Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon.
by T.N. Ninan | On 17 Oct 2020 It may never be the language spoken in most homes and remain much smaller than mother tongues, but English will continue to have its place as one of two official languages in India.
by T.N. Ninan | On 02 Aug 2020 Anyone can string together alliterative words, but are they a substitute for serious thought and coherent action? Real economics involves choices, or every day would be Christmas.
by T.N. Ninan | On 14 Jun 2020 The paper will provide policy suggestions, such as establishment of credit guarantee funds for easing the female-owned SMEs’ access to finance in Asia. Implementation of supportive policies for female...
by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary | On 01 Apr 2019 This paper tries to understand the trends and the pattern of Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) by Indian firms and the factors that determine OFDI from India through Cross-Border Mergers and Ac...
by P.L. Beena | On 31 Jan 2019 In recent years, many emerging economies including India have adopted inflation targeting framework. Post the global financial crisis, there is a growing debate on whether monetary policy should targe...
by Ila Patnaik | On 23 Jan 2019 This paper describes and evaluates the range of P2P lending systems on offer to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in several countries, considering different regulatory regimes. In some countr...
by Naoko Nemoto | On 07 Jan 2019 An informal but informed Indian professional on assignment in Dhaka sends this engaging commentary on the general elections in Bangladesh.
by Srikanth S | On 05 Jan 2019 This paper exploits the recent molecular genetics evidence on the genetic basis of arsenic excretion and unique information on family links among respondents living in different environments from a la...
by Mark M. Pitt | On 22 Nov 2018 The paper presents the development of a methodology to estimate robust city-level vehicular mobility indices, and apply it to 154 Indian cities using 22 million counterfactual trips measured by a web...
by Prottoy A. Akbar | On 22 Nov 2018 Lack of access to reliable information on environmental exposure limits opportunities for risk avoiding behavior, particularly in developing countries. Private markets could potentially play a role in...
by Ricardo Maertens | On 04 Oct 2018 This paper discusses public and private sector financing of infrastructure, and examines the factors driving infrastructure investment in this subregion. Using a panel of three large South Asian count...
by Shikha Jha | On 26 Sep 2018 This study aims to determine the effect of supply chain integration on the business performance and competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in the Philippines. A survey of 384 small and medium...
by Elaine Q. Borazon | On 20 Sep 2018 In this paper, results of the 2015 Survey of Innovation Activities (SIA), conducted by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), are described and discussed. Survey results suggest that...
by Jose Ramon G. Albert | On 10 Sep 2018 This paper attempts to determine the challenges and enablers of connecting small and medium businesses to global value chains. It uses data from a survey of SMEs in Metro Manila and a set of key infor...
by Jamil Paolo Francisco | On 30 Aug 2018 This report assesses the impact of NDCs on the energy sectors of ADB’s DMCs in terms of projected changes to the power mix, anticipated investment in energy technologies, as well the resulting emissio...
by Yongping Zhai | On 16 Aug 2018 This paper verifies the impact of bank account information, such as information on deposits and withdrawals, that is not necessarily fully accounted for in conventional internal ratings and that can a...
by Naoko Nemoto | On 10 Aug 2018 The paper analyses a nationally representative data set from India for the year 2013 in order to provide evidence on how short term migration is affected by household's ownership of land, and particip...
by S. Chandrasekhar | On 25 Jul 2018 SME development as a major domestic policy objective that is consistent and reinforced within APEC would not only engender inclusive growth, but also enable SMEs to become drivers of growth for the do...
by Erlinda M. Medalla | On 06 Jul 2018 The Aquino administration through the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPRC) and Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster (GGACC) launched the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) exercise in...
by Rosario G. Manasan | On 05 Jul 2018 This paper reviews the existing framework for infrastructure development and the associated standards in India, and identifies areas for concern. Rather than deeply analysing any one standard, this pa...
by Sanhita Sapatnekar | On 15 Jun 2018 This paper provides an analysis of financial inclusion, literacy, and education issues in the Republic of Tajikistan. It discusses the recent progress in financial inclusion and the sector’s response...
by Roman Mogilevskii | On 11 Jun 2018 This paper is an evidence review of
how intersecting forms of inequalities influence women’s
political participation and representation at the local level in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
The r...
by | On 11 May 2018 The Union Budget takes the long needed step of allocating funds specifically for addressing the nutritional concerns of TB patients, taking note of the considerable evidence of the association between...
by | On 30 Apr 2018 This paper reviews recent evidence and research by ILO and others concerning
monetary, fiscal, exchange rate and capital account management policies, looking also at
issues...
by | On 20 Apr 2018 Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cover a wide range of industries and play a major role in
both developed and developing economies. They are considered as significant sources of
ent...
by Navyashree G. R. | On 19 Apr 2018 Trade facilitation measures improve the trading environment by reducing transaction costs
and thereby increasing the gains from trade. Although the use of trade facilitation measures
for tackling tr...
by Sanjana Joshi | On 28 Mar 2018 The paper makes an analysis of cash holdings in India and attempts to test its association with tax effort and government spending. The finding arrived is that the ratio of Cash holding to Nominal GDP...
by R. Mohan | On 14 Mar 2018 Between 2002-03 and 2012-13, energy consumption intensity and carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions intensity of Indian manufacturing declined by about 30 percent. During the last 10 to 15 years,
Indian ma...
by | On 05 Mar 2018 Delhi is one of the most polluted cities in the world, especially in the winter months from October - January. These months coincide with the religious festival of Diwali. It is argued that air qualit...
by Dhananjay Ghei | On 27 Feb 2018 The paper talks about the unequal power relations, discrimination and misogyny in patriarchal
societies are exacerbated by the promotion of aggression and violence during war.
by E.J. Wood | On 21 Feb 2018 The paper says that perpetrators of sexual violence escape justice, while their victims are trapped between exhortations by women's advocacy groups not to ‘suffer quietly' and the social stigma attach...
by Dolly Kikon | On 20 Feb 2018 Budget speech by Finance Minister of Malaysia.
by Minister of Finance Malaysia | On 09 Feb 2018 The report presents a comprehensive analysis of the budgetary provisions for important social sectors and the vulnerable
sections of the population. It also presents an overview of the fiscal indicat...
by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability CBGA | On 05 Feb 2018 This research project studied the emerging challenges of small and medium towns in India to improve their finances and provide good services to their inhabitants.
by Yogesh Kumar | On 02 Feb 2018 Agriculture and allied sector has a critical role in ensuring food security, reducing
poverty and sustaining growth in India. To improve productivity in agriculture the
focus has been on the critica...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 Sound public financial management has been one of the pillars of India’s macro-economic
stability in the last three years. Based on this firm footing, the Government, in partnership with
the States,...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 This chapter draws on cross-country experience
to study the pattern of investment and saving slowdowns as well as recoveries in order to obtain
policy lessons for India. One finding is that investme...
by Arun Jaitley | On 31 Jan 2018 The paper find technical changes and the degree of inefficiency are related with the magnitude of multipliers, but we leave a fundamental identification problem to future research.
by Kim Gui | On 30 Jan 2018 This guide is for government officials in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who will be preparing reports and communications on their country’s climate change circumstances and actions under the UN Fra...
by | On 23 Jan 2018 Budget analysis entails analysis and assessment of budget from the lens of marginalised sections
of population with the objective of prioritisation of public
expenditures and collection of revenues...
by Happy Pant | On 17 Jan 2018 This paper critically reviews the strengths and weaknesses of various objective and subjective indicators of corruption.
by Alexander Hamilton | On 15 Jan 2018 Reaching the ambitious climate objective of the Paris Agreement requires decreasing significantly sectoral emissions from the transport sector. However, the ambition pledged for the transport sector u...
by | On 11 Jan 2018 One of the biggest challenges faced by the Indian education system in the last several decades since Independence has been expansion without a simultaneous assurance of equity in educational opportuni...
by Centre for Budget and Policy Studies CBPS | On 01 Jan 2018 This paper looks at the case where India contested the tariff concessions granted by the members of the European Communities (EC) to twelve developing countries under its Generalised System of Prefere...
by M. Taslim | On 29 Dec 2017 The case studies undertaken mainly from India revealed that a large number of local and village communities and also from backward communities are involved in the production of the GIs products.
by N. Gopalakrishnan | On 28 Dec 2017 This study constructs a new dependency ratio measure by taking into account the consumption needs of the young and elderly people, and the productivity of middle-aged people. Different from the way th...
by Xuehui Han | On 21 Dec 2017 In recent years, South Asia has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. To maximize the benefits in terms of faster growth and poverty reductio...
by Prabir De | On 19 Dec 2017 Innovation plays a critical role in shaping the industrial and firm competitiveness of any nation. Innovation is often discussed in the setting of developed countries, but the rise of emerging economi...
by | On 15 Dec 2017 Public equity markets have increasingly become accessible to small and medium firms with the introduction of dedicated exchange that lower listing criteria to allow such firms to list their equity. Th...
by | On 11 Dec 2017 This paper disaggregates informal employment into different forms, with particular focus on the growing informalisation of the labour force by formal enterprises. The analysis of the determinants of f...
by Rosa Abraham | On 05 Dec 2017 The study adopts a qualitative approach to understand the power dynamics and draws out conclusions from a wide variety of stakeholders regarding the issues at hand.
by Sadaf Liaquat | On 23 Nov 2017 India has undertaken extensive reforms in its manufacturing sector in the
last two decades. However, an acceleration of growth in manufacturing, and a concomitant increase in employment, has eluded I...
by Poonam Gupta | On 17 Nov 2017 A look into the effect of an e-Governance initiative in Bangladesh is on efficiency in the
public sector. The electronic Filing (e-Filing) system was introduced to all the Deputy Commissioners'
(DC)...
by Wahid Abdallah | On 15 Nov 2017 Dalit dignity is organized around caste-determined labour that fits them into hierarchies of social dignity but which, in savage irony, renders them undignified as humans through social death. Second,...
by Pramod K. Nayar | On 31 Oct 2017 Study finds that both groups of IPOs outperforms on first trading day, as average initial market adjusted returns of SOE and non-SOE IPOs are 27.65 percent and 22.53 percent respectively.
by Henna Malik | On 30 Oct 2017 The report narrates that the Government of India has announced an ambitious solar power target of 100 GW by 2022.
by Bhupesh Verma | On 12 Oct 2017 This paper identifies the increasingly dominant role of intra-industry trade (IIT) in India’s total merchandise trade at different disaggregated levels of data during the post liberalization era (1990...
by | On 09 Oct 2017 This paper discusses the properties of time series data, compares common data analysis methods and presents a methodological framework for time series data analysis
by Dr. Min Shrestha | On 09 Oct 2017 This paper illustrates the use of information on withdrawals by Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) for improving estimates of public spending for National Health Accounts (NHAs) in India. Using in...
by Mita Choudhury | On 07 Oct 2017 The analysis showed that the relationship of financial literacy of small borrowers was significant with their financial attitude and behavior.
by Ramesh Chaulagain | On 06 Oct 2017 The paper examines the issue of resource adequacy for Right to Education (RTE) by estimating the resource requirement for universalization of elementary education across twelve Indian States. Using RT...
by Sukanya Bose | On 05 Oct 2017 The paper examines the strength and efficacy of transmission from the policy rate and liquidity provision to market rates in India, using event window regression analysis. The paper finds the interest...
by Ashima Goyal | On 15 Sep 2017 The contribution of fisheries sector to Indian merchandise trade and to world fishery trade is substantial. The items traded have gained reputation over the years which will help to keep the momentum...
by Veena Renjini K K | On 13 Sep 2017 The paper argues, in line with other recent studies that time has come to rethink concepts and practices used to promote local governance in African countries.
by Göran Hydén | On 10 Aug 2017 The report narrates the recent global financial crisis demonstrated the shortcomings of the frameworks to handle the failure of large and systemically important financial institutions, also known as “...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 08 Aug 2017 Discussions around the post-2015 development goals
and the proposed ‘leave no-one behind’ principle have
revived global interest in inequality and the role of social
protection in promoting social...
by | On 04 Aug 2017 The subject of this study is the relationship between the delivery of services, social protection and livelihoods assistance, and state legitimacy (measured here using perceptions of government perfor...
by Babar Shahbaz | On 01 Aug 2017 Many poverty alleviation programs aiming to enhance nutrition include behavior change
communication (BCC). This study uses a field experiment in Bangladesh to assess the
impacts of BCC, focusing on...
by Berber Kramer | On 31 Jul 2017 The present paper is an attempt to conduct a valuation of the three most important exhaustible natural resources, viz., natural gas, coal and hard rock, via
the System of Environmental-Economic Accou...
by Mahfuz Kabir | On 27 Jul 2017 Despite rapid progress of the financial sector in Bangladesh, there are concerns that banks have not been able to include a
vast segment of the population, especially the underprivileged sections and...
by Bilkis Sultana | On 26 Jul 2017 This study was conducted to understand the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nepal, specifically
its determinants on both the demand and supply sides, as well as impacts on agricultural prod...
by Hiroyuki Takeshima | On 26 Jul 2017 This report explores some of the ways forward. It highlights not just the need to inject more money into investments that contribute to sustainable development, but also to attract funds toward them—t...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 21 Jul 2017 Greater gains in energy savings are possible from improved energy efficiency and conservation measures, both as a smart business investment, and an imperative for the global community.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Jul 2017 Renewable energy is a challenge, but also an opportunity for new industries, employment, and new ways to reduce dependency on fuel imports, provide electricity to poor remote areas, reduce air polluti...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 18 Jul 2017 The People’s Republic of China (PRC) implemented a Fuel Tax Reform in 2009 that made significant changes to the way the country funds and delivers its ‘ordinary road’ program.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 17 Jul 2017 This report provides support to the Maldivian government in formulating its high-priority policies by identifying the critical constraints to achieving inclusive growth. The report also provides polic...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 12 Jul 2017 This report is an outcome of Phase 3 discussions under the ASEAN+3 Bond Market Forum Sub-Forum 2, which have focused on making bond market infrastructures in the region more inter-operable through the...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 11 Jul 2017 The results of the study indicate that climate change will likely have significant negative impacts on agricultural output in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
by M.W. Rosegrant | On 05 Jul 2017 The report summarizes important lessons learned and policy implications from the first year of Village Law implementation.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 16 Jun 2017 This report examines the challenges ASEAN member states face in achieving the goal of greater mobility for the highly skilled, including hurdles in recognizing professional qualifications, opening up...
by Demetrios G. Papademetriou | On 16 Jun 2017 The paper argue that the judicial statistics that are currently collected are inadequate for understanding and solving the problem of judicial delay. It propose a new approach to collecting data, whic...
by Prasanth Regy | On 25 May 2017 The analysis and practical guidance provided in this report are based on surveys of revenue bodies conducted in 2014 and 2015, along with accompanying research of revenue bodies’ corporate documents,...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 May 2017 This paper draws on the background research by Saumya Mitra. PSDI thanks Erik Aelbers for preparing Appendix 2: Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Pacific, and Melissa Dayrit and Amanda Lucas-Frith for h...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 11 May 2017 The report says although these MRAs share nearly identical objectives, they diverge significantly in terms of institutional structures, requirements, and procedures. Not all MRAs are created equal. Gl...
by Dovelyn Rannveig Mendoza | On 09 May 2017 This paper provides background information on the applied methodology and the underlying data of the Asian Water Development Outlook 2016 (AWDO 2016). The purpose is to document the methodology and th...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 09 May 2017 The report says that the Government of the Philippines was engaged in delivery of
subsidized credit programs. Since these programs were largely unsuccessful in meeting the objective of
providing sus...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 08 May 2017 The project has dramatically changed the life of Rabeya Sultana, chair of the women-led slum
improvement committee formed under the project in Cox's Bazar. "Managing people and money
gave me more co...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 08 May 2017 This paper analyzes two notions of compliance, 'compliance in letter' and 'compliance in spirit', using
data on Board and Audit Committee meetings from India under its Clause 49 corporate governance
...
by Subrata Sarkar | On 03 May 2017 The study attempts to highlight some of the major hurdles in Delhi’s
governance and fiscal policy in ensuring the safety of women in public spaces. Though violence
against women is widespread and oc...
by Kanika Kaul | On 27 Jan 2017 Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally represen...
by | On 24 Jan 2017 After the implementation of the Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE) in 2010, states
have brought about some improvement in school education
in terms of infrastructure, enro...
by Child Rights and You CRY | On 18 Jan 2017 The battle against the challenges with food security and nutrition will have to be fought on many fronts at the same time. In general, anything that promotes broad-based or inclusive growth, thereby r...
by | On 18 Jan 2017 Demonetization is the act of stripping a currency unit of its status as legal tender. Demonetization is necessary whenever there is a change of national currency. The old unit of currency must be reti...
by | On 18 Jan 2017 The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Haseeb A. Drabu, presented the Budget for Jammu and Kashmir
for financial year 2017-18 on January 11, 2017.
by Arvind Gayam | On 17 Jan 2017 The demographic structure of South Asian countries are rapidly transforming, which can greatly influence future rice production and consumption in the region. Literature on the impact of demographic t...
by | On 11 Jan 2017 The Election Commission recently announced the poll schedule for the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. In this context, data on the composition of the 16th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2012-...
by Jhalak Kakkar | On 10 Jan 2017 The paper examines the medium-term fiscal policy (MTFP) and a more conventional medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) adopted in India under the provisions of the fiscal rules. The MTFP and the MTE...
by Pratap Ranjan Jena | On 10 Jan 2017 “Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) form the backbone of the Indian economy making large contributions to important economic indicators as well as household incomes. Digital technologies have transfor...
by | On 05 Jan 2017 Demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes in India on November 8, 2016 is different from
many other countries’ scrapping of high value notes in two respects – the withdrawal of their
legal tende...
by Ashok K. Lahiri | On 02 Jan 2017 Climate change mitigation is a global challenge, however its impact will be varied across regions and temperature zones. Small island states will be hit the hardest with sea level rise. In bigger coun...
by | On 28 Dec 2016 This discussion paper examines the current state of sanitation services in India in relation to two goals—Goal 7 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which calls on countries to halve, by 2015,...
