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Malnourishment and sex bias in multidimensional child poverty
(BRAC University, 2011-08-13)
Evidence of severe malnourishment and anti-female sex bias has been found in the Korail urban slum settlement of Dhaka. The sex bias is reflected in terms of lower growth dynamics, varying degrees of malnourishment and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Impact of foreign direct investment and trade openness on economic growth of Bangladesh: an empirical analysis
(Brac University, 2019-08)
This paper assesses the relationship between FDI, international trade and economic growth of
Bangladesh in the presence of macroeconomic instability, by empirically analyzing available
data over the time period of 1980 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...