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Developing Economies, Aug 30, 2016
The literature on mother's education and child health casually observes some nonlinearities and a... more The literature on mother's education and child health casually observes some nonlinearities and also a threshold in the relationship. Even though this nonlinearity or threshold has significant bearing on policy matters such as quality of education, any rigorous attempt to address this issue is missing in the literature. With height for age z-score as a proxy for long-run child health capital, regression results reveal that there are significant effects of mother's education on child health if mothers do not continue past primary school. Rather, poor quality of education at the primary level, especially literacy, is argued to have given rise to this threshold. It indicates that greater public investment in improving quality of education at the primary level is essential for maximizing the nonmarket outcomes of girls' education in developing countries.
Routledge eBooks, Dec 17, 2021
Review of European Studies, Feb 13, 2016
for their insightful suggestions and comments. I would like to thank Dr. Marcello Estevao from IM... more for their insightful suggestions and comments. I would like to thank Dr. Marcello Estevao from IMF for his valuable comments and also for letting me use the Enquete Emploi data sets.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Sep 1, 2013
Springer eBooks, Dec 29, 2022
In recent years, sustainable supply chains that balance economic development and the environment ... more In recent years, sustainable supply chains that balance economic development and the environment have become an inevitable focus for many businesses and industries. Supply chain finance as the core driving force for supply chain development, plays a vital role in resolving any financing difficulties that exist in many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain. However, most SME supply chain financing assessments currently use economic indicators as the sole measure of the evaluation system and rarely consider sustainability. While existing supply chain financing decision-making systems can resolve SME financing problems to some extent, the one-sided pursuit of maximum economic benefits is contrary to sustainable development and does not assist financial institutions in avoiding finance risks. Therefore, this paper, based on the theory of the triple bottom line (economy, environment, and society) from a sustainable development perspective, innovatively proposes an SME financing evaluation model for supply chain finance that applies a fuzzy multi-criteria evaluation method combined with Topsis. Additionally, at the end, an example is given to demonstrate model validity and evaluate the best possible SME financing model for financial institutions.
Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals, Sep 26, 2019
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2016
Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper c... more Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper comprehensively analyzes various coping schemes adopted by households in the event of different types and intensity of economic shocks. We conclusively find that erosive coping is a dominant strategy for households except asset shocks. It is also evident that the higher the total loss suffered the greater is the likelihood of adopting erosive coping schemes for any of the three economic shocks. Contrary to the findings related to asset shocks, the household is high likely to adopt erosive savings, help from relatives in case of economic shocks. In addition to these two methods, households also takes up new loans and mortgaging land when it encounters expenditure shocks. The househols is more prone to adopt multiple strategies in case of income and expenditure shocks.
Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, Nov 30, 2017
Following widespread criticisms of the conventional MFI framework, Plan Bangladesh, an INGO devis... more Following widespread criticisms of the conventional MFI framework, Plan Bangladesh, an INGO devised a flexible credit scheme characterized by door to door collection of deposits and loan repayments on a day to day basis. The scheme departs from the joint liability mechanism practiced by traditional MFIs in an effort to disburse services to the ultra poor, who are often excluded by community screening mechanisms as well as service providers. This paper aims to test the viability of a flexible scheme offering products developed through participatory market research targeted at individuals. We find the scheme to be highly effective, enhancing income of ultra poor households as well as providing adequate leverage for asset accumulation.
Springer eBooks, 2020
Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human ... more Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human rights violations in their native Myanmar. Despite attempts of repatriation and the government’s consistent refusal to integrate the Rohingyas, an indefinite number has assimilated in mainland Bangladesh. Considering the daunting challenges to quantify the size and nature of this population, we use a small sample of 167 participants to identify how these refugees have assimilated in local communities. Most of them, who arrived approximately 16 years earlier as children or adolescents, have now been absorbed into the informal labour market earning an average monthly household income of BDT 10,270 (roughly USD 120). Unsurprisingly, participants have also adapted to the language and earned some level of education. As the Rohingya crisis remains protracted with the mass influx of 2017, this chapter aims to inform the primary features of past unassisted assimilation, in order to pave the way for further research and for long-run policy formulation.