by Asian Bank | On 27 Dec 2016 India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) outlines its intent to scale up the country's clean-energy capacity. At the same...
by | On 21 Dec 2016 Despite increases in women’s employment, significant gender disparity exists in the time men and women spend on household and care work. Understanding how social expectations govern gender roles and c...
by Greg Seymour | On 15 Dec 2016 Women workers are found in certain activities traditionally falling within the male domain. This is particularly the case for landless women who largely belong to the hardcore poor group. It indicates...
by | On 22 Nov 2016 According to the Paper, black money is a serious issue because it has a ‘debilitating effect’ on governance and public policy and this affects the poor disproportionately. [PRS Report Summary].
by Vishnu Padmanabhan | On 17 Nov 2016 The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about
population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that
information to advance the well-being of current and futu...
by | On 21 Oct 2016 Even almost eight years since resorting to the extraordinary monetary and
fiscal measures to counter the after-effects of the Global Financial Crisis, authorities are still
left wondering about rela...
by S.S. Mundra | On 10 Oct 2016 The recent changes in the institutional and fiscal architecture of the country following the
constitution of NITI Aayog and release of report of the Fourteenth Finance Commission,
have implications...
by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability CBGA | On 04 Oct 2016 This Project Briefing explores the experiences of these people as they migrate, drawing on findings from a baseline study on their vulnerabilities, particularly to HIV and AIDS, as they move between t...
by | On 29 Sep 2016 NITI Aayog aims to build strong States that will come together to build a strong India. As the government’s premier think-tank, we view knowledge building & transfer as the enabler of real transformat...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 27 Sep 2016 NITI Aayog presents a 20 point action plan that highlights
some key areas in sports that require improvement. These action points have been
divided to a short term vision (4 to 8 years) and a medium...
by Niti Aayog GOI | On 27 Sep 2016 South Asia has been characterized by its minimal progress in the areas of child and maternal health and nutrition in comparison to other regions in the world. The case of India is especially enigmatic...
by | On 09 Sep 2016 The objective
of the present study is to examine the effect of ICT investments on the sales growth of SMEs
from the food processing industry in India. Secondary data is collected from the Prowess
d...
by Navyashree G. R. | On 08 Sep 2016 Many national and international environmental agreements acknowledge that the impoverishment of ecosystems is limiting the world’s capacity to adapt to climate change and that ecosystem-based adaptati...
by | On 05 Sep 2016 This study provided a brief discussion of the international migration, an age old common phenomenon is an emerging economic development issue and remittances growth. Approach: Each year Bangladesh exp...
by | On 31 Aug 2016 Macroeconomic analytical frameworks change with events they are unable to explain. The process is
closer to abductive reasoning that is based on both events and analysis, unlike induction which is
d...
by Ashima Goyal | On 31 Aug 2016 Comprehensive program evaluation requires capturing indirect effects of an intervention,
such as changes in leaders’ efforts and constituents’ attitudes towards leaders. We
study political economy r...
by | On 30 Aug 2016 In the paper, an informal preschool program is described that Akshara Foundation administered over 12 months in a set of non-notified slums in Bengaluru. The intervention is particularly noteworthy be...
by K. Vaijayanti | On 29 Aug 2016 We use a relatively new and unique panel dataset collected from rural households in Bangladesh to examine the effect of microcredit program participation on household food security. The main distingui...
by | On 25 Aug 2016 China and India have successfully integrated into the world economy. Once specialised in textiles, they have developed new export-oriented sectors linked to the information and communication technolog...
by | On 24 Aug 2016 Efforts to promote food security must distinguish between short-term and medium-term measures, but also between countries with agricultural potential and without such potential, argues this paper. Fur...
by | On 24 Aug 2016 Environmental crisis in the rural areas of developing countries is increasingly becoming an important cause of cross-border migration of population and South Asia is no exception to this phenomenon. S...
by | On 22 Aug 2016 In the era of globalisation, where opening of borders is being advocated all over the world, there is one issue over which no nation-state is ready to compromise with its territorial borders. The issu...
by | On 22 Aug 2016 Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises are a backbone of the Philippine economy. One
factor that hinders the growth of these enterprises is their difficulty in accessing finance from
banks and o...
by Gary V Maningo | On 19 Aug 2016 The study attempts to identify the macroeconomic determinants of remittance inflows in South Asian countries. It uses additively separable utility function as theoretical framework and the Arellano-Bo...
by | On 16 Aug 2016 This paper outlines the history of the FDA’s recent attempts to regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products and how they have valued foregone consumer surplus in cost-benefit analyses. It discusses...
by Helen Levy | On 03 Aug 2016 Labour markets in South Asia have been characterized as dualistic, with a relatively small, well-protected formal sector and a large unprotected informal sector. Indeed, the formal workforce is very s...
by | On 29 Jul 2016 This paper examines the generalizability of internally valid estimates of causal effects in a fixed population over time when that population is subject to aggregate shocks. This temporal external val...
by Mark Rosenzweig | On 27 Jul 2016 This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared:...
by Azhar Kahn | On 19 Jul 2016 This paper analyses what is possible as a low carbon scenario for India using India Energy Security Scenarios-2047 tool developed by the erstwhile Planning Commission and later refined by its successo...
by Montek Ahluwalia | On 19 Jul 2016 Malaysia is now a major receiving country with estimated over 2 million migrant workers. Such large inflow was caused by scarcity of jobs in plantation, construction and domestic growth. Migrant worke...
by | On 08 Jul 2016 This paper aims to present an overview and analysis of the current investment landscape in Cambodia, as well as its impacts on people and the environment. It is hoped that the information ...
by Mark Grimsditch | On 01 Jul 2016 This study has explored the implementation of talent management process in pharmaceutical industry in India through a case study approach. Data was collected from top management and senior managers in...
by Kirti Sharda | On 24 Jun 2016 This paper assesses the proclivity towards refugee-related violence in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, using an original dataset. I show that the host’s attitude towards refugees depend on local fact...
by | On 17 Jun 2016 According to the World Bank’s Migration and Remittances Factbook 2016, more than 250 million people, or 3.4 percent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth (Figure 1). The volum...
by | On 14 Jun 2016 The paper examines the effects of political strikes and labour unrest on production in 33 large ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh. We find that the political strikes (hartals) lasting one or...
by | On 08 Jun 2016 The working paper outlines the significance of debt market in general and its role in accelerating the development of economic growth in particular. It reviews various regulatory and non-regulatory de...
by Anubhuti Sahay | On 06 Jun 2016 The Global Slavery Index (‘the Index’) provides an estimate of the number of people in modern slavery, the factors that make individuals vulnerable to this crime, and an assessment of government actio...
by | On 01 Jun 2016 The report is on a pilot project in the ready-made garment sector in Pakistan. The pilot had two objectives. The first objective was to develop a methodology for benchmarking productivity in the garme...
by | On 26 May 2016 The study directs the attention to the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in overcoming these structural rigidities and ushering-in structural transformation in an economy. To explore the iss...
by Mausumi Das | On 26 May 2016 Political repression is reaching new highs in Bangladesh. The government’s abuse of rule of law institutions for political ends has created an atmosphere of injustice that is increasingly exploited by...
by International Crisis Group | On 26 May 2016 Since its independence the government
of Bangladesh had taken various measures to reduce the intensity of poverty on rural
people in Bangladesh. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine wh...
by Mahfuza Akther | On 20 May 2016 The policy guidelines were developed as part of the pilot project 'Incorporating Needs and Roles of Women in Water and Energy Management in Rural Areas in South Asia-Capacity Building in Rural Areas o...
by | On 18 May 2016 This paper evaluates housing policy in the Republic of Korea over the past several decades, describes new challenges arising from the changing environment, and draws lessons for other countries. The m...
by Kyung-Hwan Kim | On 18 May 2016 The causes of air pollution and the minerals that cause air pollution are shown here. The various activities in other states and even the neighbouring countries contribute to the air pollution in Delh...
by Umesh Kulshrestha | On 11 May 2016 The study is expected to contribute to stimulating debate around the broader issues of safeguarding the interests of migrant workers through financial mainstreaming of their income, raising efficacy o...
by | On 11 May 2016 The episode of volatility starting on May 22, 2013, when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke first spoke of the possibility of the US central bank “tapering” its security purchases, had a sharp nega...
by Shekhar Shah | On 09 May 2016 This paper motivates the need for a personal bankruptcy law, and study the
existing Indian legal framework in the form of the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 (PTIA) for Calcutta, Bombay and Mad...
by Siva Raman | On 02 May 2016 This paper analyzes optimal strategies of an incumbent intermediary, who matches agents on the two
sides of a market, in the presence of entry threat under alternative scenarios.
by Rupayan Pal | On 02 May 2016 With 53 percent of India's labour force still engaged in agriculture it is apparent that India has not witnessed a reduction in the share of population working in agriculture, primarily due to a dear...
by | On 02 May 2016 This report is aimed at better informing that debate by demystifying the
global and South Asian apparel markets, estimating the potential gains in exports and jobs (including for women), and identify...
by Gladys Lopez Acevedo | On 29 Apr 2016 This study has been undertaken to examine the maladies and conceivable remedies that associate with Small and Medium Enterprises and related establishments in India. The researcher uncovers a myriad o...
by | On 29 Apr 2016 The NEP Plan of Action (PoA) 2008 translates the provisions of the National Food Policy, 2006 towards achieving its three core objectives into 26 strategic areas of intervention, priority actions to b...
by Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) | On 04 Apr 2016 India’s principal trade partners are countries/economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, and over the last decade the share of APEC in India’s trade has been growing. Specifica...
by Deeparghya Mukherjee | On 28 Mar 2016 This Working Paper gives the results of the 2007 round of the Migration Monitoring Studies (MMS) being conducted periodically by the Centre for Development Studies. It covers three areas: migration, r...
by | On 21 Mar 2016 India-Bangladesh relations are advancing rapidly in recent times. There are of course some impediments such as non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in trade, and the Teesta water-sharing dispute that need to be...
by Chandrani Sarma | On 21 Mar 2016 Using the method of optimal control, when an incumbent politician derives utility from voting support and dis-utility from budgetary deficit, the equilibrium time paths of both voting support and budg...
by Ganesh Manjhi | On 17 Mar 2016 Aid for Trade (AfT) flows have increased each year since 2006 in the region. And while regional aggregate trade costs continue to fall, many subregions continue to struggle with trade costs that are s...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 17 Mar 2016 In this paper we have made an attempt to explain the observed rising inequality between unskilled and skilled wages, or, fall in relative wages of unskilled labour within a general equilibrium framewo...
by Alokesh Barua | On 16 Mar 2016 The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is poised to continue developing at a significant pace. The subregion is well placed to benefit from the emerging Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Com...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 Asia has been continuously growing, and this growth has alleviated poverty and increased the number of middle income countries in the region. However, the recent regional and global economic slowdown...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 ABMI aims to develop efficient and liquid bond markets in Asia, which would enable better utilization of Asian savings for Asian investments. ABMI can also contribute to the mitigation of currency and...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 Improving the quality of skills among its labor force will help further economic growth in Bangladesh. Thus, there is an urgent need to provide better access to TVET to help increase productivity and...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 This report describes the development of financial soundness indicators for Bangladesh and analyzes how these can help identify key challenges to support financial sector stability in the country.
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 15 Mar 2016 On Monday September 10 the leader of the party likely to win Japan’s next general election, LDP’s SadakazuTanigaki, threw in the towel in a surprise move. He had repeatedly expressed his intention to...
by | On 14 Mar 2016 Sri Lanka’s latest parliamentary election, slated for 17 August 2015, is important not only for the political-comeback bid by former President Mahinda Rajapakse but also for the focus on issues of ‘go...
by Ayesha Wijayalath | On 14 Mar 2016 Forward-looking RE models such as the popular New Keynesian (NK) model do not provide a unique prediction about how the model economy behaves. We need some mechanism that ensures determinacy. McCallum...
by Patrick Minford | On 13 Mar 2016 This policy brief examines China’s inter-connected economic challenges of structural and fiscal reform, arguing that promotion of domestic consumption away from fixed-asset investment could further ex...
by | On 12 Mar 2016 In this paper we present a choice function of a rural household about her/his ward?s schooling. It makes an empirical evaluation on the basis of simple theoretical framework using primary data set, su...
by Debdulal Thakur | On 11 Mar 2016 This study examines the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth of the preexisting units on a balanced sample for ten years (1998-1999 to 2007- 2008) following the Levinsohn and Petrin (2003) technique...
by Santosh Kumar Sahu | On 11 Mar 2016 Mergers and acquisitions (M and A) are common strategies of firms to increase its performance. Although, the motives of M and A are different however, the determinants are discreet. This study tries t...
by Nikita Agarwal | On 11 Mar 2016 The paper, written in the context of the recent deportation of 27 Bangladeshi workers from Singapore, argues that what is required is a united front, a closing of ranks of the disparate political and...
by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury | On 11 Mar 2016 This paper studies the effect of domestic macroeconomic news releases on the change in the bond yields of India, China and Japan. We apply event study method to observe whether the large set of new in...
by Sreejata Banerjee | On 10 Mar 2016 This paper intends to explore functional and households personal income distribution across four different income groups in both the urban and rural areas. Using Social Accounting framework, Siddiqui...
by A. R. Kemal | On 10 Mar 2016 This study has three objectives: first, to construct a health poverty index (HPI) for Pakistan using household data from Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) survey 2012-13; second,...
by Nasir Iqbal | On 10 Mar 2016 The present study ascertains the prevalence and possible causes of overweight and obesity among adult population using Pakistan Panel Household Survey for 2010. The results of the present research sho...
by Maryam Naeem Satti | On 10 Mar 2016 While the existence of transnational communities is increasingly recognized in globalization studies, very little is yet known about their impact on global governance. Studies investigating the role o...
by Sigrid Quack | On 09 Mar 2016 The paper develops a new econometric framework that simultaneously allows recovering heterogeneity in demand, TFP and markups across firms while leaving the correlation among the three unrestricted. W...
by Emanuele Forlani | On 09 Mar 2016 The allocation of scarce budgetary resources away from ‘alternative’ channels of social security underscores interlocking concerns: a) the financial drain that marriages of girls pose to families and...
by Praveena Kodoth | On 09 Mar 2016 It is often said that history matters, but these words are often little more than a hollow statement. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the view that the economy is a mechanical toy that can be...
by | On 08 Mar 2016 The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007 was a landmark meeting which culminated in the creation of the Bali Action Plan – a roadmap for a two-year process of formal negot...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 06 Mar 2016 The year 2009 marks a new era of change. One would immediately associate it with the Obama administration and its promises for change, such as the US policies in addressing climate change. A shift has...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 06 Mar 2016 The economic crisis has had heavy exposure in international news, but its range of victims has extended beyond the subprime debtors and financial analysts of the developed world. Ignored by most devel...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 06 Mar 2016 The International AIDS Conference 2010 was held in Vienna, Austria from 18 to 23 July to gather those working in the field of HIV such as policymakers, scientists and researchers, those living with HI...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 04 Mar 2016 In the first issue of this month’s NTS Alert, the importance of a robust human rights framework to complement international humanitarian law, and address its shortcomings in protecting civilians caugh...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 03 Mar 2016 The Fourth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes – otherwise known as the Bali Process – was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on 29-3...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 03 Mar 2016 The Union Budget has failed to deliver on the needs of the marginalised section of population. The spending has been much lower than what was budgeted.
by Paul Divakar | On 01 Mar 2016 Disappointingly, the new health policy that appeared to be robust one, has received little support in the Union Budget.
by | On 01 Mar 2016 This paper considers the issue of migration of the Rohingyas from the lens of international law. It evaluates the responses of the countries that have been the destination of these migration flows – n...
by Ramandeep Kaur | On 01 Mar 2016 The birth of Bangladesh in 1971 was an epoch-making event within the post-colonial order of South Asia. Led by the middle classes, a bitter and bloody war of Liberation from Pakistan was fought, based...
by Sanjay Bhardwaj | On 01 Mar 2016 In this paper we examine incentives to cheat in the Mexican tax system and argue that these are affected by interactions between taxes. We use variation in tax status between Mexican firms and variati...
by Ehtisham Ahmad | On 29 Feb 2016 In Southeast Asia, the rise in agricultural investments takes place against the backdrop of a fast-evolving regional context. In this ‘Asian Century’, trade and investment flows are flourishing across...
by Shalmali Guttal | On 29 Feb 2016 The government recognizes the urgency and importance of the actions that need to be taken collectively to meet the ultimate objective of the Convention i.e. stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations i...
by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Chang GOI | On 29 Feb 2016 In light of the recent violence that shook Zamboanga city in Mindanao in the southern Philippines, Indonesia’s offer to act as a peace broker between Manila and the Misuari¬led Moro National Liberat...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 Southeast Asia is a region highly vulnerable to near and long-term climatic changes. In order to jointly address emerging climate risks and to complement multilateral negotiations through enhanced reg...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 2015 marks the end of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) 10-year Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), an international disaster risk reduction plan that aimed to en...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 27 Feb 2016 From the Subregional Workshop on Energy Security and Non-Traditional Security Singapore 27 – 29 August 2008, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. The workshop on Energy and Non-Traditional Security (NTS)...
by | On 26 Feb 2016 The Human Development Index (HDI) is calculated using normalized indicators from three dimensions- health, education, and standard of living (or income). This paper evaluates three aggregation methods...
by Srijit Mishra | On 26 Feb 2016 This article analyzes the location determinants of foreign direct investment in services, both theoretically and empirically. It hypothesizes four sets of factors as the location determinants of FDI i...
by Feng Yin | On 26 Feb 2016 The paper conceptualizes chronic poverty by using the spaces of income and nutrition and estimates its incidence among states and social groups. It also aims to improve our understanding of the determ...
by C.H. Hanumantha Rao | On 25 Feb 2016 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), established in 1993, is a civil society initiative to promote an ongoing dialogue between the principal partners in the decision-making and implementing process....
