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Family planning as an investment in development: Evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. Paul - 2007
The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264874
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Determinants of, and the relationship between FDI and economic growth in Bangladesh
Ahamed, Mazbahul Golam; Tanin, Fahian - 2010
the time scale of FDI to Bangladesh over the period 1975- 2006 and major factors determining foreign companies' decisions … policy framework makes Bangladesh as an attractivedestination of FDI, that has a positive spillover and significant impacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270430
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Assessing the role of microfinance in fostering adaptation to climate change
Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis - 2010
the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries - Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272440
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Intergenerational wealth mobility in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2011
mobility in 141 villages in rural Bangladesh. Regression estimates of father-son correlations and analyses of intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278457
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Poisoning the mind: Arsenic contamination of drinking water wells and children's educational achievement in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2011
Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278565
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A macro policy for poverty eradication through structural change
Sobhan, Rehman - 2005
This paper argues that poverty originates in the structural injustices of a social order which incapacitates the poor from participating in the growth generating sectors of the economy and leaves them captives in the so called informal sector, characterized by low productivity and low earning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279234
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The impact of financial reform on private savings in Bangladesh
Chowdhury, Abdur R. - 2001
Over the course of the last decade, Bangladesh has implemented a broad-based program of financial and market reforms … paper estimates a savings function to evaluate the impact of various determinants of private savings in Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279365
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First Solution: a safety-first plan backfires
Ballard, Roger - 2007
facilities to transfer money back to their family in Bangladesh. In June 2007, the company went into liquidation owing nearly 2 … million pounds to the public, the majority of whom were from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468665
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The moderating role of COVID-19 pandemic on the relationship between CEO characteristics and earnings management: evidence from Bangladesh
Uddin, Mohammad Helal - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-25
sectors of non-financial organizations in Bangladesh. The study divided the sample further into COVID-19 pandemic and pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527522
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Institutional factors and CSR reporting in a developing country: Evidence from the neo-institutional perspective
Jahid, Md Abu; Yaya, Rizal; Pratolo, Suryo; Pribadi, Firman - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-27
in the setting of a developing nation like Bangladesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527590