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Linking insurance with microfinance could ensure greater financial inclusion
The Financial Express Published: March 12, 2017
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Seminars
BFP-B mSME Study Report Dissemination Seminar ERG presented its findings and recommendations on SME-credit related policies of Bangladesh Bank at a workshop organised by Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) on 1st February, 2017. Read More Seminar on “Development Issues: Linking Research to Policy” Jointly Organised by IGC Bangladesh Growth Research Program and ERG Venue: Daily Star Centre, Dhaka on December 27, 2013 Seminar on ‘Issues in Education and...
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Impact of arsenic contamination in groundwater on poverty and choice of mitigation technology for rural communities in Bangladesh
Research Team: A K Enamul Haque, M. Zakir Hossain Khan and Joyashree Roy Sponsored by: South Asian Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI) The study focuses on arsenic contaminated water in rural areas to understand three main objective. (i) to understand how household utilizes its resources and the condition of poverty when arsenic related illness occurs. (ii) the compensating measures taken by households and community. (iii) analyze precautionary and preventionary measures taken...
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Economics of Rice Residue Burning in the South-West region of Bangladesh
Lead Researcher: Mohammed Ziaul Haider Sponsored by: South Asian Network For Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) The study advocates the short term benefit of rise residue burning for the farmers, despire the fact that it produces carbon emission and burning rise fields adds little or no value to social welfare. This study develops a strategy to manage crop residue for the farmers because using rise residue in household activities like cooking adds...
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