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2021
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2019
Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development, 2017
Women are vulnerable due to limited access to economic opportunities, capital, land, and skills i... more Women are vulnerable due to limited access to economic opportunities, capital, land, and skills in rural Bangladesh. In 2005, Kazi Shahid Foundation (KSF), an independent welfare organization has promoted an innovative “Specialized Dairy Farming Model” linking with the commercial organic tea plantation, organic produces, and biogas production to improve the rural community, particularly women, in the northern part of Bangladesh. The typical dairy farming models involve exchanging of cash that limits the potential for sustainable development, whereas KSF Dairy Model provides milking cows and calves to its women members, and repayment is based on milk and cow dung, implementing “no cash” microfinance repayment system. This model also ensures risk minimization through cow insurance and veterinary care. KSF’s continuous efforts toward enhancing community-based dairy farming have now become a leading income-generating activity for poor and marginal households. The model has developed sustainable farming systems to deliver economic value, environmental benefit, and knowledge sharing with the community. In the course of innovation and outreach development for entrepreneurial opportunity through demonstration, commercialization, adopting scientific farming practices, a significant increase in quality milk production and animal performance has occurred. It can reduce poverty and improve the economy of an entire community in a sustainable manner.
Nile Journal of Business and Economics, 2017
Domestic Violence against women is very common in both developing and developed countries and is ... more Domestic Violence against women is very common in both developing and developed countries and is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. However, global developments have yet to be systematically assimilated into theories around violence against women. This study seeks to examine the associations between domestic violence against women household headship and women empowerment in Nigeria. The study used data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression method was used to assess the association among the study variables. The analysis showed that domestic violence is usually more where there are women-household headships in case of Nigeria changing the general idea of having less domestic violence in women headed households. There should be strict and effective laws against domestic violence. Men or women whoever is domestically violating another woman should have to deal with legal consequences; otherwise, this trend of domesti...
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 2016
Forced Displacement and NGOs in Asia and the Pacific, 2021
Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper c... more Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper comprehensively analyzes various coping schemes adopted by households in the event of different types and intensity of economic shocks. We conclusively find that erosive coping is a dominant strategy for households except asset shocks. It is also evident that the higher the total loss suffered the greater is the likelihood of adopting erosive coping schemes for any of the three economic shocks. Contrary to the findings related to asset shocks, the household is high likely to adopt erosive savings, help from relatives in case of economic shocks. In addition to these two methods, households also takes up new loans and mortgaging land when it encounters expenditure shocks. The househols is more prone to adopt multiple strategies in case of income and expenditure shocks.
The paper examines the drivers of rural poverty and their evolution in Bangladesh over the last t... more The paper examines the drivers of rural poverty and their evolution in Bangladesh over the last two decades. It uses four rounds of a nationally representative rural longitudinal survey from 1988 and 2008. Using the standard Probit approach, the analysis identifies the factors most likely to distinguish, first, the households that managed to escape poverty from the chronic poor, and second, the households that fell into poverty relative to the never poor households to understand the characteristics likely to explain the causes of descent. The results indicate that different factors are associated with the ascent and descent of households, and they also vary over time periods. Labor endowment, land ownership, education, shocks, and non-farm work play nuanced roles in helping movers escape poverty or protecting the vulnerable from falling. For example, in the 2000s, the results show a heightened role for non-farm sources of income, helping households with better labor endowment escape...
Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingyas in Southern Asia, 2020
Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human ... more Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human rights violations in their native Myanmar. Despite attempts of repatriation and the government’s consistent refusal to integrate the Rohingyas, an indefinite number has assimilated in mainland Bangladesh. Considering the daunting challenges to quantify the size and nature of this population, we use a small sample of 167 participants to identify how these refugees have assimilated in local communities. Most of them, who arrived approximately 16 years earlier as children or adolescents, have now been absorbed into the informal labour market earning an average monthly household income of BDT 10,270 (roughly USD 120). Unsurprisingly, participants have also adapted to the language and earned some level of education. As the Rohingya crisis remains protracted with the mass influx of 2017, this chapter aims to inform the primary features of past unassisted assimilation, in order to pave the way for further research and for long-run policy formulation.
