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A good mix against ultra-poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2021-07-13)
Published in the Review of Developmental Economics, the existing evidence from the article shows that programs that provide grants to productive assets along with training to very poor women increase labor supply, earnings, ...
From over to optimal irrigation in paddy production: What determines over-irrigation in Bangladesh?
(Springer Link, 2021-04-22)
This paper examines the level of optimal irrigation and the determinants of over-irrigation in paddy production since about three-fourth of freshwater withdrawal is used to irrigate paddy plants in Bangladesh. Cobb–Douglas ...
Finding out fast about the impact of COVID-19: The need for policy-relevant methodological innovation
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
In this viewpoint we explore one joint research initiative in Bangladesh to illustrate how methodological innovations using mobile phone technologies and pre-existing survey databases can generate rapid and insightful data ...
Analysing the glass ceiling and sticky floor effects in Bangladesh: Evidence, Eetent and elements
(Springer Link, 2021-08-16)
This article was published in SN Business & Economics. With deep-seated gender imbalances prevalent in Bangladesh, it is compelling to understand how those women, who do manage to get employed, are faring in terms of equity. ...
The moral and political economy of the pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak states and strong societies during COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread in 2020, the government of Bangladesh ordered a lockdown and promised a program of relief. Citizens complied at first, but soon returned to economic and social life; relief proved slow and ...
Intersecting barriers to adolescents’ educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gender, disability and poverty
(Elsevier, 2021-09)
This article explores the social determinants of adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It provides novel empirical data from the ...
A stepping stone approach to understanding harmful norms
(Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2021-02)
Harmful social norms often persist despite legal and economic sanctions against them. Can the abandonment of a harmful norm be facilitated by the presence of a 'mildly harmful' alternative that may act as a stepping stone ...
Demand for tobacco products in Bangladesh
(BMJ Journals, 2021-04-02)
Tobacco tax increase is considered as one of the most effective means to reduce tobacco consumption and its consequences. An increase in taxes, which results in an increase in the price of tobacco products, reduces ...
An adaptive governance and health system response for the COVID-19 emergency
(Science Direct, 2021-01)
In the absence of an efficacious and affordable vaccine, the current crisis of COVID-19 is likely to be a long drawn one for many developing countries. In Bangladesh, where the entire population is susceptible and strict ...