Browsing by Author "Rabbani, Atonu"
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Assessing the spatial accessibility of microfinance in northern Bangladesh: a GIS analysis
(© 2015 Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2015)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 ... -
Explaining equity gains in child survival in Bangladesh: scale, speed, and selectivity in health and development
(© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)By disaggregating gains in child health in Bangladesh over the past several decades, signifi cant improvements in gender and socioeconomic inequities have been revealed. With the use of a social determinants of health ... -
Health shock and preference instability: Assessing health-state dependency of willingness-to-pay for corrective eyeglasses
(BMC, 2019-11-07)Background: Differences in contingent valuation (CV) estimates for identical healthcare goods can cast considerable doubt on the true economic measures of consumer preferences. Hypothetical nature of CV methods can ... -
The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
(Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, and Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, 2020-09-30)This study focusses on the workers from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh who are particularly vulnerable to the transitory shock to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the sector. The data of the study was collected ... -
Impacts of coronavirus on non-member RMG cactories in Bangladesh: a rapid survey jointly conducted by Brac University’s CED and JPGSPH
(Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, 2020-08-01)This study, jointly undertaken by Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project of Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) of Brac University and Brac James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) of BRAC University, is based ... -
Impacts of Coronavirus on non-member RMG factories in Bangladesh: a rapid survey jointly conducted by Brac University’s CED and JPGSPH
(Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, 2020-08-01)This study, jointly undertaken by Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project of Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) of Brac University and Brac James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH) of BRAC University, is based ... -
Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action
(© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should ... -
Internal migration as a coping mechanism to natural disaster: Evidence from southern Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2017-04)The study focuses on the impact of exposure to a natural disaster on migration. Here, we focus on a very specific type of migration where the households send household member(s) outside the community for earning purposes. ... -
Trends and determinants of inequities in childhood stunting in Bangladesh from 1996/7 to 2014
(© 2016 International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016-11-16)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 ... -
Willingness to pay for cataract surgeries among patients visiting eye care facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2019-05-07)Background Cataract is the leading cause of avoidable blindness globally. It is estimated that 89% of people with visual impairment live in low- and middle-income countries where the cost of cataract surgery represents a ...
