Browsing Department of Economics and Social Sciences (ESS) by Title
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The demand-side location determinants for attracting foreign direct investment: theory and empirics
(BRAC University, 2005-08)Foreign direct investment (FDI), reckoned as a major source of private capital, has grown phenomenally world wide in the last two decades. Developing countries receive about a third of the global FDI inflows. Although ... -
Development regimes in south Asia: History and the governance conundrum
(BRAC University, 2005-08)Until recently, regimes governing development occupied definite territories that delineated their relevant populations and identified authoritative leadership with distinct cultural boundaries. But development regimes today ... -
Disenchanted garment workers: social and economic crisis of garment workers
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016)RMG sector has brought a revolutionary change in the life of rural and poor people, previously these people had no ways other than joining into traditional farming occupation or to work as a housemaid in the households of ... -
Does globalisation affect informal employment in low and lower middle income countries?
(BRAC University, 2017-11-04)This thesis examines whether increased globalisation causes rise in informal employment for low and lower middle income countries. Previous studies have suggested that increased globalisation does play a significant role ... -
Does the adoption of solid cooking fuel contribute to adverse child health outcomes? A Propensity Score Matched (PSM) analysis from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2011- 2018
(Brac University, 2022-11)Low birth weight and severe respiratory infections in children are just two of the acknowledged negative health impacts of household air pollution caused by the use of solid fuels for cooking, which is still a serious ... -
Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
(Brac University, 2019-03)The paper explores whether there exists U shaped hypothesis among the 8 SAARC countries. It first looks at the SAARC nations by implementing the fixed effects model and then analyses the countries individually to see if ... -
Economic inequality and paretian welfare enonomics: some insinuating questions
(BRAC University, 2005-08)This paper examines the academic soundness of the Pareto welfare criterion as a normative rule for evaluating alternative economic inequality scenarios and suggests that the criterion has several weaknesses, which wear off ... -
The effect of climate unpredictability and natural disasters due to temperature rise on labor mobility in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-09)The unpredictability of climate and natural disasters is a concern in Bangladesh because this forces laborers in Bangladesh to leave their birthplace. This thesis is about measuring the effect of temperature, which is a ... -
The effects of agent banking on the profitability of commercial banks in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-12)The thesis examines the effects of agent banking on the profitability of commercial banks in Bangladesh. Around 1.7 billion people in the world do not have access to financial services. In Bangladesh, half of working age ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
An ethnography on the Maizbhandar: locating within cultural, religious and political dimensions
(BRAC University, 2016-05)With the rise of modernity and worldwide expansion of secularism as the principle of most of the modern states, many presumed that religion and its corollaries will become irrelevant by the twentieth century. But right at ... -
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 ... -
Examining how exchange rate fluctuation effects trade balances: emprirically establishing the correlation between exchange rate and balance of trade, the marshall-lerner condition and J effect
(BRAC University, 2012-03-15)This paper will examine the effects on an economy’s overall balance of trade due to fluctuations in its exchange rate, followed by how the Marshall-Lerner and J- curve come into effect in influencing a country’s current ... -
Experiences of minorities in a secular country like Bangladesh
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An exploration of makeup and all its possibilities through the lived and learned experiences of upper/middle class women in Dhaka
(Brac University, 2022)This paper aims to dive into the makings of a makeup culture among women from upper/middle groups as learned through online sources. This culture has shaped consumer patterns, class identity and superiority and has contributed ... -
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 ... -
An exploratory look into the increasing visibility of queer-themed content: Dhaka-based, youth-dominated social media platforms
(Brac University, 2022-10)Given the taboo around sex and section 377, Bangladesh is not the safest country for the LGBTQIA population and its ally. The murder of Xulhaz Mannan, a queer activist, or the instances of ending up in jail for posting ...