Exclusion and Initiatives to ‘Include’: Revisiting Basic Economics to Guide Development Practice Chapter 3 Sajjad Zohir Literature on the ‘economics of exclusion’ typically addresses competition and the anti-trust laws of developed economies, not the ‘exclusion’ that development practitioners are concerned about. When economists do engage in the discourse on exclusion in development, they typically deal with poverty and deprivation without always applying the basic analytical tools available in economics (Sen...
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Research Team: A.K. Enamul Haque, Mr. Sakib Mahmud,Ms. Sonia Aftab, Mr. Wahid Abdallah, Mr. Luke Brander, Priya Syamsunder, Roy Brouwe Sponsored By: Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam This report intends to set out a framework for government projects which are undertaken to protect land from floodplain through construction of dykes or embankments. Construction of these have caused multiple repercussions which are mostly long term impacts making it difficult to make...
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Lead Researcher: Mohammed Helal Uddin Sponsored By: International Labour Organization (ILO) This study conducts a comprehensive action-oriented survey of the shrimp production supply chain. This includes a comprehensive enterprise mapping and analysis of labor practices in the shrimp supply chain. OSH risks are also assessed in this study.
Lead Researcher: Mohammed Helal Uddin Sponsored by: The World Bank The study will collect micro data on agriculture value chains that will allow in depth analyses of constraints and bottlenecks faced by different agents at different layers of the marketing chain.
Final Report Author: Mohammed Helal Uddin Published by: Economic Research Group (ERG) This study conducts a comprehensive action-oriented survey of the shrimp production supply chain. This includes a comprehensive enterprise mapping and analysis of labor practices in the shrimp supply chain. OSH risks are also assessed in this study.
Shanir Adda with Dr. Munirul Nabin 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Saturday, 12 April, 2014 Dr. Munirul Nabin, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Deakin Graduate School of Business (Burwood Campus), Deakin University, Australia presents his recent paper at ERG Seminar Room,1st Floor, House 342, Road 25, New DOHS, Mohakhali. Title of the Paper: “Can Foreign Aid Cause more Polarisation in Political Platform of a Developing Country? Theory and Empirical Studies”
Shanir Adda with Marup Hossain 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Saturday, 29 March, 2014 Marup Hossain, Senior Research Associate, RED, BRAC will share his recent research works at ERG Seminar Room,1st Floor, House 342, Road 25, New DOHS, Mohakhali. Brief on Marup’s presentation: Title of the Paper: “Does asset transfer help reduce household food insecurity? Evidence from a targeted poverty reduction program in Bangladesh” Abstract: Using panel data spanning 2002-2011, we...
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Shanir Adda with Dr. Asadul Islam 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Saturday, 15 February, 2014 Asadul Islam, Senior Lecturer at Economics, Monash University and an ERG Fellow shared his recent research works at ERG Seminar Room 1st Floor, House 342, Road 25, New DOHS, Mohakhali. Brief on Dr. Asad’s presentation: Topic 1: Introduce his current research undertaking under a Monash-ERG collaboration, Improving educational outcomes of female and disadvantaged primary school students...
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Shanir Adda with Akib Khan 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Saturday, 01 March, 2014 Akib Khan, Research Associate, ERG shared his recent research works at ERG Seminar Room,1st Floor, House 342, Road 25, New DOHS, Mohakhali. Brief on Akib’s presentation: Title of the Paper: Assessing Spatial Accessibility of Microfinance in Northern Bangladesh: A GIS Analysis Abstract: This paper attempts to understand and operationalize the notion of spatial accessibility (SA) in the...
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Shanir Adda with Dr. Asadul Islam 3:30 – 5:00 pm, Saturday, 15 February, 2014 Asadul Islam, Senior Lecturer at Economics, Monash University and an ERG Fellow shared his recent research works at ERG Seminar Room 1st Floor, House 342, Road 25, New DOHS, Mohakhali. Brief on Dr. Asad’s presentation: Topic 1: Introduce his current research undertaking under a Monash-ERG collaboration, Improving educational outcomes of female and disadvantaged primary school students...
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Team leader: Mohammed Helal Uddin Sponsored by: JICA
