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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 ...
A Theoretical approach to the equity vs. efficiency argument for income taxes
(BRAC University, 2013-04-25)
Since the start of the economic crisis, many economists had wondered about the best way to get out of
this situation. Seeing the massive movements directed at inequality, this author wondered if inequality
was built into ...
A new world view and the promises of Tabligh: an ethnographic study
(Brac University, 2019-07)
The Tablighi Jamaat is a self-proclaimed non-political, transnational Islamic reform movement which was initiated in India in the 1920's. The founder of the Tablighi Jamaat, Moulana Muhammad Ilyas (1885-1944), founded the ...
Socioeconomic inequalities affecting adult obesity in rural Bangladesh: evidence from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey
(Brac University, 2019)
The rising prevalence of obesity represents an important public health issue. The
burden of obesity is increasing in the world as well as in Bangladesh. This research
aims to know whether socioeconomic inequality exists ...
Unemployment with Educational Attainments in Lower Middle Income Countries: 1994-2017
(BRAC University, 2018-09)
This paper empirically investigates how the overall unemployment rate in lower middle income countries is augmented by labor forces with different level of educational attainments by focusing on three distinguished level ...
The impact of private sector investment in rural Bangladesh: a comparative analysis of two sub-districts
(Brac University, 2019-10)
In recent years investment in urban areas have been increasing, but this is not the case for
rural areas. This thesis studies the impact of private investment on rural areas of
Bangladesh. It firstly gives the reader a ...
Landholding as a lifeline: The impact of the Rohingya Crisis on farmers in Teknaf and Ukhia
(Brac University, 2023-01)
Most cohesion and host community reports regarding the Rohingya crisis frequently mention the
adversities faced by farmers as a result of the mass exodus, even though their adversities are discussed
vaguely, with farmers ...
Forecasting market movement in Dhaka Stock Exchange: LSTM vs. ARIMA
(Brac University, 2019-04)
This paper creates and examines the performance of LSTM models against ARIMA models,
using Dhaka Stock Exchange data from beginning of 2000 to the beginning of 2019. An
algorithm has been designed to simultaneously train ...
Revisiting women empowerment: a retrospect on the other side of readymade garment industry
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-12)
Empowerment in the garments industry is the pivot of a seesaw, where at one end there are
women and then there’s the other end that carries all the obstacles. This study works with
women empowerment concentrating on ...
An Anthropological study on the socio-economic condition of the small-scale poultry farmers in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-09)