by Dialogue Centre for Policy | On 25 Feb 2016 The ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement signed recently in Thailand marks a milestone for ensuring regional energy security by including a provision for voluntary oil stockpiles. However, mandatory, as...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 As governments gear up to meet in Copenhagen later this year to formulate a post-Kyoto Protocol framework on climate change, governments have been slow in translating scientific knowledge into policy...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 As the current global economic crisis deepens, labour migrants have begun to experience the consequences of both political and economic insecurity. How effective are legal frameworks in protecting the...
by | On 25 Feb 2016 In India, NCDs have surpassed communicable diseases as the most common causes of morbidity and premature mortality in the country. The indicators and targets are used to track progress of actions desi...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 25 Feb 2016 It is now widely agreed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in trouble, struggling to deliver the national rewards available from liberalising through multilateral negotiations. Prime Minister...
by Bill Carmichael | On 25 Feb 2016 Efforts to improve the business climate in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province are still facing significant obstacles. Moreover, a healthy business climate is needed to create conditions conducive to ha...
by Widjajanti Suharyo | On 24 Feb 2016 South Asian organizations in countries like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are trying to professionalize management practices in recent years. Inspite of such efforts, employees indiscipli...
by Zafar Qureshi | On 24 Feb 2016 Since the elasticity of substitution between capital and labor is not always one, and since technical progress is not always Harrod-neutral, it is desirable to have an endogenous growth model that adm...
by Hing-Man Leung | On 23 Feb 2016 Much of the attention on institutional development within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has focused on the progress in establishing the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC)....
by | On 23 Feb 2016 Existing work on energy security tends to over-emphasise the prospect of competition and conflict over resources while under-exploring the promise of cooperation. This policy brief provides a framewor...
by | On 22 Feb 2016 This paper reviews some of the current debates on the reform of the international monetary system. Despite its deficiencies, the United States (US) dollar will remain the dominant currency and Special...
by Yung Chul Park | On 22 Feb 2016 Is there asymmetry in the distribution of government bond returns in developed countries? Can asymmetries be predicted using financial and macroeconomic variables? To answer the first question, we pro...
by Ippei Fuijwara | On 21 Feb 2016 Despite recent decline, infant and child mortality in Bangladesh is still one of the highest among the developing countries with strong urban-rural differentials. Nearly one in ten children in Banglad...
by M. Islam | On 21 Feb 2016 In developing countries like Bangladesh rural-urban migration affects development in both urban and rural areas. As such, this study focuses on establishing the major causes and consequences of the mo...
by Research Institute of Social Welfare and | On 21 Feb 2016 This document is the culmination of a process that unfolded over two years in Bangladesh, which benefitted from contributions from individuals and organisations too numerous to mention by name here. H...
by Erin Roberts | On 21 Feb 2016 This paper examines the economic case for the South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement signed on January 6 th, 2004 by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. It s...
by Tercan Baysan | On 21 Feb 2016 The world's oil consumption has been increasing for more than a century with a few exceptions. This paper examines the impact of the decrease in oil production on major economies using a computable ge...
by Naohiko Yahaba | On 21 Feb 2016 The 2011 outcomes from the UN’s annual climate change meetings have again been met with both cautious optimism and charges that the process shows few signs of effectively addressing global climate cha...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 The militaries of developing countries have often gone beyond the mission of external defence, to perform unconventional roles ranging from disaster relief and economic management to law enforcement a...
by | On 20 Feb 2016 Euthanasia has always been in limelight as a subject matter of debate in the field of medicine and law. The euthanasia debate, being a value debate, seems to have no concrete solution, at least in the...
by Sandeepa Bhat B | On 20 Feb 2016 This paper examines the conceptual issues surrounding the estimation of savings and investment in Bangladesh and explains why there exist perceptible differences between the estimates of savings and i...
by Mustafa K. Mujeri | On 20 Feb 2016 One important aspect of recent developments is that a significant portion of the additional electricity generation has come from liquid fuel based power plants which has raised the total contribution...
by Mustafa K. Mujeri | On 20 Feb 2016 This study attempts to assess the impact of two shocks-trade liberalization and a deline in remittances from abroad-on poverty in Pakistan using a CGE framework.
by Rizwana Siddiqui | On 19 Feb 2016 This NTS Issues Brief outlines themes highlighted at the roundtable workshop on Managing Cross-Border Movements of People in Southeast Asia: Promoting Capacity and Response for Irregular Migration hel...
by S. Rajaratnam International Studies | On 19 Feb 2016 The City Prosperity Initiative” presents UN-Habitat’s new global initiative that aims to reinforce local capacities for cities to improve well being and prosperity through a new monitoring tool (city...
by | On 19 Feb 2016 The present study has examined the changes in the employment scenario of Bangladesh following the pursuance of the trade liberalisation strategy and the possible effects of further trade liberalisatio...
by Wasel Shadat | On 19 Feb 2016 This paper uses a strategic framework developed by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to assess whether Australia’s foreign investment regime is sufficiently delivering on its four main objectives...
by Alan Fels | On 19 Feb 2016 The Government has to not only focus on the Indian Economic scenario but also at the World Economic scenario. The Budget will have to focus on both the long term and short term development plans and h...
by Kiron Nanda | On 18 Feb 2016 It has long been realised that factor accumulation and technological development are only proximate causes of economic development, and focus has now shifted to investigating the ‘deeper determinants’...
by Fazal Husain | On 18 Feb 2016 This workshop was conducted as part of the mitigation strategies in rice production project, implemented with support from the agriculture initiative of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition. The projec...
by B. Sander | On 18 Feb 2016 Policy in Pakistan has been fairly path-dependant, placing a higher weight on export promotion and domestic industrialisation development than on domestic commerce. Yet domestic commerce is growing ra...
by Nadeem Ul Haque | On 17 Feb 2016 As some Southeast Asian countries consider using nuclear energy, the region should now be preparing a regional nuclear emergency response, incorporating technological and nuclear emergencies into its...
by | On 16 Feb 2016 In its founding documents, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) seeks the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to “ensure[s] that food production is not t...
by Meryl Richards | On 16 Feb 2016 This study examines the determinants of interest spread in Pakistan using panel data of 29 banks. The results show that inelasticity of deposit supply is a major determinant of interest spread whereas...
by M. Idrees Khawaja | On 16 Feb 2016 Pressure has been building for the conclusion of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Getting the deal done is important, but the TPP is not just another free trade agreement (...
by Deborah Elms | On 16 Feb 2016 The Southwest Area Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management Project in Bangladesh became the first initiative to successfully incorporate beneficiary participation into all aspects of managi...
by Asian Bank | On 15 Feb 2016 Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh is contributing significantly to commercial banks to promote women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. Various helpful policies are initiated to promote
w...
by Bangladesh Bank BB | On 15 Feb 2016 Like other developing countries, Bangladesh initiated financial sector reform program during 1990’s. The main objectives of the financial sector reform programs were: i) Gradual B 3 | P a g e eliminat...
by Sayera Younus | On 15 Feb 2016 The main objective of this study report is to find out the impact(s) of the refinance scheme of Bangladesh Bank (BB) through comparing the economic well-being of the target group people who have taken...
by Md. Julhas Uddin | On 15 Feb 2016 The current thinking on the subject of the central bank communication policy centres squarely on the transparency with which the bank conveys its beliefs on the evolving pattern of macroeconomic funda...
by Bangladesh Bank BB | On 15 Feb 2016 This document is designed to present a brief but comprehensive view of the real and monetary developments during the immediate past quarters and project the expected developments in the immediate futu...
by Bangladesh Bank BB | On 15 Feb 2016 This paper examines whether monetary policy transmits through bank assets or liabilities or both. This is an important policy issue since in order to know the effectiveness of monetary policy it is ne...
by Sayera Younus | On 15 Feb 2016 Basel II consists of three pillars such as Pillar I, II and III. Implementation of this New Accord is a challenge for many developing countries including Bangladesh. This study has made an attempt to...
by Md. Kabir Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 Identifying core inflation has become a very important issue for the Central Banks of the world for last few years. It has also become a practice to monitor the core inflation along side the headline...
by Md. Shahiduzzaman | On 15 Feb 2016 Lower spread is a vital indicator of the efficiency and competition in the financial system and conducive to higher economic growth of a country via investment spending. In Bangladesh, the spread in t...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 Emergence of the global market has heightened the role of trade in world economy and made industrialization as an integral system of global trade and production. Bangladesh economy at present is more...
by Md. Nehal Ahmed | On 15 Feb 2016 This paper focuses on the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the sectoral (agriculture, industry and service) growth pattern of Bangladesh economy over the last 11 years, 1995-2005. The rese...
by Iftekhar Ahmed Robin | On 15 Feb 2016 This policy note is an exploratory attempt to verify the popular argument that cost side factors are no less contributory than demand side factors in stimulating inflation in the Bangladesh economy. T...
by Md. Alauddin Majumder | On 15 Feb 2016 This policy note attempts to introduce the concept and size of tax expenditures in the context of Bangladesh with special references to experiences of India and Pakistan. It shows that the amount of t...
by M. Golam Mortaza | On 15 Feb 2016 This paper tries to investigate the pattern of volatility in the overnight money market rate (call money rate) in Bangladesh using subjective judgment as well as econometric techniques during the peri...
by Md. Shahiduzzaman | On 15 Feb 2016 Bangladesh Bank (BB) adjusted its monetary policy stance during 2005 in order to contain inflationary pressures and facilitate stability in the foreign exchange market. At the end of 2005, interest ra...
by Shubhasish Barua | On 15 Feb 2016 Corruption and bribery are complex transactions that involve both someone who offers a benefit, often a bribe, and someone who accepts, as well as a variety of specialists or intermediaries to facilit...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 As with any governance framework, participation, transparency and accountability form the guiding principles needed for ensuring policies and decisions on water are responsive to citizens. When these...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 Much of the world’s business is carried out by small and medium enterprises, especially in emerging economies. This edition recognises that SMEs in many societies are frequently confronted with the pr...
by Transparency International TI | On 14 Feb 2016 This essay, published originally by the National Bureau of Asian Research, discusses the long-term and current relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the intertwined militancy in the two count...
by Vanda Felbab-Brown | On 14 Feb 2016 The Toolkit o#ers a step-by-step guide for integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into the coastal and marine ecosystem management that will be quite useful for the "eld pra...
by Sriyanie Miththapala | On 14 Feb 2016 The Prohibition of Child Marriages Act (PCMA), 2006 came into effect on 1 November, 2007 replacing the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929. PCMA is a social re-engineering mechanism which mandates St...
by Trupti Jhaveri Panchal | On 14 Feb 2016 The collapse of global financial markets in September 2008 has ignited a debate on what caused their quick undoing. As captured in the comments of the OECD Secretary-General, there is a growing sentim...
by Transparency International TI | On 13 Feb 2016 Using original data from a newly collected nationally representative survey for 40,000 households in India, we examine associations of various dimensions of social capital with each other and with con...
by Reeve Vanneman | On 13 Feb 2016 This paper uses panel data from a pilot project and evaluates the impact of conditional cash transfers on consumption, education, and nutrition outcomes among poor rural families in Bangladesh. Given...
by Céline Ferré | On 12 Feb 2016 A comprehensive regulatory framework for the private sector is a prerequisite for a transparent, honest and just society: where regulation is weak, corruption risks grow strong. As the primary rule ma...
by Transparency International TI | On 12 Feb 2016 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) build on previous international development promises and represent an unprecedented, comprehensive framework for combating poverty, reaching universal education...
by Transparency International TI | On 12 Feb 2016 This Report focuses on the productive abilities of the regions, households and
individuals. The report also reinforces the fact that there are inequalities between and within regions, as well as soci...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 12 Feb 2016 Rice seed production, marketing, distribution situation in Bangladesh and India is not considered to be efficient. This has led to low availability and accessibility of modern varieties (MV) rice seed...
by Mahfuz Kabir | On 11 Feb 2016 In Davos 2012, business leaders reviewed the output of The Future of Manufacturing project, which asked How are global value chains evolving? The Manufacturing for Growth initiative asks What should b...
by | On 11 Feb 2016 This report from the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability calls for more robust and operational approaches to addressing the challenges of climate change. Called D...
by | On 11 Feb 2016 The aim of this paper is to analyze the February 13 Agreement’s implementation along with the prospects for the denuclearization of North Korea. The paper starts with an overview of North Korea’s comp...
by | On 09 Feb 2016 On January 11, 2007, a state of emergency was declared in Bangladesh. A new caretaker government which condoned greater military involvement in the governing of Bangladesh was installed. This is the t...
by | On 09 Feb 2016 This paper outlines an integrative framework for the analysis of market constitution and explores its application to solar power technology markets. These markets are currently still in the making and...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 This leads the present paper to reflect on the need for additional coordination mechanisms to address the challenges of an increasingly globalized and networked economy. In recognition of the fundamen...
by | On 08 Feb 2016 This paper traces the process of recognition of children’s budget and the introduction of
Statement 22- Budget Provisions for Schemes for the Welfare of Children in the Expenditure Budget Volume 1. I...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 08 Feb 2016 This is the second edition of the TI Defence and Security Programme's Handbook, Building Integrity and Reducing Corruption in Defence and Security: 20 Practical Reforms. This Handbook has a simple pur...
by Transparency International TI | On 06 Feb 2016 Urban poverty, which is distinct from rural poverty due to demographic, economic and political aspects remain hitherto unexplored, at the city level in Pakistan. The determinants of urban poverty in S...
by Masood Sarwar Awan | On 06 Feb 2016 In this study, an investigation of the effects of capital inflows on domestic price level, monetary expansion and exchange rate volatility. To proceed with this, linear and nonlinear cointegration and...
by Abdul Rashid | On 06 Feb 2016 Violence against women at the workplace is a major problem, though the statistical evidence is not well developed for many countries. This report aims at gaining a better insight into the extent to wh...
by Kea Tijdens | On 05 Feb 2016 The Business Principles for Countering Bribery provide a framework for companies to develop comprehensive anti-bribery programmes. Whilst many large companies have no-bribes policies all too few imple...
by Transparency International TI | On 05 Feb 2016 This think piece examines the emergence of global innovations networks and their implications for multilateral trade rules. After pointing out, that the WTO agreements were reached with little direct...
by | On 05 Feb 2016 Each ASEAN member state has taken some steps to addressing corruption at the national level, such as ratifying the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), but much more is urgently neede...
by Transparency International TI | On 05 Feb 2016 In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, many different cases of malfeasance and corruption at banks have been exposed. To date, settlements worth more than US$ 230 billion have been agreed be...
by Transparency International | On 05 Feb 2016 This study is part of a broader study being undertaken by PIDE on remittances and their impact on the Pakistan economy including explaining its over ten-fold increase between 2001–2012 from around US$...
by Rashid Amjad | On 03 Feb 2016 This study investigates the existence of accrual anomaly by using a
sample of 340 non-financial firms listed at Karachi Stock Exchange. The
objective of the study is to examine the persistence of th...
by Jawad Mohammad | On 03 Feb 2016 This paper considers an economy where individuals differ in productivity and in risk. Rochet (1991) has shown that when private insurance markets offer full coverage at fair rates, social insurance is...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 The compromise effect refers to individuals’ tendency to choose intermediate options. Its existence has been demonstrated in a large number of hypothetical choice experiments. This paper uses field da...
by | On 02 Feb 2016 Governments in Asia must prioritise technologies that improve fishery productivity to meet the growing local and international demand for fish. This increased productivity must be sustainable, however...
by The WorldFish Center TWC | On 01 Feb 2016 There is a growing awareness that action is urgently needed to seriously address the climate change problem. The multilateral process that began with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 Long-term planning and investment are essential to prevent increasing vulnerability to climate change in developing countries. Tackling only the impacts will fail: fragmented action are only partial s...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 The multiple challenges that cities face also represent a strategic opportunity to build sustainable cities and reap the benefits of rapid urbanization. Urban development should be understood as a bal...
by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | On 31 Jan 2016 India’s presence in the East Asia Summit signals not only a victory for New Delhi’s “Look East” policy but also an implicit “Look West” policy on the part of India’s neighbors to the east. This conver...
by Ellen L. Frost | On 31 Jan 2016 China has emerged as one of the important factors in India-Sri Lanka relations. It is important to contextualise this intervening variable, before going into various aspects of China’s footprints in S...
by N Manoharan | On 31 Jan 2016 This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. It focuses on eight rel...
by Claire Mcloughlin | On 30 Jan 2016 In recent years, high and volatile prices have contributed to acute shortages of basic foodstuffs in poor, net food-importing countries. This paper examines the new challenges these countries face, an...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Transparency is essential to the smooth functioning of a trade system. Improved transparency in agricultural policies and markets will allow trade to play a full role in achieving global food security...
by | On 30 Jan 2016 Giving Youth a Voice, the first ever nationwide survey on youth, was started in 2011. The main findings of the report were released to the media in mid August, prior to the International Youth Day. Th...
by Syeda Aziz | On 30 Jan 2016 The courts are one of the most fundamental institutions where power is contested in a constitutional democracy. A functioning and an independent judiciary can restrain and hold the executive accountab...
by . BRAC | On 30 Jan 2016 This advisory note, while accepting the existing limitations of the transparency regime in public procurement process of the country, argues that the Right to Information (RTI) Act has the potential t...
by . BRAC | On 30 Jan 2016 This report provides some reflections and insights on the level of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues being faced by countries as they adapt to climate change, based on...
by Catherine Ragasa | On 30 Jan 2016 Currently, corruption is one of the most discussed topics in the everyday life of Bangladeshi people. They experience it at almost every stage from the top lair of the bureaucracy to the petty grocery...
by Harun Rashid | On 30 Jan 2016 In recent years, tax compliance has come to the centre of both academic and policy discourse for several reasons. In the first place, tax-GDP ratio in Bangladesh is very low (10.6%) when compared with...
by Nasiruddin Ahmed | On 30 Jan 2016 This paper explores how these perceptions and narratives around women’s empowerment have evolved in Bangladesh from 2000 to date. It studies the concepts of women’s empowerment in public discourse and...
