Food Security for the Poor: Exploring Policy Options under Alternative Price Regimes
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.
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.
Identifying the Casual Links between Local Political Leadership & Sanitation
Team leader: Atonu Rabbani Sponsored by: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Measuring movement out of poverty
Lead researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Microcredit Summit Campaign
Integrated Phase Classification of Food Security (IPC) Project
Lead Researcher: Sajjad Zohir Sponsored by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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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The Relative Efficiency of Water Use in Bangladesh
Research Team: Nasima T. Chowdhury Sponsored by: South Asian Network For Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Implementation of Policies for Reducing Chronic Poverty (PRS) Country Study: Bangladesh
Research Team: Sajjad Zohir, Abantee Harun, Naser Farid & Iftekharul Huq Sponsored by: Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London The background paper prepared for Second Chronic Poverty Report 2007/08, CPRC, has been submitted to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London. The paper looks into the problems of implementing pro-poor (particularly, chronic poor) policies in Bangladesh.
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.