Number of MFI clients moving out of $1.25 a day threshold
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.
Identifying the Casual Links between Local Political Leadership & Sanitation
Team leader: Atonu Rabbani Sponsored by: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Measuring movement out of poverty
Lead researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Microcredit Summit Campaign
Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security (IPC) Project
Lead Researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Small Grants and Academic Partnership Program of IFC-BICF
Research Team: A.K. Enamul Haque, Wahiduddin Mahmud, Sajjad Zohir, Professor Salim Rashid, Professor Anis Chowdhury, Fahad Khalil Sponsored by: BMB Mott MacDonald, Netherlands Investment Climate in South West Region of Bangladesh: A study of the Manufacturing Sector Investment Climate in Bangladesh: Enhanced Role of the Capital Market Lack of Utilization of Local Funds and Productive Investment Climate in Sylhet Region: A Perception Analysis Impact of International Arbitration Proceeding: Governmental Approach and Investment...
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The Relative Efficiency of Water Use in Bangladesh
Research Team: Nasima T. Chowdhury Sponsored by: South Asian Network For Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Implementation of Policies for Reducing Chronic Poverty (PRS) Country Study: Bangladesh
Research Team: Sajjad Zohir, Abantee Harun, Naser Farid & Iftekharul Huq Sponsored by: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London The background paper prepared for Second Chronic Poverty Report 2007/08, CPRC, has been submitted to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London. The paper looks into the problems of implementing pro-poor (particularly, chronic poor) policies in Bangladesh.
Assessing Macro Impacts of Community-Based Fishery Management (CBFM) in the Inland Open Water Fishery Sector An Analytical Exercise with Projections
Research Team: Sajjad Zohir, Salma Begum, Kazi Sabbir Ahmed. Sponsored by: WorldFish Center The study estimates a reduced form supply function (of inland capture fishery) using CBFM monitoring data; and uses regression estimates and parameter estimates from secondary sources to generate a ten-year (2006-2015) projection of capture fish production. Various alternative scenarios are defined in terms of changes in relative price of fish to non-fish food items, gear usage, size of water...
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Monitoring Support to Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh by the BWIS
Research Team: Wahiduddin Mahmud Sponsored by: Commonwealth Secretariat The Study looked into supports provided by the IMF, the World Bank and other development partners to Bangladesh’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
Improving educational outcomes for female and disadvantage primary school students (Bangladesh)
Lead Researcher: Asadul Islam Sponsored by: Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)