Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Team leader: A.K. Enamul Haque Sponsored by: Global Development Network (GDN)
Team leader: A.K. Enamul Haque Sponsored by: Global Development Network (GDN)
Organized jointly by ERG and SANDEE Period: 23 – 26 September 2011. Workshop Coordinator: A.K. Enamul Haque Short Description: The aim of this workshop was to build research capacity in the area of environment and resource economics. This workshop is basically for those who wanted to improve in the field of environmental and natural resource economics and wishing to enhance proposal writing techniques. The faculty for the workshop included International...
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Team leader: Atonu Rabbani Sponsored by: London School of Economics and Political Science
Organized jointly by ERG and SANDEE Period: 2 – 6 March, 2011. Workshop Coordinator: Mr. Ziaul Haider, Research Fellow, ERG and Professor, KU Short Description: The main objective of the study was to develop proposal writing skills of young and upcoming researchers of environmental economics and other related branches of knowledge; to introduce key current policy concerns and research themes of environmental economics; to encourage original research aimed at strengthening...
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Research Team: Sajjad Zohir, Biva Arani Mallik, Sara Zabeen,Galib Ahsan Sponsored by: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) The objective of the study was to describe the effects of the food price surge of 2007-08 on the poor and vulnerable in rural and urban Bangladesh, to assess the responses to the effects, and, suggest ways of strengthening social protection/safety net system in Bangladesh for mitigating the risks of food crisis and improving...
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Research Team: Sponsored By: Atonu Rabbani, Lamya Islam This report sets out to assess the experience of Bangladesh with MDGs, More specifically we will focus on nature, status and trends in poverty and employment of the country. Bangladesh is fortunate enough to be part of the growth experience that has typified many countries of the region. It has experienced a robust growth (albeit lower than her other Asian counterparts) in the...
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