Browsing by Author "Khan, Akib"

Assessing the spatial accessibility of microfinance in northern Bangladesh: a GIS analysis

This paper attempts to understand and operationalize the notion of spatial accessibility (SA) in the context of microfinance. Using geographic information system (GIS) data from northern Bangladesh, we have generated a ...

Erratum to: The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: A GIS study [BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 16, (2016) (240)]

The influence of travel time on emergency obstetric care seeking behavior in the urban poor of Bangladesh: a GIS study

Background: Availability of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) is crucial to avert maternal death due to life-threatening complications potentially arising during delivery. Research on the determinants of utilization of EmOC ...

Role of credit in food security and dietary diversity in Bangladesh

This work attempts to disentangle the relationship between credit, food security, and dietary diversity in the context of Bangladesh through descriptive and econometric analyses of the Household Income and Expenditure ...

Trends and determinants of inequities in childhood stunting in Bangladesh from 1996/7 to 2014

Background We explore long-term trends and determinants of socioeconomic inequities in chronic childhood undernutrition measured by stunting among under-five children in Bangladesh. Given that one in three children remain ...