Developing Economies, Aug 30, 2016
The literature on mother's education and child health casually observes some nonlinearities and a... more The literature on mother's education and child health casually observes some nonlinearities and also a threshold in the relationship. Even though this nonlinearity or threshold has significant bearing on policy matters such as quality of education, any rigorous attempt to address this issue is missing in the literature. With height for age z-score as a proxy for long-run child health capital, regression results reveal that there are significant effects of mother's education on child health if mothers do not continue past primary school. Rather, poor quality of education at the primary level, especially literacy, is argued to have given rise to this threshold. It indicates that greater public investment in improving quality of education at the primary level is essential for maximizing the nonmarket outcomes of girls' education in developing countries.
Routledge eBooks, Dec 17, 2021
Review of European Studies, Feb 13, 2016
for their insightful suggestions and comments. I would like to thank Dr. Marcello Estevao from IM... more for their insightful suggestions and comments. I would like to thank Dr. Marcello Estevao from IMF for his valuable comments and also for letting me use the Enquete Emploi data sets.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Sep 1, 2013
Springer eBooks, Dec 29, 2022
In recent years, sustainable supply chains that balance economic development and the environment ... more In recent years, sustainable supply chains that balance economic development and the environment have become an inevitable focus for many businesses and industries. Supply chain finance as the core driving force for supply chain development, plays a vital role in resolving any financing difficulties that exist in many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain. However, most SME supply chain financing assessments currently use economic indicators as the sole measure of the evaluation system and rarely consider sustainability. While existing supply chain financing decision-making systems can resolve SME financing problems to some extent, the one-sided pursuit of maximum economic benefits is contrary to sustainable development and does not assist financial institutions in avoiding finance risks. Therefore, this paper, based on the theory of the triple bottom line (economy, environment, and society) from a sustainable development perspective, innovatively proposes an SME financing evaluation model for supply chain finance that applies a fuzzy multi-criteria evaluation method combined with Topsis. Additionally, at the end, an example is given to demonstrate model validity and evaluate the best possible SME financing model for financial institutions.
Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals, Sep 26, 2019
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2016
Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper c... more Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper comprehensively analyzes various coping schemes adopted by households in the event of different types and intensity of economic shocks. We conclusively find that erosive coping is a dominant strategy for households except asset shocks. It is also evident that the higher the total loss suffered the greater is the likelihood of adopting erosive coping schemes for any of the three economic shocks. Contrary to the findings related to asset shocks, the household is high likely to adopt erosive savings, help from relatives in case of economic shocks. In addition to these two methods, households also takes up new loans and mortgaging land when it encounters expenditure shocks. The househols is more prone to adopt multiple strategies in case of income and expenditure shocks.
Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, Nov 30, 2017
Following widespread criticisms of the conventional MFI framework, Plan Bangladesh, an INGO devis... more Following widespread criticisms of the conventional MFI framework, Plan Bangladesh, an INGO devised a flexible credit scheme characterized by door to door collection of deposits and loan repayments on a day to day basis. The scheme departs from the joint liability mechanism practiced by traditional MFIs in an effort to disburse services to the ultra poor, who are often excluded by community screening mechanisms as well as service providers. This paper aims to test the viability of a flexible scheme offering products developed through participatory market research targeted at individuals. We find the scheme to be highly effective, enhancing income of ultra poor households as well as providing adequate leverage for asset accumulation.
Springer eBooks, 2020
Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human ... more Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human rights violations in their native Myanmar. Despite attempts of repatriation and the government’s consistent refusal to integrate the Rohingyas, an indefinite number has assimilated in mainland Bangladesh. Considering the daunting challenges to quantify the size and nature of this population, we use a small sample of 167 participants to identify how these refugees have assimilated in local communities. Most of them, who arrived approximately 16 years earlier as children or adolescents, have now been absorbed into the informal labour market earning an average monthly household income of BDT 10,270 (roughly USD 120). Unsurprisingly, participants have also adapted to the language and earned some level of education. As the Rohingya crisis remains protracted with the mass influx of 2017, this chapter aims to inform the primary features of past unassisted assimilation, in order to pave the way for further research and for long-run policy formulation.