by Sohela Nazneen | On 30 Jan 2016 Authors Jim Levinson and Yarlini Balarajan of UNICEF New York and Alessandra Marini of the World Bank present three major case studies from Peru, Brazil and Bangladesh, but also a historical review of...
by Jim Levinson | On 30 Jan 2016 New technology in the seed sector has brought in new actors and new requirements for regulation. It is important to discuss how far India is working on new opportunities and policy options for effecti...
by Sachin Chaturvedi | On 30 Jan 2016 The present paper titled Public Expenditure, Employment and Poverty in Bangladesh An Empirical Analysis has been prepared under the CPD-UNDP collaboration programme on Pro-Poor Macroeconomic Policies...
by Centre for Policy Dialogue CPD | On 29 Jan 2016 The present paper titled Poverty-Environment Nexus: An Investigation of Linkage and Policy Implications has been prepared under the CPD-UNDP collaboration programme on Pro-Poor Macroeconomic Policies...
by Centre for Policy Dialogue CPD | On 29 Jan 2016 Bangladesh has a rich legacy of establishing and promoting local government institutions, but the actual roles and contributions of these institutions to augment citizens’ participation and consolidat...
by Niaz Khan | On 29 Jan 2016 The adoption of the ambitious post-2015 agenda centring on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations (UN) in New York in September marks an opportune moment to suggest development...
by | On 28 Jan 2016 The Survey on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Education in India and South Asia was commissioned by infoDev to be undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers, India. The Survey is a third...
by The Survey on Information and Communication Techno ICT | On 28 Jan 2016 New thinking and practical approaches are needed to address the threats to human security that climate change combined with social vulnerability pose for current and future patterns of loss and damage...
by Koko Warner | On 28 Jan 2016 In order to understand the importance of reducing air pollution and its likely trans-boundary effects, it is important to first review the socioeconomic situation of the South Asian member states. Sou...
by Mahmood Khwaja | On 28 Jan 2016 This document elaborates the scientific framework of the Adaptation to Change Programme in an attempt to improve the connections between science, policy, practice, and stakeholders and to tackle chall...
by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Devel ICIMOD | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper looks at recent trends in youth unemployment and joblessness and seeks to clarify some issues related to the nature of the youth labour market ‘problem’. During the recession, the prevalenc...
by Niall O’Higgins | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper enquires into the implications of the technological paradigm
shift for small enterprises. Those who would not consider conforming to the regulatory framework (specifically enlisted under...
by Keshab Das | On 28 Jan 2016 Surat-a city in the western-most Indian state of Gujarat, is an important case study, especially for those municipalities attempting reform of public health services. This note takes Surat as a case s...
by Rajib Dasgupta | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper is an attempt to study plausible causal relationship of women’s physiology and behaviour components with fertility in more or less non-industrial rural populations in Orissa, an Eastern Ind...
by Satyajeet Nanda | On 28 Jan 2016 This paper draws from a field research experiment to examine the
gendered aspects of willingness to pay for index-based insurance in Bangladesh. Participants were
presented with risky lotteries and...
by Daniel J. Clarke | On 28 Jan 2016 The way the world trades has changed since the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established. Fewer goods and services originate from any one supplier or country. Components and intermediate services...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 This policy paper presents the past efforts of regulating the Microfinance sector, analyses the merits and demerits of various attempts beginning from the report of the Task Force1 in 1999 and present...
by | On 27 Jan 2016 The EMPHASIS project (Enhancing Mobile Populations’ Access to HIV and
AIDS Services, Information and Support) has provided a diverse range of services to crossborder migrants in India, Nepal and Bang...
by Prabodh Devkota | On 27 Jan 2016 The objective of this working paper is to critically test the assertion that pro-poor "green" tourism is one of the best development options for the majority of least developed countries (LDCs) -- a c...
by Shoaib Akhtar | On 27 Jan 2016 The paper assembles detailed information about the IP provisions contained in active RTAs notified to the WTO. The goal was to expand beyond the more commonly studied RTAs, to review the full array of...
by Maegan McCann | On 27 Jan 2016 Understanding and managing urbanisation in developing countries is one of the major global policy challenges for the first half of the 21st century. Rapidly growing towns and cities are increasingly r...
by | On 26 Jan 2016 This paper analyses the role of services in international trade through the lens of global value chains (GVCs). Services account for more than 70% of world GDP but only for around 20% of world trade i...
by Rainer Lanz | On 26 Jan 2016 This policy notes highlights the importance of nutrition, it provides an overview of nutrition situation in India, its variation across socio-economic groups and states. further using the undernutriti...
by Ashi Kohli Kathuria | On 26 Jan 2016 It is predicted that climate change will aggravate the presence of sudden (e.g. cyclones, floods etc.) and chronic (e.g. drought, erosion) hazards to agrarian communities in Bangladesh. According to t...
by Md Maniruzzaman | On 23 Jan 2016 This publication summarises CDKN’s partnership work with Bangladesh to date, highlighting key achievements and signposting further information. We are involved at many levels, by investing in policy-r...
by Climate and Development Outlook CDO | On 23 Jan 2016 This study examines the relationship if any among economic growth (output), private sector credit and inflation in Bangladesh. In many developed and developing countries, private sector credit has pla...
by Sayera Younus | On 23 Jan 2016 This paper uses three alternative forecasting techniques, namely, Box-Jenkins’s Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model, unrestricted Vector Autoregression (UVAR) model and Hsiao’s Fina...
by Md. Habibur Rahman | On 23 Jan 2016 This policy note reviews the trend in debt composition and sources of debt financing and analyzes debt sustainability of Bangladesh. Along with historical data on level of debt and sources of financin...
by Md. Ezazul Islam | On 23 Jan 2016 This study reports high positive correlation between FDI inflows and Bangladesh’s aggregate exports and imports. The net impact on the current account balance and the balance of payments is positive....
by Muhammad Amir Hossain | On 23 Jan 2016 This note provides estimates of the contribution of food prices to inflation in Bangladesh. The results suggest that the current inflation takes a bigger toll on the poor because they spend more of th...
by M. Golam Mortaza | On 23 Jan 2016 The thin bond market in Bangladesh faces manifold challenges emanating from several sources including excessive reliance on bank credit, government debt instruments dominated by primary auction based...
by Md. Akhtaruzzaman | On 23 Jan 2016 This note provides estimates of inflation rate of import-concentrated commodities and their contribution to overall inflation in Bangladesh. The results suggest that the Bangladesh economy has been ex...
by M. G. Mortaza | On 23 Jan 2016 The statutory liquidity requirement (SLR), as a monetary policy instrument, has experienced infrequent changes in Bangladesh. Past evidence shows that reduction in SLR produced positive impact on bank...
by Sayera Younus | On 23 Jan 2016 India and its partners – Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa – in the BRICS forum have launched the New Development Bank. With the leaders of these countries, who recently met at Ufa in Russia, dis...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 Rice, a major staple crop for India and Bangladesh is important not only for ensuring food security, but also the livelihood security of large number of small and marginal farmers engaged in rice cult...
by Neha Jain | On 23 Jan 2016 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will have multiple impacts on India and South Asia, ranging from a short-term effect, such as the loss of preferential access for exports, to the longer-term impact...
by | On 23 Jan 2016 The paper examines the output elasticity of infrastructure for four South Asian countries viz., India,Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka using Pedroni’s panel cointegration technique for the period 19...
by Ranjan Kumar Dash | On 23 Jan 2016 Drawing on secondary literature and interviews and discussions with community members, local government officials, and various experts, the report proposes a mechanism through which LGIs could provide...
by International Centre for Climate Change and Develo ICCCAD | On 23 Jan 2016 In the backdrop of rise in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in developing countries, particularly after the global financial and economic crisis, Bangladesh is still ambivalent in setting its strategies r...
by Khondaker Moazzem | On 23 Jan 2016 A number of studies have indicated that trade liberalisation did not have any significant impact on poverty reduction although the impact on employment generation had been positive (e.g. Raihan 2007)....
by Mehruna Chowdhury | On 23 Jan 2016 The jute manufacturing sector of Bangladesh has recently started to revitalise with the rise in global demand for jute goods, thanks to the environment-friendly nature of jute, and the price hike of p...
by Khondaker Moazzem | On 23 Jan 2016 A recent project under the CMI-CPD institutional collaboration agreement has looked at the effect of corruption on investment in the energy sector. A distinction is made between the extraction of ener...
by Arne Wiig | On 23 Jan 2016 Energy remains one of the key inputs to socio-economic progress in developing societies. South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lank...
by Anoop Singh | On 23 Jan 2016 This paper analyses the possible relevance of water and sanitation improvements for diarrhoea reduction in the context of Bangladesh. Much of the public policy thinking in the past was guided by publi...
by Binayak Sen | On 23 Jan 2016 The study concludes that existing legal and policy frameworks provide a limited scope to assess and address both the current and potential future risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse im...
by Abdullah Faruque | On 23 Jan 2016 The intention of this study is to get an indication of the trends and uses of private sector commercial borrowing from external sources in Bangladesh. In this paper, an overall picture of the private...
by Sayera Younus | On 23 Jan 2016 Over the years, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been using changes in consumer price index (CPI) inflation as the operational guide to measuring price stability in Bangladesh. In recent years, it has how...
by Bangladesh Bank | On 23 Jan 2016 Despite the removal of restrictions and reforms in the banking sector to facilitate the adoption of a market oriented interest rate policy, interest rates are yet to become fully responsive to the mar...
by Bangladesh Bank | On 23 Jan 2016 Despite the importance, the contribution of SMEs to the country’s GDP and employment has remained somewhat unclear especially in view of the multiplicity of the definition of SMEs adopted by different...
by Bangladesh Bank | On 23 Jan 2016 In the backdrop of recent global developments, this note examines some of the characteristics of inflation in Bangladesh including the contribution of major commodity groups to overall inflation in ru...
by Bangladesh Bank | On 23 Jan 2016 This study of individuals identified as influential within nutrition in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and India examines why particular individuals champion nutrition policy, and how they operate in the...
by Nicholas Nisbett | On 23 Jan 2016 The welfare of the poor turns in large measure not only on technocratic development “policies”, but the effective delivery of key public services, core elements of which require thousands of face-to-f...
by | On 22 Jan 2016 This document outlines one component of India’s INDC submission to the UNFCCC focussing on the renewable energy contribution to its future electricity mix. So far, the Government of India has articula...
by Sudatta Ray | On 22 Jan 2016 This report summarizes outcomes of collaboration between ADB and implementing agencies of Bhutan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Viet Nam to address gaps in the production of a...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 22 Jan 2016 In order to accelerate progress on undernutrition reduction we need to understand how the governance of nutrition programmes leads to successful outcomes. Based on evidence from six countries: Banglad...
by Institute of Development Studies IDS | On 21 Jan 2016 This paper presents a detailed overview of the innovation policy framework in India in order to assess its role in innovations and enterprise development in the Indian industry. This paper notes that...
by Biswajit Dhar | On 21 Jan 2016 This paper attempts to locate ‘migration’ within a social protection framework both theoretically and empirically. We add to the dominant theoretical discourse around social protection by introducing...
by | On 20 Jan 2016 This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for internatio...
by | On 20 Jan 2016 Following from the Global Economic Crisis of 2008, the paper comprises four substantive sections. The first offers the briefest of descriptions of the economic crisis. It is followed by a discussion o...
by | On 20 Jan 2016 This literature review identifies and summarises existing evidence on the determinants of undernutrition in children under the age of two years in Bangladesh. The review gathers evidence on the immedi...
by Stuart Gillespie | On 19 Jan 2016 The issue of Bangladeshi migration in India has become a major concern
for policy makers in recent years. Indeed, India’s eastern border is
facing major illegal activities viz. the influx of illegal...
by | On 19 Jan 2016 This paper: (i) examines long-term care (LTC) protection in 46 developing and developed countries covering 80 per cent of the world’s population; (ii) provides (data on LTC coverage for the population...
by Xenia Scheil-Adlung | On 19 Jan 2016 There are five areas where the categories of ‘communal’ and ‘ethnic’ fall short: in their historical precision, in their scale, in their partial conceptualization of agency, in their ability to engage...
by | On 18 Jan 2016 The liquidity framework of Basel III assumes added significance for banks in India and many banks have been approaching us to comprehend the finer points of the liquidity regulations, as also with req...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 18 Jan 2016 The recent success of India and Bangladesh in settling the complicated issue of political enclaves in each other’s territories could be traced to the spirit displayed by the leaders of the two countri...
by | On 18 Jan 2016 This Overview Report on Gender and Migration takes a broad approach to migration – it looks at the gender dynamics of both international and the lesser-researched internal migration and the interconne...
by | On 13 Jan 2016 This paper assesses the effectiveness of non-tariff special and differential treatment (SDT) offered exclusively to the least developed countries by WTO agreements. SDTs are inefficient in at least fo...
by | On 11 Jan 2016 The paper presents the theoretical canvass emphasising the need to adopt an integrated approach towards trade in goods, trade in services and investment in a regional framework. In this context, rules...
by Ram Upendra Das | On 09 Jan 2016 This paper looks at the ‘BCIM Regional Cooperation’ and the related proposal to revive the ‘Southern Silk Route’ connecting China and India through Bangladesh and Myanmar. The aim is to understand the...
by | On 09 Jan 2016 The paper reviews the evolution of India’s diaspora policy and examines the possibilities and pitfalls that could arise from Delhi’s new political enthusiasm for overseas Indian communities. Engagemen...
by C. Raja Mohan | On 09 Jan 2016 Migration is an important social and historical reality in South Asia. In the past decade, migration from one country to another and internal migration (i.e. migration within a particular country) hav...
by Sanjay Barbora | On 08 Jan 2016 This paper discusses mechanisms to prevent and resolve foreign exchange crises in East Asia. Policies and mechanisms at the country level as well as regional and global levels are discussed. Policies...
by Andrew Cooper | On 07 Jan 2016 The rural household livelihood and children’s educational investment decisions are analyzed in a post-conflict setting located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh. The study represents...
by | On 07 Jan 2016 International trade is redefined today in terms of trade in value added and global value chains. Most countries trade both in finished goods as well as intermediates. India, a less talked about countr...
by | On 07 Jan 2016 This report reflects efforts to capture the trends in labour migration from Nepal, identify the structural gaps and suggests ways to move forward for the Government and stakeholders. Although various...
by The Asia Foundation | On 02 Jan 2016 The report summarizes recommendations from a national consultation on the post-2015 development framework and includes reports from a range of national convenors including the Government of India, tra...
by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | On 01 Jan 2016 In the field of international trade, an economy is assumed to be reeling under the 'BLACK HOLE EFFECT' of another economy, if all the major variables of international trade, irrespective of in which c...
by | On 01 Jan 2016 This paper examines how local politics affects public fund allocations. It uses the context of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India which was introduced by the Indian National Congr...
by Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay | On 01 Jan 2016 “Abenomics” refers to the economic policies advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who became prime minister of Japan for a second time when his party, the Liberal Democratic Party, won an overwhelmin...
by Farhad Hesary | On 29 Dec 2015 This report presents lessons and results of specific relevance to shaping the post-2015 development framework derived from 20 Joint Programmes supported by the MDGF. These studies contain lessons to e...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 Women’s access to, use of and control over land and other productive resources are essential to ensuring their right to equality and to an adequate standard of living. Throughout the world, gender ine...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 This report contains relevant sections of the principal international agreements over the past 20 years where countries have committed to responding to violence against women and girls. also provides...
by UN Women | On 28 Dec 2015 This note presents data regarding Parliament’s productivity during Winter Session 2015.
by Kusum Malik | On 26 Dec 2015 Economic integration is being inhibited by the poor state of transport connectivity between Bangladesh, and South Asia and Southeast Asia. This study reviews connectivity initiatives of Bangladesh and...
by Mustafizur Rahman | On 23 Dec 2015 New powers, such as China, India and Brazil, are challenging the traditional dominance of the US in the governance of the global economy. It is generally taken for granted that the rise of new powers...
by Kristen Hopewell | On 23 Dec 2015 The objective of this study is to explore the inflation-economic growth linkage, if any, in Bangladesh. With this view, various tables and charts, correlation matrices, pair-wise Granger Causality tes...
by Sayera Younus | On 22 Dec 2015 The intention of this study is to analyze lending rate behavior in Bangladesh and also to determine the factors that mostly affect the lending rates. For this purpose, a set of macro and bank specific...
by Shahana Nasrin | On 22 Dec 2015 This paper examines whether an increase in women’s time in agriculture adversely affects maternal and child nutrition, and whether the lack of women’s time in reproductive work leads to poorer nutriti...
by SOPHIE THEIS | On 22 Dec 2015 World over, there is an awakening, post the great financial crisis of 2008, about the existence, contribution, magnitude, significance and risks of non-banking financial sector. The business model of...
by R Gandhi | On 22 Dec 2015 It is recognized that there are close links between sport and politics, and in particular between sport and national consciousness. The Olympic Games and the football, rugby and cricket World Cups hav...
by | On 22 Dec 2015 The imperatives for Thailand’s investment in the Northeast have come from two important considerations, reflecting longterm strategic objectives of the Look West Policy of Thailand. First, India’s nor...
by | On 22 Dec 2015 This paper addresses the issue of disability and its public health implications within the human rights framework. It also throws light on people with physical disabilities at least get noticed but th...
by Leni Chaudhari | On 21 Dec 2015 The focus is on South Asia and the starting point of inquiry is on 33 projects that illustrate the roles and forms of NGO and CBO engagement in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The rep...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 21 Dec 2015 The Indian education ecosystem today consists of the government, private sector, and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) that have helped provide education to millions of children. The enactment of t...
by Meril Antony | On 21 Dec 2015 This note builds on lessons learned from the Center for Global Development’s work on intergovernmental fiscal transfers for health and lays out three strategies for donors that fund organizations and...
by Amanda Glassman | On 21 Dec 2015 Drawing from existing domestic experiences and the first results of the international debate, this paper tries to identify some high-level recommendations on how the payments system should be regulate...
by Maria Malaguti | On 19 Dec 2015 The intention of this paper is to examine whether Real Exchange Rate (RER)depreciation has any impact on export, import and trade balance of Bangladesh.
