The global education goals, with their emphasis on the quantitative indicators such as the enrollment rates or the number of years of schooling, may have led to too narrow a focus in linking education to human capital development. While many low-income countries have made remarkable progress...

Introduction -- Understanding seasonal hunger : key issues in a global perspective -- Seasonal poverty and hunger in Bangladesh : vulnerability of the northwest region -- Household vulnerability and coping strategies -- Effects of policies and programs : some preliminary findings -- The role of...

Using aggregate indices of education, health, demographic, and gender equality outcomes, we empirically investigate the hypothesis that Bangladesh achieved a higher level of social development compared with countries of similar level of per capita income. Stylized facts and cross-country...

Bangladesh portrays the image of a developmental welfare state, as reflected in the country's Constitution and in numerous official policy documents including the successive Five-Year Plans. The implementation of the policies and programmes, however, has to contend with a serious problem of...

Using aggregate indices of education, health, demographic, and gender equality outcomes, we empirically investigate the hypothesis that Bangladesh achieved a higher level of social development compared with countries of similar level of per capita income. Stylized facts and cross-country...