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As Asia has made remarkable progress in economic development and poverty reduction, the global balance of economic power, in which the United States, Japan and Europe have acted as the three major forces, is changing drastically. In light of the new development, this paper discusses what kind of...
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This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on poverty reduction in Bangladesh by using Computable General … welfare in Bangladesh through increasing in household consumption in Bangladesh. The major findings of two simulation results … applicable in the case of Bangladesh because liberal trade policy helps to reduce the poverty in Bangladesh and improve social …
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The World Fish Center, in collaboration with the GOB and USAID, has been implementing the FtF Aquaculture Project since October 2011 with a view to meet the government and FtF goals to sustainably reduce poverty and hunger. The project is funded by the USAID FtF initiative and covers a 5-year...
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Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are food production systems in which the productivity of freshwater or coastal ecosystems contributes significantly to total household nutrition, food security, and income in developing countries. The Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research...
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This paper provides a critical review of aid effectiveness in Bangladesh. Focusing on the contributions of major donors … adequate and reliable quantitative data. Foreign aid has had a mixed performance in Bangladesh. The responsibility for the … this middle-income status is paved with many obstacles: policy, infrastructure, and weak governance. Even though Bangladesh …
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The paper highlights the problem that Bangladesh has never had a homegrown holistic dynamic strategic framework to … poverty alleviation had remained largely donor driven and Bangladesh has been exposed to a plethora of advice and assistance …
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The purpose of the study is to assess the economics of dairy farming in Bangladesh and the prospects for improving the … provided. The study concludes that milk production from bovines in Bangladesh is not competitive internationally and that under … a liberal trade regime for dairy products dairy farmers in Bangladesh are unlikely to fully benefit from the vast …
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To assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aims to experiment with a different type of approach to address extreme rural poverty. The...
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This paper assesses the technical efficiency and profitability of the knitwear industry in Bangladesh taking into … estimation results indicate the high profitability of the knitwear firms. In Bangladesh, the dynamic development of the industry …
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Rural development has been the core focus of the Bangladesh economic policies since her independence. The rural sector … is pivotal to the country’s economic, social and political development. This paper examines the Bangladesh rural … agricultural and rural programs in Bangladesh is reflected in the reduction in the poverty incidence in the rural sector from …
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