Department of Economics and Social Sciences (ESS)

Mobile financial services and impact of Covid-19 on its growth: in context of Bangladesh

Khan, Sarah Nuzhat (Brac University, 2021-12)

Mobile Financial Service is a method of providing services to the public through the use of mobile, allowing them to conduct financial transactions by financial organization. This thesis examines the Bangladesh’s present ...

Quantifying the direct economic damage caused by the impact of climate change in Asia Pacific Region

Safi, Safwan Mahmood (Brac University, 2022-01)

Global warming or climate change has amplified the number of natural disasters around the world. Natural disasters include floods, various forms of storms, cyclones, heat waves, drought, wildfires etc. Two important ...

Evolution of food consumption patterns in upper middle-class Dhaka and how it shaped individuals and their relations to others

Rafa, Faiza Nuren (Brac University, 2021)

Food is an integral part of human life. What once was a mere form of sustenance, now embodies cultural values, markers of class and status, identity, and the imprint of change and development. As the economy of Bangladesh ...

Bank profitability- a study on the private commercial banks in Bangladesh

Galib, SK Ahsan (Brac University, 2021-08)

The thesis examines the influence of bank-specific variables on bank profitability in Bangladesh for the period, 2014-2018. The sample contains data of the 13 largest private commercial banks which has been chosen on the ...

Access barriers to financial inclusion: a study of the Ugandan case

Onzia, Judith Eyoa (Brac University, 2021-06)

Financial inclusion is a policy concern around the world. Uganda’s financial sector comprises formal, semi-formal and informal institutions that offer services such as banking services including opening bank accounts, ...

Coping mechanism of informal trading enterprises in adverse situation: a case study of street vendors in the Narayanganj City, Bangladesh

Nayam, Kushnuma Tun (Brac University, 2021-06)

Street vendors operate their economic activity despite routine extortions and harassment. Eviction policy however dislodges these petty traders throwing them in uncertainty of earning an income for living. This was evident ...

Environmental policy instruments use-design for improving E-waste management in Bangladesh

Irthiza, Ahmad (Brac University, 2021-03-21)

‘Electronic Waste’ or ‘E-waste’ management is a growing concern in Bangladesh, as the toxic components of E-waste have a severe effect on health and the environment. The existing policies for managing such environmental ...

An exploratory analysis of economic growth and governance indicators of Bangladesh, 1996-2018

Anoy, Newaz Masud (Brac University, 2020)

Bangladesh has been experiencing a steady economic growth around seven percent for the last few years. Although the economy is growing faster but the governance indicators are showing a different scenario in six dimensions ...

Nexus of price and income with money in Bangladesh

Kashem, Mohammad Abul (Brac University, 2020)

The key objective of this thesis is to investigate the linkages of money with income and price level using annual time series data for the period of 1978 to 2018 of Bangladesh. The stationarity of the data has been tested ...

Impact of the Accord and Alliance on labor productivity of the Bangladesh RMG industry

Chowdhury, Sabrina Fatema (Brac University, 2020-07)

The year 2013 saw one of the most tragic accidents in the readymade garment (RMG) industry, the Rana Plaza accident, which claimed more than 1100 lives of garment workers. This accident drew attention of the world to the ...

Travails of an Insider: An Inside View on the Social Place of Mental Wellbeing

Khan, Mohaiminul Haque (Brac University, 2019)

Psychiatric illnesses are certainly no elusive phenomena, though continuing to be a seldom conversed taboo. Societal neglect does not make it simple to treat patients and it need not be mentioned that it is diametrically ...

Is the economy of Bangladesh actually expanding? An analysis using the Hayashi, Kehoe and Prescott approach of Growth Accounting, and other related factors

Akter, Amina (Brac University, 2020-06)

This paper is about inconsistencies between two scenarios of Bangladesh. On one hand Bangladesh is recognized as the top rich growing country, and on the other hand old women cry out of hunger or attempt suicide for being ...

Salinity mitigation through voluntary donations in a developing country: the case of Bangladesh

Tahzeeda, Jasia (Brac University, 2020-03)

This research paper concentrates on the role of voluntary donations in Bangladesh for salinity mitigation. Therefore, questionnaire survey was conducted on 1000 respondents, where their willingness to donate labor and money ...

A study on the identity formation of tea garden workers: stories curtained in the narrative of development

Tabassum, Syeda Sayka (Brac University, 2019-09)

Shreemangal is one of themost popular tourist spots in Bangladesh. Shreemangal is known as the land of tea. At the entrance, there is a statue of a woman plucking tea leaves in a basket which is tied to her head. This same ...

Memories of the partition and the formation of identities

Tasneem, Zehra (Brac University, 2019-12)

The story of the Partition serves as the origin story of the modern Indian sub continent and continues to be relevant in the context of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Communal differences among the citizens of these three ...

A study on the socio economic realities of Bangladesh based dancers: understanding their financial struggles and industry issues that set dance as a marginalized profession in Bangladesh

Mela, Lamia Saiyara (Brac University, 2019-12)

This paper highlights the major nuances that constitute the life of a professional dancer in Bangladesh, within the local dance industry that exists. Given the socio-economic backdrop that Bangladesh has, earning from ...