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South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally representative data set from Bangladesh. Probit …
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(decrease) in mehr. We then exploit several natural experiments in Bangladesh, that include the Green Revolution around the 1960 … in Muslim marriages. Using two household survey datasets in Bangladesh, we find support for our theoretical predictions … Bangladesh. These results demonstrate that natural shocks may influence the evolution of social institutions. …
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suitable in Bangladesh. The theoretical aspect of the study examines the literature on social entrepreneurship in developing … economies and in Bangladesh, as well as literature on business models and formats. The empirical aspect of the study contains … Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship of the water sector and Bangladesh Social Enterprise Projects for social business …
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute immensely to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and they have a significant influence in growth of economy. However, SMEs are constrained in their access to formal credit as financial institutions fail to grant credit due to information asymmetry. This...
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Like in many other countries, inclusive finance for inclusive growth has become a policy issue in Bangladesh following … that around 40% of the adult population and 75% of households have access to financial services in Bangladesh. Several … examined empirically. Our analysis suggests that the regulatory agencies in Bangladesh have formulated policies for promoting …
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Economic preferences - like time, risk and social preferences - have been shown to be very influential for real-life outcomes, such as educational achievements, labor market outcomes, or health status. We contribute to the recent literature that has examined how and when economic preferences are...
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Bangladesh. The empirical data were collected through interview schedule and FGD from 97 respondents in two slum areas of … Bangladesh. The respondents were selected purposively from the second largest city of Bangladesh namely, Chittagong. The results …
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social background. We investigate dropouts by using a large data-set from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2011 …
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Mobile money has grown rapidly in the past few years. It has contributed to greater financial inclusion for the poor and unbanked, bringing millions of people into a formal financial system. Despite the increased use of mobile money, little research has focused on non-profits' preparedness to...
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Electricity shortage has become a major challenge to continued economic growth in Bangladesh. The country is growing in … terms of GDP growth at a rate of 7% a year. Bangladesh is expected to move towards 23rd position globally by 2050 from its … within the same period. Currently, electricity generation in Bangladesh is highly dependent on fossil fuels, nearly 59% is …
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