Nahim Bin Zahur This is an exercise in studying proxy inference techniques- but that immediately begs the question- what is a proxy inference technique? The name suggests a link with the concept of a proxy variable, which can be defined as “a measurable variable that is used in place of a variable that cannot be measured.” Thus, from a broad perspective, a proxy inference technique is simply a method of...
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Team leader: Mohammed Helal Uddin Sponsored by: Save the Children UK, Dhaka The study intends to address the situation of unstable food prices including the time of 2007-2008 financial crisis which has affected the people of Bangladesh specifically worsens the condition of the poor.
Organized by ERG under IFC-BIFC Small Grants Program, funded by IFC and BICF Period: 5 March to 9 March, 2009. Course coordinator: A.K. Enamul Haque Short Description: This workshop was a 5 days long research methodology workshop on investment climate issues funded by IFC and Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund under IFC-BIFC Small Grants Program. IN total 17 lectures were given in 5 days plus one general intro session and two...
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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)