Department of Economics and Social Sciences (ESS): Recent submissions
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An essay on the factors of income
(Brac University, 2022-07)This paper examines the effect of different factors on the composition of individuals earning by using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data. This paper also exhibits the contribution of individual’s non-cognitive ... -
Sheltered: a thesis exploring the link between bhodrota and the sexual subjectivities of Bangladeshi middle-class new adults
(Brac University, 2022-08)Sheltered’ explores the cultural taboo about sexuality among the urban middle-class in Bangladesh, i.e. the bhodrolok, and the way it shapes sexuality and sexual norms/expectations. This taboo exists to maintain and ... -
Religiosity/Spirituality and Mental Health
(Brac University, 2022-05)Religion has always been a source of spiritual guidance and reassurance for the followers because of the moral template it provides. However, with the advancement of science and technology, people have slowly drifted ... -
Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh and Women’s role: Does a woman become the new ‘Patriarch?’
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English as the medium of instruction in higher education in Bangladesh: A colonial legacy for empowerment or a structure asking for decolonisation?
(Brac University, 2022-05)The only acceptable medium of Education in the public and private universities of Bangladesh is English. Though most of the undergrad students come from the Bangla Medium background, they are expected to use English ... -
The mathar orna and authority among middle-class Bangladeshi women: Personal reflections on a collective phenomenon
(Brac University, 2022-05)This thesis explores the socio-cultural aspects of veiling among middle-class Bangladeshi women, especially the mathar orna. The subtle yet powerful maneuvering qualities of this specific form of veiling work to ensure ... -
The impact of COVID-19 on beauty parlour workers
(Brac University, 2022-05)Bangladesh has a rich history of growth and development, which has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has shaken the landscape of growth and development due to the six-month-long nationwide ... -
Mobile financial services and impact of Covid-19 on its growth: in context of Bangladesh
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...
