urban migration in Bangladesh. Key objective of this article is to examine the results of the first phase, i.e, the findings of the 2006 survey, compare with the recent outcomes. The econometric model is developed to observe the association...

The aim of the paper is to highlight the variables that determine the propensity to receive remittances and the amount of remittances by households in rural Bangladesh. The empirical model incorporated the determinants of remittances in terms of observed migrant and household characteristics...

This study examines and analyses the phenomena of unskilled temporary male labour migration from Bangladesh to Malaysia by focusing upon the decision making process, its economic and social impact at the point of origin, and the significance of the role of networks at origin and destination....

Cyber technology (Internet) is a globally interconnected network that includes billions of individual, corporate body and government user as known as f-commerce, e-commerce, m-commerce, e-governance, digital government and so on. These are a hot topic; however, petty is known about the real size...

This paper examines the impact of migrant networks on the labour market trajectories of Bangladeshis in Italy. The survey had two stages and two main methodological tools, firstly, a household questionnaire was administrated among a sample of households at the origin and secondly, socio-economic...

This paper analysed the effect of the relation of the household head to the migrant amongst 10 villages on the remittance determinants and their socioeconomic impacts of remittance receiving households in rural Bangladesh. Using micro-economic data from a survey conducted in 2013, statistical...