in Research Completed

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.

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Keys for the Development of Financial Service Sector of Bangladesh

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  

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Basic Economics for Effective Reporting on Development Issues

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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Exclusion and Poverty: An Analytical Approach for Understanding Exclusion and Assessing Programmes Targeting the Very Poor in Bangladesh

Working Paper Author(s): Sajjad Zohir, Mehnaz Rabbani, Biva Arani Mallik, Iftekharul Huq, Raisa Afsana Published by: Jointly by ERG and BRAC  

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Nature of Relations between Various Food Prices: Insights from Secondary Data

Md. Galib Ahsan, Ibrahim Mohammad Siraj & Md. Salah Uddin

in Research Completed

Identifying the Casual Links between Local Political Leadership & Sanitation

Team leader: Atonu Rabbani Sponsored by: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)

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Potatoes for Rice: a Preamble

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Measuring movement out of poverty

Lead researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Microcredit Summit Campaign  

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Certificate Course on Applied Economics: theory and empirics

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Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security (IPC) Project

Lead Researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

in Research Completed

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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in Research Completed

The Relative Efficiency of Water Use in Bangladesh

Research Team: Nasima T. Chowdhury Sponsored by: South Asian Network For Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)