Research Team: Rushad Faridi, Syed Naimul Wadood and Kazi Sabbir Ahmed Sponsored by: National Food Policy Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP) The study compares several policy options on food security based on different income groups.
Team Leader: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Microcredit Summit Campaign The study the number of household micro-credit borrowers who crossed the thresholds of internationally comparable poverty line between 1990-2008.
M. Emrul Hasan Institution: North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Particularly looking at the Ongoing Negotiations on the GATS Financial Services Agreement (FSA) and it’s effect on the financial sectors of Bangladesh
Organized in partnership with the World Bank Institute (WBI) Period: 29 – 31 May, 2008. Course Coordinator: Sajjad Zohir, Research Director, ERG Short Description: The focus of the course was on imparting basic principles of economics in very broad terms: the market equilibrium and the economics of price control (microeconomics); the macroeconomic balances; the problem of making choices under resource constraint. The participants also identified the relevant issues within specific...
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Working Paper Author(s): Sajjad Zohir, Mehnaz Rabbani, Biva Arani Mallik, Iftekharul Huq, Raisa Afsana Published by: Jointly by ERG and BRAC
Md. Galib Ahsan, Ibrahim Mohammad Siraj & Md. Salah Uddin
Team leader: Atonu Rabbani Sponsored by: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Lead researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Microcredit Summit Campaign