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Domestic Violence Against Women: Its Determinants and Implications for Gender Resource Allocation

Toufique, Mohammad Mokammel Karim; Razzaque, Mohammad A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper explores the determinants of domestic violence against women as well as its implications for the resources allocated to women. The findings reveal that higher education of women and that of their husbands, and better socioeconomic...

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A Macro Policy for Poverty Eradication through Structural Change

Sobhan, Rehman - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2005

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Does Women?s Status Matter for Food Security? Evidence from Bangladesh

Razzaque, Mohammad A.; Toufique, Mohammad Mokammel Karim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2007

Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper investigates the link between female status and food security. Employing three different indicators of female status ? husband?s and wife?s assets brought at marriage, female share of household income and a composite index of women...

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EXPLORING PARTNERSHIP ENTERPRISE FOR THE RURAL POOR THROUGH AN EXPERIMENTAL POULTRY PROGRAM IN BANGLADESH

MAKITA, RIE - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 12 (2007) 02, pp. 217-237

Self-employment promotion for poverty reduction has been administered through microcredit programs in Bangladesh. While …

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Repayment performance in group-based credit programs in Bangladesh

Sharma, Manohar; Zeller, Manfred - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996

This paper analyzes the repayment rates of credit groups belonging to three group-based credit programs in Bangladesh …: the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and the Rangpur Dinajpur …

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Implications of quality deterioration for public foodgrain stock management and consumers in Bangladesh

Dorosh, Paul A.; Farid, Naser - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

In the late 1990s, government policy in Bangladesh shifted in favor of increased public foodgrain stocks, setting … stock management in Bangladesh: the economic costs of stock quality deterioration in storage, including the implicit costs …

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Modeling the effects of trade on women at work and at home

Fontana, Marzia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

This working paper documents the construction of a 1993-94 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bangladesh. The SAM …

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Macro policies and the food sector in Bangladesh

Fontana, Marzia; Wobst, Peter; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

Trade liberalization in the early 1990s in Bangladesh has enabled the private sector to respond with market …

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Will Bangladesh's Economic Growth Solve its Environmental Problems?

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

Bangladesh has experienced rising GDP and rising per capita incomes now for at least three decades. This article … considers the application to Bangladesh of Environmental Kuznets Curve relationships and applies other macro-methods of … assessing the relationship between economic growth and the environment to Bangladesh’s situation. The consequences of Bangladesh …

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FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: INITIATIVES OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES, PHILIPPINES AND BANGLADESH

Badrie, Neela; Leon, Sonia Y. De; Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin - Caribbean Agro-Economic Society - CAES - 2007

three countries -- Trinidad and Tobago; the Philippines, and Bangladesh in protecting the food supply from hazards. The … food industries meet the safety and quality requirements of national and international trade. For Bangladesh, the …

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