Real exchange rate is calculated using Tk./do...
by Maidul Chowdhury | On 19 Dec 2015 This brief describes key findings from a rigorous seven-year evaluation of the first of these livelihood programmes, BRAC’s ‘Targeting the Ultra-Poor’ programme in rural Bangladesh. Targeted household...
by Clare Balboni | On 18 Dec 2015 The present paper examines the trends and patterns of import intensity in the whole economy and manufacturing sector in India during 1990s and beyond. The paper also reviews past studies on import int...
by Mahua Paul | On 18 Dec 2015 This study places special attention on evaluating constitutional provisions that affect IDPs, on legislation pertaining to displacement, and the National Legal Framework for Relief, Rehabilitation, an...
by | On 18 Dec 2015 This paper assesses the emphasis of the literature on different agriculture–nutrition pathways in Bangladesh. More research is needed on the links between agriculture and nutrition in country-specific...
by | On 18 Dec 2015 This paper draws on secondary data to map out a proliferating set of international nutrition commitment initiatives, and assesses how these employ accountability mechanisms to support the delivery of...
by Dolf J.H. te Lintelo | On 17 Dec 2015 This report makes the case for closing persistent gaps in equity, because the cycle of inequity is neither inevitable nor insurmountable, and the cost of inaction is too high. UNICEF’s commitment to e...
by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 17 Dec 2015 As political commitment is an essential ingredient for elevating food and nutrition security onto policy agendas, commitment metrics have proliferated. Many conflate government commitment to fight hun...
by Rajith Lakshman | On 16 Dec 2015 The DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers and adolescent girls by integrating the delivery of a nu...
by Ahmed F. | On 16 Dec 2015 The DFID Programme to Accelerate Improved Nutrition for the Extreme Poor in Bangladesh aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children, mothers and adolescent girls by integrating the delivery of a nu...
by Barnett I. | On 16 Dec 2015 The paper makes use of newly developped information on unemployment dynamics. On the basis of a matching model of the labour market the paper analyses the economic, institutional and policy determinan...
by Ekkehard Ernst | On 16 Dec 2015 Research around the world has demonstrated the important role that education plays in the empowerment of girls and women. Providing girls with a quality education can help prevent early marriage, prev...
by Musammat Badrunnesha | On 16 Dec 2015 The objective of this study is to examine the characteristics of the stock market bubble burst in Bangladesh and policy response for the sample period from 2004:7-2013:2. This paper also discusses the...
by Dr. Sayera Younus | On 15 Dec 2015 The key challenge is to develop a policy that facilitates the adaptive capacity of migration rather than inhibiting it. Such an endeavour and subsequent shift in policy where it is sub-optimal is impe...
by Richard Black | On 15 Dec 2015 In this paper, documents a positive spillover effect of BRAC schools on female secondary enrollment in registered madrasas. Drawing upon school enrollment data aggregated at the region level, It first...
by Mohammad Niaz Asadullah | On 11 Dec 2015 Budgets are the most solid expression of a government’s priorities, performances, decisions and intentions both at the national as well as the level of the states. This budget for children (BfC) in Me...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 08 Dec 2015 To inform the formulation of policies and interventions to strengthen women’s land rights, this paper analyzes nationally representative data from Bangladesh,
Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam to...
by Kathryn Sproule | On 02 Dec 2015 Intense climate-related disasters—floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atm...
by Vinod Thomas | On 30 Nov 2015 This paper surveys the voluminous literature on migration affecting trade and the somewhat less developed literature linking aid flows to migration. It aims to guide the reader through the two literat...
by | On 27 Nov 2015 Over the last twenty years, the overwhelming majority (90%) of disasters have been caused by floods, storms, heatwaves and other weather-related events. In total, 6,457 weather-related disasters were...
by | On 25 Nov 2015 This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction between community gender norms and relative supply of madrasas (i.e. Islamic schools)....
by Zaki Wahhaj | On 16 Nov 2015 Although Bangladesh has achieved fairly steady economic growth, as of 2011, almost half of its population still lived in extreme poverty. As a result, the Government of Bangladesh and its development...
by Nayma Qayum | On 09 Nov 2015 This study aimed to evaluate the Multipurpose Learning Centres or Gonokendros (GK) operated by BRAC jointly with the local community in rural areas of Bangladesh. Two main goals were process evaluatio...
by | On 09 Nov 2015 This paper reports some initial findings of a study of how migrants in India and Bangladesh and the household members that stay behind reduce the insecurities they face (including hunger, debt, ill-he...
by | On 02 Nov 2015 This study measures the nutritional status (using Body Mass Index or BMI) of TB patients before, at two months, and after completion of TB treatment (DOTS) to study the changes during treatment and it...
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 29 Oct 2015 This study aims to identify the barriers leading to low consumption of
animal foods by children aged 6-23 months in A & T intervention areas; and to assesstheir knowledge and practices of dietary int...
by Umme Salma Mukta | On 29 Oct 2015 Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. People are getting educated at different levels on how to deal with potential impacts. One such educational mode was the preparati...
by | On 21 Oct 2015 The achievement of substantive equality is understood as having four dimensions: redressing disadvantage; countering stigma, prejudice, humiliation and violence; transforming social and institutional...
by | On 20 Oct 2015 Narendra Modi is the first PM after Indira Gandhi with the power and possibly the intention to change the Indian system.
by T.N. Ninan | On 16 Oct 2015 BRAC WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programme aims to facilitate, in partnership with the government of Bangladesh and other stakeholders, the attainment of the targets of UN Millennium Developm...
by Nepal C Dey | On 09 Oct 2015 The present study aims to assess determinants of adaptation diversity (i.e., a number of
adaptation mechanisms undertaken by the farm households). For empirical
assessment, a farm household-level s...
by Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati | On 09 Oct 2015 This paper explores the role of social networks in the migration process in Bangladesh. Migration can be costly and can also involve considerable risks around finding adequate housing and employment....
by | On 08 Oct 2015 The term “East-West divide” as a way of describing regional disparity in Bangladesh has emerged in the policy discourse only in the 2000s. The administrative divisions belonging to the western part of...
by | On 08 Oct 2015 Increasing women`s economic participation is not yet universally accepted despite three decades of global advocacy; and women empowerment and gender equality are still a work in progress. A mechanism...
by Lucita Lazo | On 07 Oct 2015 What the government needs to do, perhaps, is to spell out an action agenda for the next four months, in the run-up to the 2016 Budget.
by T.N. Ninan | On 02 Oct 2015 The practice of sharing sanitation facilities does not meet the current World Health Organization/UNICEF definition for what is considered improved sanitation. Recommendations have been made to catego...
by | On 30 Sep 2015 The objective of the mission was to evaluate the impact of the power plant on the livelihoods of the people and ecology of the region, examine the legal framework governing its and assess if the propo...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 28 Sep 2015 Using the 2004-05 India Human Development Survey data, The paper aims to estimate and decompose the earnings of household businesses owned by historically marginalized social groups known as Scheduled...
by Ashwini Deshpande | On 24 Sep 2015 This Handbook is mainly for human rights practitioners who want to familiarise themselves with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and use the human rights fram...
by | On 23 Sep 2015 Is democracy in Bangladesh on a reverse course? Is there a culture of intolerance being engendered by deliberate design? Will creeping extremisms create an inevitable schism within the nation? The pap...
by | On 23 Sep 2015 Categories that capture the Indian sub-continent-origin population – ‘Indian’, ‘Pakistani’, ‘Bangladeshi’ – have been included on all the British census forms (1991, 2001, 2011) that have asked about...
by | On 17 Sep 2015 This paper analyses the legal framework and policy innovations undertaken towards achieving the stated objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. This paper seeks to cri...
by | On 15 Sep 2015 This report – “Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms” is a scorecard to take stock of what reforms have happened, and to identify the way forward for States. The report highlights the...
by World Bank | On 15 Sep 2015 The purpose of the national consultation was to bring together initiatives from across the country to share experience and challenges. This report is the final draft of the discussions and a common ag...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 14 Sep 2015 The leadership agenda for action released by Coalition for Sustainable Nutrition Security in India to promote policy, programme and budgetary focus on overcoming the curse of malnutrition. The Coaliti...
by Coalition for Food & Nutrition Security India | On 11 Sep 2015 The possibility of developing regional production networks in specific sectors
between nations of South Asia has been explored in this paper. The case
of the leather and leather goods cluster in T...
by Keshab Das | On 11 Sep 2015 This booklet presents a brief analysis of certain key sectors and themes related to the Health system in India on creating an integrated and comprehensive public health system that prioritizes people’...
by Jan Swasthya Abhiyan | On 09 Sep 2015 The report explores how climate change has become one of the major challenges to the enjoyment of the basic rights to life, food, health, water, housing and self-determination in one of the World's mo...
by Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) | On 08 Sep 2015 This brief provides an overview of civil society in Sri Lanka. With a view to strengthening ADB cooperation with civil society organizations, the NGO and Civil Society Center periodically prepares rep...
by Asian Development Bank Institute | On 07 Sep 2015 This CSTEP study describes the UN’s four guidance principles and defines a Smart City Reference Framework that should provide the overarching principles and guidance to smart city programmes. The rep...
by | On 02 Sep 2015 To elicit the public’s views on health system issues, the study conducted an opinion poll survey in Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The study focused on health inequalities. The results sh...
by Bhatia Mrigesh | On 01 Sep 2015 Over the last decade, the landscape of Bangladesh has changed remarkably. Persistent mobility of people questions existing development strategies, which are largely based on sectoral approaches
that...
by Rita Afsar | On 31 Aug 2015 If there is one thing the Census 2011 shows, it's that India will remain overwhelmingly Hindu forever
by T.N. Ninan | On 29 Aug 2015 This report looks at the situation of women in policing in Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, and Pakistan. It is based on the premise that gender equality, besides being a value to be upheld in and of...
by Aideen Gilmore | On 28 Aug 2015 This study aims to shed light on the industry that profits from the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work employment in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Banglad...
by Katharine Jones | On 27 Aug 2015 This paper identifies the key factors determining the correct identification of skill gaps within firms. The impact of skill gaps on average training expenditures and labour costs is also measured. Th...
by Luis Ortiz | On 26 Aug 2015 This paper presents the findings of a study undertaken by IIED in partnership with Plan International on urban children’s risk and agency in four large Asian cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nep...
by | On 24 Aug 2015 Aquaculture has grown in leaps and bounds in the last couple of decades in Bangladesh. This is welcomed by most as increasing fish production is expected to contribute to enhancing food security in a...
by Kazi Ali Toufique | On 21 Aug 2015 This report tries to address youth employment challenges, and suggests measures that countries will need an integrated approach involving different levels of government and linking with overall develo...
by | On 20 Aug 2015 This study attempts to examine children's attitude to school and their experience of school, performance of children, mathematical ability of teachers and classroom process, as all these have bearing...
by | On 19 Aug 2015 The development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a vital role of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, because it contributes more than 90 % of country’s GDP and it can be found out both in...
by Nang Saw Nandar Hlaing | On 19 Aug 2015 The paper analyses the potential opportunities between Bangladesh and Myanmar stemming from sub-regional cooperation. The paper examines Myanmar’s integration into the regional and global economy toge...
by Debapriya Bhattacharya | On 18 Aug 2015 It is not correct to blame the media when effective communication suffer. The government will have to recheck its media policies and the distance it has to keep the media.
by T.N. Ninan | On 15 Aug 2015 Against the post-New Industrial Policy (1991) growth witnessed in large-scale industries, a corresponding boom in the small and mid-sized domestic industry has been conspicuously absent. The paper see...
by Amit Chandra | On 13 Aug 2015 This study focuses on the marketable
domestic public debt of the Government of India (GoI) in terms of size, magnitude, policy and approach followed and also discusses issues and challenges on debt m...
by Lakshmanan L | On 13 Aug 2015 This paper argues that mainstreaming SMEs and SE into various international treaties will require the assumption of positive externalities which markets cannot fully evaluate. To show this, the possib...
by Leonardo Lanzona | On 12 Aug 2015 There may not be a single standard approach to developing the ICT-BPO sector, the successful experiences of developing countries can provide useful insights and practical lessons for countries contemp...
by Fatima Lourdes E. Del Prado | On 12 Aug 2015 This working paper embodies the results of trade and transport facilitation audit which was carried out in the Bangladesh context, as part of a South Asian regional study.The study documents the major...
by Naimul Saif | On 11 Aug 2015 This
paper is an attempt to know the equilibrium exchange rate of Taka to measure exchange rate misalignment. To estimate
the equilibrium real exchange rate we use macroeconomic balance approach, wh...
by Md. Akhtaruzzaman | On 11 Aug 2015 Banking in India and globally is undergoing and there are many challenges that are lying ahead. The basic underlying theme that runs through this changing landscape is the ever increasing reliance on...
by Harun R Khan | On 04 Aug 2015 Education is a basic human right and considered by many as a key tool for national development. However, this tenet has been challenged by several economists, especially Pritchett (1996). His empirica...
by Gazi Mahabubul Alam | On 03 Aug 2015 This paper examines, in particular, the effects on educational mobility of a well-known maternal and child health and family planning program in Matlab Bangladesh. Results suggest that the program res...
by Andrew Foster | On 29 Jul 2015 This document compiles the explicit references to girls’
and women’s right to education in national reports and
is intended to serve as a practical tool for both advocacy
and monitoring. The factsh...
by UNESCO UNESCO | On 22 Jul 2015 Financial sector’s primary role is intermediation between ultimate savers and ultimate investors. Initially, it was banks which were the intermediaries. As the financial sector evolved, other types of...
by R. Gandhi | On 21 Jul 2015 Analysis of the long term effects of social and public health programs using household survey data requires an understanding of patterns of household recombination–that is the processes by which house...
by Andrew Foster | On 16 Jul 2015 In two years since Rana Plaza collapsed, considerable progress has been made towards creating a safer ready made garment sector for Bangladesh. This ILO publication looks at what has been achieved and...
by International Labour Organisation ILO | On 10 Jul 2015 Liberalisation and the accompanying policy of economic reforms have created a new environment that exposes the unorganised enterprises to various vulnerabilities while at the same time providing new a...
by National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorgan NCEUS | On 10 Jul 2015 Banks and financial institutions are easy prey to fraudsters. As long as banks and financial institutions handle huge sums of money as financial intermediaries they will always be the target of ingeni...
by R. Gandhi | On 06 Jul 2015 This paper offers a regional overview of the mechanisms and consequences of the growing gender imbalances, as observed today in Asia. The extent and timings of the trend towards more masculine populat...
by Christophe Z. Guilmoto | On 02 Jul 2015 This Policy Brief utilizes the concept of value chain management as the basis of improving the competitive advantage of the rice sector for
promoting food security in Bangladesh. For analyzing the is...
by | On 02 Jul 2015 Social enterprises (SEs) are crucial both for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and labor generation. The goal of SEs is to provide public goods to communities. In the Philippines...
by | On 29 Jun 2015 Increasing women`s economic participation is not yet universally accepted despite three decades of global advocacy; and women empowerment and gender equality are still a work in progress. A mechanism...
by Lucita Lazo | On 26 Jun 2015 This technical paper provides evidence-based estimates of the likelihood of disaster-induced displacement in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It att...
by Justin Ginnetti | On 24 Jun 2015 The statement discusses the need of development of a competent and accountable public service by attracting, developing, engaging and managing an efficient and innovative organizational, functional an...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 18 Jun 2015 The statement aims to stand firmly as an independent institution and to conduct every election honestly, fairly and transparency and in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the country. The st...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 18 Jun 2015 The adoption of inflation targeting in India has been a much debated topic which also becomes a challenge for the emerging economy. Though inflation targeting has already been adopted in many emerging...
by Charan Singh | On 18 Jun 2015 Kerala has achieved good health indictors compared to other Indian states. In order to navigate the sector through the multiple challenges faced in the health sector Government of Kerala needs to arti...
by Health & Family Welfare Department Kerala | On 17 Jun 2015 Statement aims to establish good governance by coordinating activities of different ministries & divisions and supervising activities of field administration in pursuing government policy and strategy...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 17 Jun 2015 The statement aims to build a knowledge-based and digital Bangladesh and to advance the socio-economic conditions of all sections of the nation, through the establishment of good governance in the all...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 17 Jun 2015 The data generated by the Budgeting Information System has been used to prepare this report which put forward the following major findings- Up to April FY11, 80.2% of the Revenue target of the budget...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 17 Jun 2015 This Pre Budget Report incorporates the Medium-Term Budget Framework (MTBF). The MTBF links the spending plans of budgetary units to overall government policy objectives.The purpose of the Report is t...
by Ministry of Finance Afghanistan | On 16 Jun 2015 The national budget is the primary tool for implementing the priorities and policies of the government as a whole. The 1390 budget maintains the Government’s major budgetary objective of allocating fi...
by Ministry of Finance Afghanistan | On 15 Jun 2015 This overview brings together major findings and crosscutting issues
in the “country situation reports” from Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively, which were commissioned
b...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 15 Jun 2015 Budgetary speech presents an outline of the the Budget Implementation Progress report for FY 2010-11. The speech discuss briefly budget framework of bangladesh government and also analyse macroeconomi...
by Ministry of Finance Bangladesh | On 12 Jun 2015 Budget FY11 contains Speech of the Bangladesh Finance Minister on the implementation status and macroeconomic analysis up to second quarter (July-December).
by | On 12 Jun 2015 By investigating the educational expenditure of children over the ten years (2000 to 2010), it evaluates whether there exists any gender specific discrepancy at the household level and the trend of su...
by Abu S. Shonchoy | On 10 Jun 2015 Attempts have been made to arrive at a comprehensive settlement of the land boundary between India and Bangladesh (the erstwhile East Pakistan) since 1947. The Nehru-Noon agreement of 1958 and the agr...
by Ministry of External Affairs, GoI MEA | On 07 Jun 2015 On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation the statement suggest that the global recovery is still slow and getting increasingly differentiated across regions.
