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Economic Cost of Arsenic Disaster: Policy Choices for Bangladesh
Occasional Paper Author(S): M. Zakir Hossain Khan with A.K.Enamul Haque Published by: Economic Research Group (ERG)
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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.
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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)
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The Impact of Price Hike on Child Labor Participation in Bangladesh
Lead Researcher: Mohammed Helal Uddin Sponsored by: Save the Children UK
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Assessing Economy-wide Impacts of Micro Interventions in the Inland Fishery Sector: a case study of Community based Fishery Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh
Research Team: Asadul Islam, Salma Begum, Mashfiqur Rahman Khan Sponsored by: WorldFish Center
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Programs and Approaches for the Excluded
Research Team: Sajjad Zohir, Mehnaz Rabbani, Biva Arani Mallik, Iftekharul Huq, Raisa Afsana Sponsored By: Brac’s Research & Evaluation Division The study had focused on four different kinds of exclusion that surface in economic exchanges mediated through markets, one of which was: Exclusion of potential consumers from the (output) market of goods and services, which has received great deal of attention in the context of safety net programs in developing countries. The...
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