China and India, two Asian countries that experienced a rapid decline in fertility since the middle of the twentieth …. Moreover, our analysis shows that India, where the fertility decline emerged as a consequence of societal and economic … century, are the focus of this paper. Although there is no doubt that lower fertility levels have many positive effects on the …

UTG response, it can be concluded that fertility of many couples in Bangladesh was constrained by supply. …The paper outlines a methodology that allows us to determine whether couples. fertility is supply constrained based on … supply function can yield. I then test this interpretation using data from Bangladesh. I find that controlling for demand …

experiments in the area of family planning. This paper evaluates an ongoing family planning program experiment in rural Bangladesh …. The paper estimates the effect of mothers' program exposure on fertility and children's time allocation. The results show … that while the program was effective in reducing fertility, it had no significant impact on children's school enrollment …

Bangladesh have many dimensions extending well beyond fertility reduction, which do not appear to dissipate after two decades. … implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra … declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from 1996 confirm that this decline in surviving fertility persisted for …

describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates … accruing to India in absolute terms, but the largest relative gains to Nepal, followed by Bangladesh and Sri Lanka when the … infrastructure projects in the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) region, connecting Nepal, eastern India …

) have quota-free trade except People's Republic of China (PRC). It was expected that Pakistan will be beneficiaries in … revealed comparative advantage (RCA) of textile and clothing sector of Pakistan at HS-2digit level and SITC-3 digit level. It … reveals Pakistan has comparative advantage in textile sector and low comparative advantage in clothing sector. Further, it …

-country examination of CG and ESRP in this region. The study takes three SA countries (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and 88 listed …

) spillover effect on other markets in the sample. The stock markets of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan stock markets exhibit … these South Asian markets have positive autocorrelation. The equity markets of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have some … Bangladesh and Nepal, in contrast, lack both global and regional integration. We find limited evidence of neighborhood (India …

) of rice production in Bangladesh. The incentive component of TFP assists in explaining farmers’ response to incentives …