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 03 Jun 2015 In May 2012, the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly endorsed the global vaccine action plan in resolution and requested the Director-General to monitor progress and report annually, through the Executi...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 27 May 2015 This report draws on IDMC’s report on internal displacement in Myanmar published in July 2014 and also uses information collected since then. It is based on documents published by international organi...
by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre | On 27 May 2015 The Working Group aims to deliberate on the existing labour laws and the need for review of these laws in order to protect the interest of workers more effectively while at the same time promoting gro...
by Ministry of Labour and Employment GoI | On 26 May 2015 At its 134th session, in the provisional agenda the Executive Board have requested the Director-General to develop a framework of engagement with non-State actors and separate policies on the engageme...
by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 25 May 2015 The Rohingya are an ethno-religious minority group from the Rakhine region, which today is encompassed within the borders of Myanmar and is adjacent to Bangladesh. The majority of Rohingya in Myanmar...
by The Equal Rights Trust | On 14 May 2015 This report presents information on selected aspects of employment and unemployment and some other features pertaining to people belonging to four social groups viz., Scheduled Tribe (ST), Scheduled C...
by Ministry of Statistics and Prog Implementation (MOSPI) | On 14 May 2015 The paper discusses the notion of accountability, followed by an introduction to the Downsian theory of electoral competition. This serves as a point for classifying different sources of accountabilit...
by Dilip Mookherjee | On 14 May 2015 The intention of this paper is to examine the role of banks particularly the state owned and specialized banks in
promoting women entrepreneurship in Bangladesh. Women constitute almost half of the t...
by | On 13 May 2015 The Odisha State Youth Policy 2013 aims to give a strategic direction and make timely interventions to enable the youth to get the best out of the changing scenario in the state and the country due to...
by Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute | On 12 May 2015 The purpose of the study is to extend the period of analysis of the impact of new seed fertiliser technology from 1990-93 to 2003-06. A special significance to economic reforms in India in 1991 is giv...
by Gurmail Singh | On 12 May 2015 Review of Civil Wars in South Asia: State, Sovereignty, Development ed. Aparna Sundar and Nandini Sundar. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2014. pp. 273. Rs. 850/-, ISBN: 9789351500407.
by Pramod K. Nayar | On 28 Apr 2015 In context of contemporary debates about censorship, net neutrality and the role of the state in today’s globalising world, it becomes vital to examine the stand taken by various Asian governments tow...
by Nandini Bhattacharya | On 17 Apr 2015 The objective of this Consultation Paper (CP) is to analyse the implications of the growth of OTTs and consider whether or not changes
are required in the current regulatory framework. To understand...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | On 13 Apr 2015 This report presents an overview of both legal frameworks that have institutionalised discrimination and fuelled religious intolerance and violence against women and a dysfunctional criminal justice s...
by International Crisis Group | On 13 Apr 2015 Budget for children is not a separate budget. It is merely an attempt to disaggregate from the overall allocations made, those made specifically for programmes that benefit children. This enables us t...
by HAQ Centre for Child Rights HAQCRC | On 24 Mar 2015 On 5 January, the first anniversary of the deeply contested 2014 elections, the most violent in Bangladesh’s history, clashes between government and opposition groups led to several deaths and scores...
by International Crisis Group | On 24 Mar 2015 This working paper reflects Indis's domestic production on exports and imports. The paper also highlights upon India’s two policy instruments, namely price controls and reserving market segment for sm...
by | On 18 Mar 2015 A substantial part of the 2015 Budget Statement is interspersed with the promise that ‘every rupee of public expenditure…will contribute to the betterment of people’s lives through job creation, pover...
by Gautam Mody | On 03 Mar 2015 The Fourteenth Finance Commission (FC-XIV) was constituted by the President under
Article 280 of the Constitution on 2 January 2013 to make recommendations for the period 2015-
20. Dr. Y. V. Reddy w...
by Finance Commission | On 24 Feb 2015 The union budget for 2014-15 offers few changes in terms of policy priorities from the United Progressive Alliance government interim budget for 2014-15, and it fails to recognise the cracks in the co...
by Subrat Das | On 20 Feb 2015 Access to water and sanitation are strongly influenced by identities of caste, class and gender. The launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan presents an opportunity to address some concerns pertaining to...
by Kanika Kaul | On 19 Feb 2015 The report states that about 90 people have been killed and more than a thousand were injured in the ongoingviolent anti-government protests by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 20-party alli...
by Asian Centre for Human Rights ACHR | On 19 Feb 2015 Indian Public Finance Statistics' is an annual publication prepared by the Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. This provides a comprehensive overview of the b...
by Ministry of Finance | On 10 Feb 2015 This paper attempts to study financial access of unorganized manufacturing enterprises in India given their importance to the economy and the fact that finance has been the main constraint on their gr...
by T.A. Bhavani | On 09 Feb 2015 This note presents an analysis of Parliament’s role of financial oversight and examines how to strengthen it. It highlights gaps and solutions to improve the existing structures affecting budgetary an...
by Apoorva Shankar | On 30 Jan 2015 The studies broad aim is to access the welfare impact of solar home systems (SHS) on households and to evaluate the present institutional structure and financing mechanisms. Also it accesses the direc...
by Shahidur R. Khandker | On 27 Jan 2015 This paper aim to provide an account of growth in India based on its internal dynamics. This helps to place the relative roles of policy, shocks, and internal dynamics. The paper leads us to conclude...
by Pulapre Balakrishnan | On 21 Jan 2015 The report argues the recent setback in global economy and ways to strengthen the growth in developing countries. with a view to undertake growth and recovery in high-income countries, there is need t...
by World Bank | On 14 Jan 2015 The health system of Bangladesh relies heavily on the government or the public sector for financing and setting
overall policies and service delivery mechanisms. Although the health system is faced w...
by | On 13 Jan 2015 This paper examines norms about gender equality of the education of children and adults in Bangladesh using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women. Education norms are found to dif...
by Niels-Hugo Blunch | On 29 Dec 2014 The basic objective of the study is to examine the impact of public expenditure on health and education after
incorporating the linkages between health status of children and their educational achiev...
by Runu Bhatka | On 12 Dec 2014 Evidence from developing countries regarding the association between gender inequity and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in women has been suggestive but inconclusive. Using nationally r...
by Mosiur Rahman | On 05 Dec 2014 Girl education is believed to be the best means of reducing girl child marriage (marriage <18 years) globally. However, in South Asia, where the majority of girl child marriages occur, substantial imp...
by Anita Raj | On 02 Dec 2014 Child marriage is one of the most prevalent and serious violations of human rights. The issue needs urgent
attention in South Asia, where 46 per cent of children are married formally or in informal u...
by Ravi Verma | On 27 Nov 2014 This is the 5th chapter from the report 'Women and Men in India 2014' by CSO. This is shows the participation of women in India.
by Central Statistical Organization CSO | On 05 Nov 2014 During the last decade, Bangladesh maintained a stable growth rate of around 6 per cent, and gross domestic product (GDP) doubled in the period 2000–12. Unfortunately, economic growth has not translat...
by Kazi Ali Toufique | On 31 Oct 2014 Why it is so hard
to find a robust effect of aid on the long-term growth of poor countries, even those with good
policies. A possible offset to the beneficial effects of aid is examined using a meth...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 20 Oct 2014 In 2008, two earnest young men set out to boost soya bean yields in the semi-arid region of Bundi in Rajasthan. Rainfall there is meagre and the soil lacks nutrients. But there are ready buyers for so...
by Civil Society | On 20 Oct 2014 India has the dubious distinction of having the highest burden of malnutrition in
the world – higher than Sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly 50 per cent of our children
are underweight and stunted and 70...
by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India | On 16 Oct 2014 The role of male’s participation in reproductive healthcare is now well-recognized. The present study investigated the role of men in some selected reproductive health issues, characterizing their inv...
by Md Shahjahan | On 25 Sep 2014 The intention of this paper is to examine the impact of Indian Rupee depreciation on Bangladesh Economy. The empirical results obtained from OLS for the sample period from
2007:10 to 2013:10 show tha...
by Sayera Younus | On 25 Sep 2014 Internal migrant construction workers in Bangladesh face unduly harsh conditions of work. This brief identifies a number of problems that all construction workers face, but they are particularly perti...
by C R Abrar | On 24 Sep 2014 This book offers a careful summary of the rights and practices of work in the Indian labour market. In specific, it deals with rights deficiency of workers in different sectors especially on agricultu...
by V.V. Giri Labour Institute | On 19 Sep 2014 This report presents the results of the School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) implemented in five countries in the Asia-Pacific region – Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Samoa and Viet Nam – in 2012 or...
by International Labour Organisation ILO | On 18 Sep 2014 Bangladesh today with a population of nearly 160 million faces myriad development challenges. But it is far from being the ‘basket case’ that Henry Kissinger once described it as. Despite its still be...
by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury | On 22 Aug 2014 This paper studies how changes in climatic variables such as temperature and rainfall impact migration through agriculture. Bangladesh is recognized as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate...
by Paritosh Roy | On 31 Jul 2014 The Europe Commission (EC) initiated a number of studies to determine the reasons for the decline in the study of science and science literacy among European students. The Science Education for Divers...
by Ng Swee Chin | On 28 Jul 2014 The youth constitute one third of total population in Bangladesh. For this important portion of population, determination of national outlook is undeniable. The main objective of the present National...
by Department of Youth Development | On 17 Jul 2014 Given the commonalities in terms of history, culture, languages and trade complementarity in many cases, the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Corridor is a win-win arrangement. The linkages of tr...
by Pravakar Sahoo | On 15 Jul 2014 India’s health policy has focused on primary health centers and hospitals. The numbers of hospital beds, doctors, and nurses per 1000 persons have often been treated less as inputs and more as measure...
by Aarti Salve | On 14 Jul 2014 As per census 2011, there are 289.48 lakh women and girls in the state of Gujarat, comprising 47.90 per cent of total population. “Gender Budget 2014-15” shows financial allocations for women in vario...
by Ministry of Finance Government of Gujarat | On 03 Jul 2014 With an urbanization level of 31.16 percent in 2011, India is the least urbanized country among the top
10 economies of the world. In addition, unlike other countries, the transition of workforce out...
by Ajay Sharma | On 26 May 2014 It is estimated that by 2030, only 60 per cent of the
world's population will have access to fresh water supplies. This would mean that about 3 billion people would be living without reliable source...
by Wilson John | On 15 May 2014 The report investigates migration in the context of demographic changes and trends in both growth and inequality. It also presents more detailed and nuanced individual, family and village experiences,...
by Jeni Klugman | On 06 May 2014 This paper uses long panel survey data spanning over
20 years to examine the dynamics of microcredit
programs in Bangladesh. With the phenomenal growth
of microfinance institutions representing...
by Shahidur R. Khandker | On 26 Apr 2014 The paper examines two questions:
(i) do population trends impede agricultural
productivity? or
(ii) it promote agricultural productivity or
both? [BIDS}.
by Rafiqul Huda Chaudhury | On 04 Apr 2014 In 2007-08, short-term migrants constituted 4.35 per cent of the rural workforce. A total of 9.25 million
households in rural India had short-term migrants.Using a nationally representative data for...
by S. Chandrasekhar | On 27 Mar 2014 MSME sector play extremely significant role in Indian economy. MSMEs have the advantages of generating gainful employment with low investment, diversifying the industrial base, reducing regional dispa...
by Puli Subramanyam | On 11 Mar 2014 BRAC’s Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction—Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in Bangladesh are studied, which targets asset transfer (primarily livestock) and training to rural wo...
by Narayan Das | On 05 Feb 2014 Bangladesh is in the cusp of great changes. At this point in time it is standing at a crossroads. This is when its friends and its responsible citizenry must help point towards the right direction: on...
by Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury | On 22 Jan 2014 In many ways, India is kindred with its two neighbors, Bangladesh and Nepal. Whether it is in geography I or demographics, infrastructure or economic issues, or poverty and human development, these th...
by Jayshree Sengupta | On 21 Jan 2014 Many countries adopted safety net programs to deal with the food crisis of 2008. However, such programs are often beset with targeting errors, inefficiencies, and
fraud. Despite this, there is no sys...
by Shikha Jha | On 20 Jan 2014 This paper discusses the two leading views of history and political institutions. For some scholars, institutions are mainly products of historical logic, while for others, accidents, leaders, and dec...
by Abhijit V. Banerjee | On 20 Jan 2014 India and Bangladesh share a common historical background, geographical proximity, institutional
similarities, and a policy shift towards economic liberalization since the early 1990s. Inflation betw...
by Biru Paksha Paul | On 05 Dec 2013 The Government of India has recently announced that Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal are
fiscally unsound at the level of general category states. The study reviews this projection
and assesses their...
by Nimai Das | On 26 Nov 2013 Ganges is one of the important rivers of South Asia. It is a trans-boundary river between India and Bangladesh. Some rivers, originating in the Tibetan Autonomous region of the People's Republic of Ch...
by Dwarika Dhungel | On 15 Nov 2013 The paper describes of some of the critical challenges to democratization in Bangladesh. While electoral challenges are included, the paper looks beyond elections and describe other factors that can h...
by ASIA FOUNDATION | On 14 Nov 2013 Gender Justice and Diversity unit of BRAC had a project on sensitizing young people
especially girls and community people about sexual harassment in selected areas in
Dhaka city in 2011 so that they...
by Md. Abdul Alim | On 13 Nov 2013 A study middleman margins, trading mechanisms and the role of asymmetric information about prices between potato farmers and local trade intermediaries, in West Bengal,
India is conducted. Farmers in...
by Sandip Mitra | On 23 Oct 2013 Delhi Master Plan 2021 introduced the "In-situ rehabilitation" approach to slum redevelopment, in which slum residents transit to temporary housing while the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) reconstr...
by Anubhab Pattanayak | On 10 Oct 2013 This paper explores migration from Bihar, one of the most underdeveloped states in India, by paying particular attention to social class (caste) and landholdings. After
describing details of individu...
by Yuko Tsujita | On 27 Sep 2013 This paper discusses and comments on the legal and policy dimension and the obstacles it poses to a sustainable and effective response to HIV/AIDS as many do not come forward to obtain medical servic...
by Bhavani Fonseka | On 14 Sep 2013 This paper considers the welfare and distributional
consequences of higher relative food prices in rural India
through the lens of a specific-factors, general equilibrium, trade model applied at the...
by Hanan G Jacoby | On 22 Aug 2013 Supplementary Budget for the fiscal year 2012-13 and the Budget Estimates for the fiscal year 2013-14. [http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/budget/13_14/budget_speech/speech_en.pdf].
by Abul Maal Abdul Muhith | On 07 Jun 2013 Few studies have done on the vulnerabilities faced by migrants during events such as civil war regime change or global financial crisis. The study examines the case of Bangladeshi migrant workers who...
by Tasneem Siddiqui | On 29 Apr 2013 The overall goal of this paper is to analyse the political economy of food price policies in
China during the global food crisis. The results show that given China’s unique economic and
political co...
by Jikun Huang | On 18 Apr 2013 Unit-level data from the registered manufacturing segment of the Third and Fourth rounds of the Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) census data for 2001-2 and 2006-7 is used to understan...
by Ashwini Deshpande | On 08 Apr 2013 This study examines options for managing rice residue and the factors that determine its management in the south-west region of Bangladesh. Study results indicate that while straw length, low-elevatio...
by Mohammed Ziaul Haider | On 29 Mar 2013 Journalism in South Asia is facing many challenges with physical security being a major issue in most of the region. Several countries may have improved relatively due to decisions to reduce the risks...
by International Federation of Journalists IFJ | On 04 Feb 2013 There are discussions about food management and food policy issues in India in the backdrop of largely unchanging dynamics of
slow growth of the farm sector in India. First we deal with the manner in...
by Munish Alagh | On 30 Jan 2013 This study was conducted in three South Asian countries viz: India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The study examines the opinions of patients, hospitals owners and doctors involved in this service trade. A to...
by Arindam Banik | On 22 Jan 2013 Review of the book 'Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf' By Rakkee Thimothy, S.K. Sasikumar, UN Women, 2012
by R. S. Reshmi | On 24 Dec 2012 The Mid-Term Appraisal (MTA) reviews the experience in the first three years of the Plan and seeks to identify areas where corrective steps may be needed. The chapter presents a broad overview of the...
by Planning Commission | On 05 Oct 2012 The objective of this report is to share a market level overview of the early stage progress of (Mobile Financial Services) MFS in Bangladesh up through the first quarter of 2012. A series of short s...
by Bangladesh Bank BB | On 23 Aug 2012 Environmental change is regarded by many geopolitical experts as one of the biggest threats to international security in the coming
years. In Southern Asia, its impact on rivers, and thus water secur...
by Dhanasree Jayaram | On 07 Aug 2012 What is ‘good’ governance?
Can the quality of governance be measured? And how do state
governments in India measure up by such a measure?