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2021
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2019
Handbook of Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development, 2017
Women are vulnerable due to limited access to economic opportunities, capital, land, and skills i... more Women are vulnerable due to limited access to economic opportunities, capital, land, and skills in rural Bangladesh. In 2005, Kazi Shahid Foundation (KSF), an independent welfare organization has promoted an innovative “Specialized Dairy Farming Model” linking with the commercial organic tea plantation, organic produces, and biogas production to improve the rural community, particularly women, in the northern part of Bangladesh. The typical dairy farming models involve exchanging of cash that limits the potential for sustainable development, whereas KSF Dairy Model provides milking cows and calves to its women members, and repayment is based on milk and cow dung, implementing “no cash” microfinance repayment system. This model also ensures risk minimization through cow insurance and veterinary care. KSF’s continuous efforts toward enhancing community-based dairy farming have now become a leading income-generating activity for poor and marginal households. The model has developed sustainable farming systems to deliver economic value, environmental benefit, and knowledge sharing with the community. In the course of innovation and outreach development for entrepreneurial opportunity through demonstration, commercialization, adopting scientific farming practices, a significant increase in quality milk production and animal performance has occurred. It can reduce poverty and improve the economy of an entire community in a sustainable manner.
Nile Journal of Business and Economics, 2017
Domestic Violence against women is very common in both developing and developed countries and is ... more Domestic Violence against women is very common in both developing and developed countries and is a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. However, global developments have yet to be systematically assimilated into theories around violence against women. This study seeks to examine the associations between domestic violence against women household headship and women empowerment in Nigeria. The study used data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression method was used to assess the association among the study variables. The analysis showed that domestic violence is usually more where there are women-household headships in case of Nigeria changing the general idea of having less domestic violence in women headed households. There should be strict and effective laws against domestic violence. Men or women whoever is domestically violating another woman should have to deal with legal consequences; otherwise, this trend of domesti...
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, 2016
Forced Displacement and NGOs in Asia and the Pacific, 2021
Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper c... more Households move strategically to smooth consumption in the event of economic shocks. This paper comprehensively analyzes various coping schemes adopted by households in the event of different types and intensity of economic shocks. We conclusively find that erosive coping is a dominant strategy for households except asset shocks. It is also evident that the higher the total loss suffered the greater is the likelihood of adopting erosive coping schemes for any of the three economic shocks. Contrary to the findings related to asset shocks, the household is high likely to adopt erosive savings, help from relatives in case of economic shocks. In addition to these two methods, households also takes up new loans and mortgaging land when it encounters expenditure shocks. The househols is more prone to adopt multiple strategies in case of income and expenditure shocks.
The paper examines the drivers of rural poverty and their evolution in Bangladesh over the last t... more The paper examines the drivers of rural poverty and their evolution in Bangladesh over the last two decades. It uses four rounds of a nationally representative rural longitudinal survey from 1988 and 2008. Using the standard Probit approach, the analysis identifies the factors most likely to distinguish, first, the households that managed to escape poverty from the chronic poor, and second, the households that fell into poverty relative to the never poor households to understand the characteristics likely to explain the causes of descent. The results indicate that different factors are associated with the ascent and descent of households, and they also vary over time periods. Labor endowment, land ownership, education, shocks, and non-farm work play nuanced roles in helping movers escape poverty or protecting the vulnerable from falling. For example, in the 2000s, the results show a heightened role for non-farm sources of income, helping households with better labor endowment escape...
Citizenship, Nationalism and Refugeehood of Rohingyas in Southern Asia, 2020
Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human ... more Since 1972, waves of Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh fleeing the military-backed human rights violations in their native Myanmar. Despite attempts of repatriation and the government’s consistent refusal to integrate the Rohingyas, an indefinite number has assimilated in mainland Bangladesh. Considering the daunting challenges to quantify the size and nature of this population, we use a small sample of 167 participants to identify how these refugees have assimilated in local communities. Most of them, who arrived approximately 16 years earlier as children or adolescents, have now been absorbed into the informal labour market earning an average monthly household income of BDT 10,270 (roughly USD 120). Unsurprisingly, participants have also adapted to the language and earned some level of education. As the Rohingya crisis remains protracted with the mass influx of 2017, this chapter aims to inform the primary features of past unassisted assimilation, in order to pave the way for further research and for long-run policy formulation.