[Working Paper no. 104]. URL:[http://www.nipfp.org.in/neww...
by Sudipto Mundle | On 02 Aug 2012 Obituary: Mrinal Gore (1928-2012)
by Vibhuti Patel | On 23 Jul 2012 This paper discusses the evolution of Model Concession Agreement for National Highways, the vital framework on which the success of Public Private Partnership lies. The key learnings of this study wou...
by Ramakrishnan T S | On 18 Jul 2012 The cross-country empirical literature on the finance-growth relationship has debated three
propositions: (i) financial deepening has a strong impact on the growth process; (ii) measures
of financia...
by Sabyasachi Kar | On 13 Jul 2012 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are under scrutiny for their engagement in production networks following recent emphasis on increasing intra-reg...
by Ganeshan Wignaraja | On 06 Jul 2012 This Policy Brief
discusses the policy
options for improving
effectiveness of price
support, domestic
procurement
programme and public
stock management in
Bangladesh. It has been
funded by th...
by Quazi Shahabuddin | On 01 Jun 2012 This paper analyses the behaviour of the Japanese banks at the outset of the asset price bubble in the late 1980s. The paper argues that with the advent of financial deregulations, the declining trend...
by Hossain Monzur | On 29 May 2012 Shallow groundwater with high arsenic concentrations from naturally occurring sources
is the primary source of drinking water for millions of people in Bangladesh. It has resulted in a
major public...
by Imran Matin | On 28 May 2012 This paper reviews the
debate surrounding the “deeper determinants” of economic performance. It
reviews the work of Institutional School and Geography School and their interpretation of the
long-r...
by Lubna Hasan | On 24 May 2012 The wealth accumulation of Indian parliamentarians using public disclosures
required of all candidates since 2003 are studied. Annual asset growth of winners is on average 3 to 6 percentage points hi...
by Raymond Fisman | On 18 May 2012 This brief reviews recent evidence, examines main research challenges in identifying migration–climate links and discusses the policy options for formalizing migration as an adaptation mechanism to cl...
by Jean-François Maystadt | On 09 May 2012 India's trans-boundary riparian policies affect four countries - Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh - on three river systems - the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra-Mehgna. China's riparian pol...
by Gopal Siwakoti Chintan | On 25 Apr 2012 In this paper, a new framework for analyzing corruption in public bureaucracies is provided. The standard way to model corruption is as an example of moral hazard, which then leads to a focus on bette...
by Abhijit Banerjee | On 24 Apr 2012 The paper examines the determinants of remittance inflow by applying ordinary least square method
(OLS). The model include the weighted average GDP of the six (Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab
Emirat...
by Mst. Nurnaher Begum | On 24 Apr 2012 The paper examines the implications of Myanmar's reforms for its neighbours- China, India, Thailand and Bangladesh. Issues of major concern to the four countries include energy, humanitarian consequen...
by Lina Gong | On 20 Apr 2012 This paper reviews economic development and the regulatory environment of audiovisual services in the Republic of Korea (hereafter, Korea). The paper specifically examines motion pictures and broadcas...
by Yeongkwan Song | On 19 Apr 2012 Speech by Amit Mitra, Minister of Finance. [Government of West Bengal]. URL:[http://www.wbfin.nic.in/writereaddata/Budget_Speech/2012_English.pdf].
by West Bengal Government | On 13 Apr 2012 Using data of non-financial listed firms over a period of 1999-2010, this paper investigates the effectiveness of balance sheet channel in monetary transmission mechanism in Pakistan. By classifying f...
by Safia Shabbir | On 09 Apr 2012 This study examines whether the allocation of public expenditures of
the Indian states are significantly influenced by government specific political
characteristics. Three types of government specif...
by Bharatee Bhusana Dash | On 27 Mar 2012 Budget presented to Municipal Commissioner. . [BMC Annual Reports]. URL:[http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/Chief%20Accountant%20(Finance)/Budget/Complete%20Engli...
by Municipal Commissioner BMC | On 22 Mar 2012 The transfer system in India is discussed and analyses expenditure
needs of States to provide essential health infrastructure. It also analyzes the fiscal space for
health care in terms of stimulati...
by M Govinda Rao | On 19 Mar 2012 The effect of export subsidies on the under-invoicing of exports in Bangladesh is analyzed. In a framework that allows for unobserved heterogeneity among importing countries and product specificities,...
by Pranav Kumar Gupta | On 16 Mar 2012 Budget speech 2011-12 by Finance minister. URL:[http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/budget/11_12/budget_speech/speech_en.pdf].
by Abul Maal Abdul Muhith | On 14 Mar 2012 The report includes a specific recommendation to
categorically have a statutory provision imparting genuine independence to the CBI
by declaring, for the first time, that it shall not be subject, on...
by Rajya Sabha | On 14 Mar 2012 The experience of childhood is increasingly urban. Over half the world’s people – including more than a
billion children – now live in cities and towns. This report adds to the growing body of eviden...
by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 01 Mar 2012 This paper explores the key reasons behind the movements in the terms of trade and the real net
gain and loss from trade in the long run. Like some selected Asian countries (Vietnam, China and
South...
by Mohammad Masuduzzaman | On 23 Feb 2012 Empirical evidence on the beneficial effects of fiscal transparency ranges from improved budgetary outcomes, to lower sovereign borrowing costs and decreased corruption. Despite this, hardly any effor...
by Joachim Wehner | On 19 Feb 2012 This paper examines the functioning of Parliaments in Bangladesh, India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka1 in order to gauge the extent of openness and access
from the point of view of both Members of Parliam...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 31 Jan 2012 After a decade of rapid economic growth, many developing countries have attained middle-income status. But poverty reduction in these countries has not kept pace with economic growth. As a result, mos...
by Amanda Glassman | On 31 Jan 2012 This paper explains the gaps between official objectives and the actual accomplishments of the Aquino government, with an emphasis on the implementation record of agricultural-based strategies. Summar...
by V. Bruce J Tolentino | On 30 Jan 2012 This report investigates how more and
better jobs can be created in South
Asia. It does so for two reasons. First,
this region will contribute nearly 40 percent
of the growth in the world’s workin...
by Reema Nayar | On 30 Jan 2012 This report identifies some of the factors complicating the debate on role of the company in society. It focuses particularly on the changing models of ownership and differing time horizons and on how...
by Gillian Lee | On 23 Jan 2012 The paper studies the subsidy policy in Bangladesh. It analyses implications of subsidy policies; both pros and cons and also suggests some possible solutions.
by M Asaduzzaman | On 20 Jan 2012 This article examines the relationship between women’s economic and social
empowerment in the context of extreme poverty. It is based on the findings of primary
fieldwork on the char islands of nort...
by Lucy Scott | On 11 Jan 2012 The bill as passed by Lok Sabha. URL:[http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Lok%20Pal%20Bill%202011/Lokpal%20and%20Lokayuktas%20Bill%20as%20passed%20by%20LS.pdf].
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 28 Dec 2011 The BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme reached 150 upazilas in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh since 2006. This study assessed the changes in the use of tubewell water and w...
by Nepal C. Dey | On 28 Dec 2011 Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive...
by Gharad Bryan | On 20 Dec 2011 The recommendations that follow take
cognizance of the extraordinary opportunities that
India offers – and the possibility for India to take a
lead in introducing a well-designed UHC system that
i...
by Planning Commission | On 15 Dec 2011 Review of the book 'Debt and Death in Rural India: The Punjab Story' by
Aman Sidhu and Inderjit Singh Jaijee
Sage Publications India, New Delhi,
2011, Rs 750/-, pp 360.
by Gursharan Singh Kainth | On 13 Dec 2011 The seasonality of poverty and food deprivation is a common feature of rural livelihoods in
Bangladesh, but it is more marked in the northwest region of Rangpur where the interlocking of seasonality...
by Shahidur Khandker | On 12 Dec 2011 India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which engulfed virtually every country in the world. We recovered from the crisis sooner than...
by Duvvuri Subbarao | On 30 Nov 2011 The Bill establishes a body called the Lok Pal. It provides a process for receiving corruption complaints against
public servants and investigating and prosecuting these in a time bound manner. The B...
by Kaushiki Sanyal | On 30 Nov 2011 An Act to regulate public procurement with the objective of maximising economy and
efficiency, promoting competition among suppliers and contractors while ensuring a fair,
transparent and equitable...
by Planning Commission | On 08 Nov 2011 In an earlier paper (Alagh, Munish, 2011) it was shown that macro economics matters in
agriculture. The relevance of understanding the impact of macro-economic policy on
agriculture was outlined. A...
by Munish Alagh | On 24 Oct 2011 Physical spaces may significantly shape social interaction. This study has explored how
the residential provisions (Dormitories) for students at IIM-Ahmedabad impact their
social life. This paper ad...
by Arvind Shatdal | On 21 Oct 2011 This study focuses on gender equality and democratic governance in the five largest states of the South Asian region, namely, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Beginning with a general...
by Seema Kazi | On 20 Oct 2011 Review of the book 'Population, Gender and Reproductive Health'.
F Ram, Sayeed Unisa and T V Sekher (eds.), Rawat publications, 2011, 416 pp, Rs 925
by K.S. James | On 20 Oct 2011 Women workers In India constitute one third of the total workforce. Majority of these
women are engaged in the un-organized sectors such as agriculture, construction,
domestic services etc. The over...
by Bharat Jyoti BJ | On 18 Oct 2011 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astrobiology Institute (NAI) conducted two “Workshops Without Walls” during 2010 that enabled global scientific exchange—with no travel require...
by Betul K Arslan | On 28 Sep 2011 Inflation management is one of the hardest tasks an economic policymaker has to undertake. It appears, at first sight, that one can rely entirely on commonsense to carry out this task. But that will b...
by Kaushik Basu | On 28 Sep 2011 This paper examines the competitiveness of the Indian garments industry vis-à-vis the other
South Asian countries Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Under the SAFTA agreement, many of the
garment i...
by Saon Ray | On 16 Sep 2011 Poverty and food security in the context of Bangladesh has become a major concern
over time. While efforts have been intensified to increase crop yield through increased
land use, using inorganic fe...
by Shyamal C Ghosh | On 30 Aug 2011 A note comparing the key features of the Lok Pal Bill, 2011 introduced on August 4, 2011 and the Bill prepared by civil society representatives in the Joint Drafting Committee. URL:[http://www.prsind...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 26 Aug 2011 Bill to establish an independent authority to investigate offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 to detect corruption by expeditious investigation and to prosecute offenders and to ensu...
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 26 Aug 2011 This paper deals with migration into India from adjoining neighbours and its impact on security and other issues of national interest. Unlike other studies on migration, it focuses on the ethnic ident...
by Subhakanta Behera | On 26 Aug 2011 The study seeks to examine the extent of financial inclusion in West Bengal. It is observed from
the study that although there has been an improvement in outreach activity in the banking sector,
the...
by Sadhan Kumar Chattopadhyay | On 03 Aug 2011 The ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) control programme of BRAC has been in
operation for the last few years. No independent evaluation has so far been
conducted to explore how far the objectives of...
by Qazi Shafayetul Islam | On 28 Jul 2011 This note examines recent trends in the labor market and employment situation in Bangladesh and draws some policy implications keeping the poverty reduction imperatives in view. [BB PP No. 0807]. URL:...
by Md. Habibur Rahman | On 26 Jul 2011 TRAI has initiated this consultation paper suo-motu focusing on future looking regulatory framework for provisioning of Mobile Value Added Services. URL:[http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/uplo...
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | On 26 Jul 2011 Return migration and health has received
little attention in policy and research.
This article will focus on the risk
factors and social determinants of health
during all phases of migration that...
by Anita A Davies | On 20 Jul 2011 The general perception that dentistry is expensive keeps many people away from
seeking treatment from registered professionals and make them hostage to the
services of non-registered lay practitione...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 20 Jul 2011 The empowered group of ministers on food on Monday approved the draft National Food Security Bill, bringing the ambitious social security programme that guarantees highly subsidized food grains to abo...
by Economic Times ET | On 12 Jul 2011 A brief description of the role of Mutual Funds in money markets and government securities makets are provided. Some of the regulatory issues that arise are discussed. The role of Mutual Funds in fina...
by Subir Gokarn | On 08 Jul 2011 In this paper, the author focuses on understanding why long-term development is often subjugated to other objectives in the day-to-day planning processes of the U.S. government. She proposes one way t...
by Jean Arkedis | On 21 Jun 2011 This paper analyses a panel dataset on 379 rural households in Bangladesh
interviewed in 1987/88 and 2000. Using a ‘livelihoods’ framework it contrasts the fortunes of
ascending households (which es...
by Binayak Sen | On 16 Jun 2011 This paper presents findings from research into expectations of government, based on
focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and
urban Bangladesh. The resear...
by Tariq Ali | On 15 Jun 2011 Diarrhoea is a common water-borne disease amongst slum children
in Bangladesh and is one of the five leading causes of infant
illness and death in the country. Now, a new SANDEE study
has looked at...
by South Asian Network for Development and Environmen Economics | On 14 Jun 2011 In Bangladesh, as in many developing countries, there is a widespread belief
amongst the public, policymakers and social workers that children ‘abandon’ their
families and migrate to the street beca...
by Alessandro Conticini | On 14 Jun 2011 This paper examines the role of assets and liabilities in socio-economic mobility patterns using findings from 293 life-history interviews, conducted by the author and a small team of researchers in r...
by Peter Davis | On 10 Jun 2011 Using findings from a mixed-methods study of poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh, including from 293 life history interviews, the paper explores how the alternative stance of viewing poverty dynamics...
by Peter Davis | On 09 Jun 2011 The paper explores the vulnerability and persistence of poverty amongst the rural households
in the disaster-prone areas of Bangladesh. It draws upon some of the factors and processes
that have prev...
by Quazi Shahabuddin | On 08 Jun 2011 This paper provides an update of the changes that Bangladesh has undergone in terms of its
poverty and social indicators over the last one and a half decades. Several key social and
human developmen...
by Zulfiqar Ali | On 07 Jun 2011 This paper explores whether child labourers come from, not only the poor, but also the
poorest households in Bangladesh or not. The paper also tries to explain what determines the
participation of c...
by Zulfiqar Ali | On 03 Jun 2011 This paper explores the nature of vulnerability and its relationship to chronic poverty in rural Bangladesh drawing from 293 life-history interviews conducted by the author and a small team of researc...
by Peter Davis | On 31 May 2011 This operational research aimed to assess the acceptability, comprehensibility and
reported influence of behaviour change communication tools such as interpersonal
communications (IPC), print mate...
by Atiya Rahman | On 30 May 2011 This paper presents the statistical statement of the Ministry of Railways, India. URL: [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/stat_econ/Stat_0910/Annual_Statistical_Stateme...
by Ministry of Railways | On 26 May 2011 Bangladesh is a poor country with nearly half (48%) of the population living on the wrong side of the poverty line. The health status of the population has remained poor. The socioeconomic inequality...
by Abdullahel Hadi | On 25 May 2011 This paper first shows that important economic arguments in favor of the Prebisch-
Singer hypothesis of falling terms of trade of developing countries have implicitly relied
on the role of multinat...
by Konstantin M. Wacker | On 20 May 2011 Despite the long history of accommodation and tolerance of diversity and multiculturalism that
constituted a previous generation of Bengali culture and nationalism, it is evident that in
Banglades...
by South Asians for Human Rights | On 13 May 2011 In March 2009, the Fund established a new Framework Administered Account to
administer external financial resources for selected Fund Activities (the “SFA Instrument”). The financing of activities u...
by International Monetary Fund | On 12 May 2011 This paper contains the public statement on income and expenditure of
Fiscal Year 2010‐11. URL: [http://www.mof.gov.np/publication/speech/2010_1/pdf/budgetspeech_english.pdf]
by Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal | On 10 May 2011 National Budget of the country is the annual program of the Government's expenditure and income for a fiscal year. In a developing economy like Bangladesh, the national annual budgets reflect the gove...
by Atiur Rahman | On 03 May 2011 The paper is an attempt to deal with pros and cons of deregulating savings deposit interest rate and take on board the suggestions of various stakeholders for either maintaining the status quo or dere...
by Reserve Bank of India RBI | On 02 May 2011 The study suggests an approach to reduce India’s sensitive list under SAFTA. The concept of Revealed Comparative Advantage has been used to pair the RCAs for products on India’s sensitive list with th...
by Nisha Taneja | On 29 Apr 2011 The government has alienated the public through months of scandal on a scale not seen till now. URL:[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/t-n-ninan-our-tahrir-square/431532/]
by T.N. Ninan | On 13 Apr 2011 This paper introduces a theoretical model combining household production with an endogenous
risk framework in order to understand how ex-ante private spending by coastal households
would evolve agai...
by Sakib Mahmud | On 01 Apr 2011 Current Status of the Bill: Pending URL:[http://prsindia.org/uploads/media/children%20against%20sexual%20offences.pdf].
by Parliamentary Research Service PRS | On 25 Mar 2011 Poverty has different and varying manifestations. In fact, Hulme et al (2001) proposes a five-tiered categorisation of poverty. This identifies the always poor, usually poor, churning poor, occasional...
by Quazi Shahabuddin | On 22 Mar 2011 Tsunamis, hurricanes, tidal bores and other large
storms threaten many coastal communities in
Bangladesh. With climate change, the frequency
of such natural disasters is expected to rise and
it is...
by Sakib Mahmud | On 21 Mar 2011 This article argues that the extreme poor warrant specific analytical and policy focus. It
attempts to identify the extreme poor in rural Bangladesh by devising sensitive targeting
indicators that a...
by Binayak Sen | On 09 Mar 2011 This is a research based paper which has taken cognizance of violence and suicide together. Background understanding of domestic violence in relation to ongoing physical, sexual or psychological and e...
by Padma Deosthali | On 07 Mar 2011 Private investors respond to risk return tradeoffs. The policy
environment and regulatory framework significantly influence risk as
well as return in the power sector. Power sector reform and policy...
by Anoop Singh | On 22 Feb 2011 Nine preliminary lessons from the Great Recession for monetary and financial policies are presented. [3rd P. R. Brahmananda Memorial Lecture].
by Stanley Fischer | On 18 Feb 2011 This paper analyzes parents‘ decisions about girls‘ schooling in the context of
marriage through in-depth exploration of case studies in two rural areas of northern
Bangladesh. The villages are site...
by Sajeda Amin | On 15 Feb 2011 This report addresses the recent dynamics of poverty in rural Bangladesh with particular focus on two groups of the poorest - the chronically poor and the extreme poor - based on the 64-village census...
by Zulfiqar Ali | On 14 Feb 2011 The Presidential address to parliament at its first session of the year pays tribute to the heroes and martyrs of the nation, elaborates on Bangaldesh's achievement in industry, agriculture, education...
by Zillur Rahman | On 08 Feb 2011 The aim of this paper is to study the devolution of finances in Karnataka. For facilitating the study the budgets of Zilla Panchayats of four districts are analyzed and also development of these regio...
by A. Indira | On 07 Feb 2011 43 villages in Bangladesh were randomized to receive information on well-water arsenic that emphasized water safety relative to the national standard (bright-line message) or provided additional infor...
by Lori Bennear | On 02 Feb 2011 Bangladesh is making consistent progress in poverty reduction since early 1990s. According to
Household Income-Expenditure Surveys, poverty rate has declined from more than 60% in 1990-
91 to just a...
by Munshi Sulaiman | On 01 Feb 2011 The gap between the world of knowledge and the world of action, although
perennial, is probably the widest in the area of development. In no other
field is there such a sharp divergence between rati...
by Centre for Women's Development Studies | On 31 Jan 2011 The exchange rate-based monetary policy followed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is outlined. Possible theoretical frameworks, including a reaction function is outlined. The way the MAS h...
by Partha Sen | On 31 Jan 2011 This study aimed to explore the causes, types, and consequences of authorship conflicts among
the researchers of selected research institutions in Dhaka, Bangladesh; and suggest ways to
reduce confl...
by Hasan Shareef Ahmed | On 27 Jan 2011 Small and medium enterprises (SME) in Bangladesh are playing a vital
role to stimulate economic development including alleviation of poverty
through employment generation. Small and medium enterpris...
by MA Quaiyum Sarkar | On 25 Jan 2011 The BRAC WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programme was initiated in 150 upazilas in three
phases (50 in each phase) aiming to improve water, sanitation and hygiene conditions in rural
Banglades...
by Nepal C. Dey | On 21 Jan 2011 To facilitate achieving national target of 100 percent sanitation in Bangladesh by the year 2013,
BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme has been working in 150 upazilas for
improving w...
by Shyamal C Ghosh | On 21 Jan 2011 Educational studies in Bangladesh are mostly quantitative in nature – broadly based on survey methods. However, the cases prepared for this study employed qualitative research techniques, where an eth...
by . BRAC | On 19 Jan 2011 Malaria re-emerged as one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh in the 1990s. Out
of the total 64 administrative districts, 13 are in the malaria endemic areas and the three Hill Tract
D...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 18 Jan 2011 This study has explored the impact of the rise in food prices on the
education of children in the poor and vulnerable households in
Bangladesh. A survey was conducted on these households in five
di...
by Selim Raihan | On 17 Jan 2011 This Policy Brief discusses whether
Bangladesh should continue to pursue
a national food security strategy based
on self-reliance or return to its earlier
policy of food self-sufficiency through
...
by Uttam Kumar Deb | On 17 Jan 2011 This study assesses the impact of participation in the social forestry program of Proshika on the environmental literacy of participating households in Bangladesh. Proshika--a non-governmental organiz...
by Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury | On 13 Jan 2011 The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has intensified the implementation
of the directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) strategy with the
primary aims (i) to detect and treat at least 70% of T...
by Fazlul Karim | On 12 Jan 2011 MANOSHI, an integrated community-based package of essential Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health
(MNCH) services is being implemented by BRAC in the urban slums of Bangladesh since 2007. The objective...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 11 Jan 2011 During the last decade, Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) gained enormous
currency in rural development arena as an informal justice institution in
Bangladesh and BRAC’s HRLS Programme has contr...
by Debasish Kumar Kundu | On 11 Jan 2011 To facilitate access of ultra poor households to qualified allopathic care, especially for moderate-tosevere
and chronic morbidities, the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the
...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 10 Jan 2011 The Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) was a joint initiative of the
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of Bangladesh to
achieve sustainable livelihood developm...
by Wameq Raza | On 10 Jan 2011 Endemic poverty is the stark reality that one confronts immediately about rural Bangladesh. Almost
50% of the rural households are now bereft of any visible resources, which could enable them to eke
...
by Monirul Islam Khan | On 06 Jan 2011 This study assessed the sex preferences in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings
in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BR...
by Rita Das Roy | On 06 Jan 2011 Financial and development assistance designed specially for small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh is a new and upcoming trend. After the surge of micro-finance in the last two decades, small and...
by Mehnaz Rabbani | On 05 Jan 2011 Bangladesh’s progress in economic growth and extensive social
protection interventions have contributed to a reduction in the
headcount poverty rate of around 1.5 percentage points a year since the
...
by Akhter U. Ahmed | On 03 Jan 2011 The costs of skilled maternal and newborn care are major obstacles to
access. This cross-sectional study of 1,200 married women, who had a
live birth in the previous year, analyzed the costs incurre...
by Mohammad Nasir Uddin Khan | On 31 Dec 2010 The use of insecticidal bed nets is found to be an effective public health tool for control of malaria, especially
for under-five children and pregnant women. BRAC, an indigenous Bangladeshi non-gove...
by Syed Masud Ahmed | On 31 Dec 2010 In 1992, BRAC extended its comprehensive Rural Development Programme (RDP) to 100 villages of
Matlab thana (sub-district) where the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
(...
by Marty Chen | On 30 Dec 2010 Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper investigates the link
between female status and food security. Employing three different indicators of female
status – husband’s an...
by Mohammad A. Razzaque | On 29 Dec 2010 Bangladesh is popularly described in the literature as a ‘test case for development’ in view of the
complex nature of its socioeconomic and cultural problems, coupled with severe resource constraints...
by Mushtaque Chowdhury | On 29 Dec 2010 Using data from a survey of Bangladeshi households, this paper explores the determinants of
domestic violence against women as well as its implications for the resources allocated to
women. The fi...
by Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique | On 27 Dec 2010 Any fluid other than breast milk given first time to a newborn is defined as pre-lacteal feeding. Present study describes the extent and nature of pre-lacteal feeding practices among rural mothers in...
by Sabah Tarannum | On 24 Dec 2010 The impact of globalization on poverty is a matter of keen debate but empirical work in
this area has been dominated by cross-country regressions. This paper attempts to link
the more macro impact...
by Rhys Jenkins | On 23 Dec 2010 In Bangladesh, patriarchal norms, ideology and social institutions shape women's role and
status in the society. Within this patriarchal system, some forces like NGOs may affect the
relationship bet...
by Amina Mahbub | On 23 Dec 2010 They develop a framework for assessing community-level development programmes, building upon five related elements that are centrally important: confidence, cohesion, capacity, connections and cash (t...
by Anirudh Krishna | On 22 Dec 2010 This study examines the marginal productivity of water and other inputs in dry season rice production in Bangladesh. Agriculture is the major water using sector in Bangladesh, but water is in shortsup...
by Nasima Tanveer Chowdhury | On 17 Dec 2010 The paper argues
that while Bangladesh is reported to have more NGOs per capita than other
developing countries, those organisations have gradually abandoned social mobilising and collective action...
by Naila Kabeer | On 14 Dec 2010 There is a high prevalence of antepartum depression and low birth weight (LBW) in Bangladesh. In
high- and low-income countries, prior evidence linking maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms with i...
by Hashima E Nasreen | On 14 Dec 2010 The Mid Term Appraisal (MTA) reviews
the experience in the first three years of the Eleventh
Plan and seeks to identify areas where
corrective steps may be needed.
The Planning Commission has deci...
by Planning Commission, India | On 14 Dec 2010 Border ADP (Adolescent Development Programme) was implemented in the
border areas of Bangladesh. Main objective of this programme was to make the
adolescents, their parents and the communities aware...
by Jinnat Ara | On 14 Dec 2010 With deregulation and globalization, and the impact of these developments on economies
worldwide, it has become necessary for the PRC authorities to consider an approach that
would further attune it...
by Tracy Yang | On 14 Dec 2010 This paper makes an attempt to identify major factors, like currency forfeiting, loan default, capital shortfall, capital flight, etc which undermine consumer confidence in the financial services sect...
by Md. Kabir Ahmed Chowdhury | On 02 Dec 2010 The paper empirically explores the factors that could have accounted for the generally
declining aid effort (defined as the generosity ratio, or the share of GDP given as aid) of
bilateral donors ov...
by Jeffery I. Round | On 24 Nov 2010 The focus of the paper is to review the Terms of Reference (TOR)
of the Twelfth Finance Commission with special reference to Kerala.
It also critically examines the emphasis on fiscal deficit reduct...
by K. P. Kannan | On 18 Nov 2010 It is not unknown for politicians to enter office with one set of assumptions, or worldview, and adopt an altogether different one shortly after assuming office. The most recent example is Nick Clegg,...
by T.N. Ninan | On 15 Nov 2010 Based on a multi-sited based ethnography conducted during August 95 through February 96 in two inland tribal regions of Orissa the study tries to identify temporal and spatial specifications in terms...
by Srijit Mishra | On 08 Nov 2010 Structural Adjustment is aimed at altering the Incentive framework for private enterprise so as
to bring it to the centre stage of domestic economic activity. The prime mover for investment
and grow...
by D. Narayana | On 08 Nov 2010 Monetary policy frameworks in the Asia and Pacific region have performed well in the past decade as judged by inflation outcomes. We argue that this is due to three principal factors: (i) central bank...
by Andrew Filardo | On 08 Nov 2010 Although the overall economic performance of economies in South Asia in recent years has been impressive, there is concern that an aging and increasingly inadequate infrastructure may limit the potent...
by John Gilbert | On 01 Nov 2010 The present paper compares the strategies, capacity building processes and outcomes/impacts of three projects during the period 2005-10. The project area covered by the study are located as follows:
...
by Neela Mukherjee | On 29 Oct 2010 Against the backdrop of financial liberalisation, this paper
examines India’s financial integration, both on the domestic and
international fronts. Preliminary analysis of the secondary data shows
...
by Gargi Sanati | On 29 Oct 2010 The relationship between large enterprises (LEs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Japan has undergone major changes during the long-term recession since 1991. While SMEs still play the impor...
by Shuji Uchikawa | On 23 Oct 2010 The Prime Minister's economic package and offer of unconditional talks announced on the
occasion of his visit to the Northeast last October has aroused great expectations in the Region. The
conseque...
by Planning Commission | On 21 Oct 2010 The construction of Tipaimukh dam by India on the international Barak river has raises a number of questions in relation to successful implementation of World Commission on Dams (WCD) recommendation o...
by Zakir Kibria | On 19 Oct 2010 This paper empirically explores the present relationship between inflation and economic growth in the context of Bangladesh. Using annual data set on real GDP and CPI for the period of 1980 to 2005, a...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 14 Oct 2010 This paper argues that poverty originates in the structural injustices of a social order
which incapacitates the poor from participating in the growth generating sectors of the
economy and leaves th...
by Rehman Sobhan | On 13 Oct 2010 This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy and their experience during the Russian financial crisis. It also uses survey dat...
by Gloria O. Pasadilla | On 13 Oct 2010 This paper discusses the role of state intervention for prevention, containment, and resolution of financial crises based mainly on the Korean experience during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Crises...
by Yoon Je Cho | On 12 Oct 2010 The Japanese government’s response to the financial crisis in the 1990s was late, unprepared and insufficient; it failed to recognize the severity of the crisis, which developed slowly; faced no major...
by Mariko Fujii | On 08 Oct 2010 In many parts of Bangladesh water scarcity is a
seasonal problem. An assessment is done to understand whether water is being used
efficiently for the cultivation of one of the most
important food c...
by Nasima Tanveer Chowdhury | On 05 Oct 2010 In the next two decades, India is likely to become an
economically prosperous nation and move significantly
towards being a far more inclusive society, with the bulk of
its population gaining acces...
by Science Advisory Council to PM SAC to PM | On 01 Oct 2010 The present analysis sheds light on the setting up a regional rating agency in Asia in the
wake of recent financial crisis. We investigate the policy facing a financial regulator while
evaluat...
by Ying Yi Tsai | On 30 Sep 2010 Use of Macroeconometric models has by now assumed a measure of universality
as an unavoidable aid to forecasting and policy analysis; challenges and controversies
spread over more than two decades n...
by V. Pandit | On 29 Sep 2010 It is being acknowledged that a macro prudential perspective is critical in designing and pursuing micro prudential regulation of institutions and markets. Two distinct but highly inter-related constr...
by Shyamala Gopinath | On 28 Sep 2010 Development within the framework of economic reforms is often equated to growth
rates which are highlighted as the only solution to all problems – be it poverty,
unemployment or inequalities based...
by Neetha N | On 21 Sep 2010 This paper addresses gender equity in parents‘ educational investments in children in a
context of rising school attendance in rural Bangladesh. Our premise is that in addition to factors
such as sc...
by Sajeda Amin | On 13 Sep 2010 This paper examines the determinants of the Government yields in India using weekly data from
April 2001 through March 2009. The analysis covers Treasury Bills with residual maturity of
15-91 day...
by Pami Dua | On 13 Sep 2010 The objective of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to propose a conceptual and institutional framework for the first step of the Kyoto procedure. This framework is formally expressed in a non-cooperativ...
by Sudhir A. Shah | On 09 Sep 2010 Extension of the wealth tax to agriculture, it will be
recalled, was opposed on the ground that it would hurt even the
small and medium-sized farmers. This argument was advanced...
by K. N. Raj | On 01 Sep 2010 This paper studies the medium run consequences of an increase in the rate of accumulation of human capital in a developing country. From 1974 to 1978, the Indonesian government built over 61,000 prima...
by Esther Duflo | On 25 Aug 2010 This paper identifies and focuses on a specific type of environmental development
called discontinuity. Discontinuities in the forms of rapid technological innovations,
regulatory reforms, instituti...
by M. R. Dixit | On 24 Aug 2010 This paper attempts to examine the relationship between health and economic growth. The rate of growth is measured using gross national income (GNI) and health status is measured using infant mortalit...
by Garima Malik | On 04 Aug 2010 BRAC initiated an innovative programme known as Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction
(CFPR) in 2002 to address the extreme poverty in Bangladesh. Impact assessment studies on the
first pha...
by Narayan C Das | On 02 Aug 2010 BRAC designed and implemented a project namely Kallyan project aiming to
improve the quality of life of the retrenched workers of state-owned enterprises of
Bangladesh. This study aimed to map the p...
by Narayan Chandra Das | On 28 Jul 2010 This study estimates ex ante poverty and vulnerability of households in Bangladesh using Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data in 2005. Our results show that poverty is not same as vulne...
by Md. Shafiul Azam | On 19 Jul 2010 In this paper we reflect on lessons learned in developing a mixed-methods approach to the study of poverty dynamics in a three phase qual-quant-qual study of poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh. We a...
by Peter Davis | On 19 Jul 2010 Given the economic distress worldwide, the micro, small and medium scale enterprises
(MSME) had been hit hard. Large numbers of workers have been laid off because of
depressed demand, piled up inven...
by Anil K Gupta | On 14 Jul 2010 In this paper an
analytical critique of the law and restrictions as also of the framework of urban
planning and a justification for why major change is required in the approach
to land markets, lan...
by Sebastian Morris | On 29 Jun 2010 This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but tha...
by Mehnaz Rabbani | On 15 Jun 2010 The present study shows that informal barriers/para-tariff in India-Bangladesh trade are already high and further trade liberalisation without improving the infrastructure and reducing corruption woul...
by Samantak Das | On 14 Jun 2010 They are providing systematic evidence that intermediaries play an important role in facilitating trade using a firm-level the census of China's exports. Intermediaries account for around 20% of China...
by Jaebin Ahn | On 14 Jun 2010 This paper intends first to give a brief overview of the rise and growth of some of those separatist groups, with a special focus on the Nagas, the Mizos and the Assam movement.
An analysis of the de...
by Renaud Egreteau | On 10 Jun 2010 The paper tracks spatial inequality in social progress in Bangladesh as evidenced from the district level
data. It uses a multivariate framework to explore the differential pace of social progress at...
by Binayak Sen | On 04 Jun 2010 In this article TN Ninan looks at the how the 15 economic ministers have performed. He starts with the finance minister whose record seems very patchy as he has not been able to deal with inflation an...
by T.N. Ninan | On 27 May 2010 Obstacles to improving survival include: many newborn infants are invisible to
health services; care-seeking for maternal and newborn ailments is limited;
health workers are often not skilled and co...
by Nirmala Nair | On 03 May 2010 The objective of this study is to examine empirically the impact of monetary policy on exchange market pressure (EMP) in Bangladesh. EMP is measured as the sum of percentage change of international re...
by Sayera Younus | On 29 Jan 2010 This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level
detail, in order to better understand the nature of the causalities at work and why some
households h...
by Naila Kabeer | On 28 Jan 2010 The concept of social business flows from a firm conviction that profit or benefit is not the only motivating factor for an entrepreneur and an entrepreneur can also be motivated by social goals and e...
by Mohammad Yunus | On 27 Jan 2010 This brief summarizes a study evaluating the potential economic effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trad...
by Guillaume Gruère | On 11 Nov 2009 Evolution of the financial sector regulation in India, particularly focusing on the elements of the policy framework which have contributed to the broader stability in the financial sector is depicted...
by Shyamala Gopinath | On 05 Nov 2009 BRAC health programme (BHP) initiated a pilot maternal, neonatal and child
health project (MNCH) in Nilphamari in 2006 to improve the health status of
women of reproductive age including neonates an...
by Shahnawaz Mohammad Rafi | On 15 Oct 2009 Can ‘participatory’ approaches to development constitute a viable strategy for promoting
citizenship? This paper addresses this question by scrutinising the equivocal reaction of a
peasant community...
by Katsuhiko Masaki | On 13 Oct 2009 This paper explores the efforts of government to interrupt the intergenerational transmission of poverty. It focuses on the practices and effects of the Primary Education Stipend Programme, a conditio...
by Naomi Hossain | On 17 Aug 2009 The recreational demand for the Indian Sundarban, which is a World Heritage
site and a complex mangrove ecosystem that borders India and Bangladesh is estimated. Two alternative methodologies exist f...
by Indrila Guha | On 13 Aug 2009 This paper applies Carter and Barrett’s theory of assets poverty traps to a unique longitudinal survey from rural Bangladesh. Non-parametric and parametric methods are used to examine the shape of the...
by Agnes Quisumbing | On 06 Aug 2009 To explore the relationship between government and BRAC in the
implementation of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme this
qualitative research was undertaken. This involved purposive samp...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 06 Aug 2009 The article describes the constitution and functions of Village Development Boards (VDBs) in NAGALAND where VDBs are considered as “Financial Intermediaries” or “Non-Banking Financial Intermediaries”....
by Karmakar K G | On 06 Aug 2009 An analysis of the Asian Development Bank-funded Khulna Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project by the Bangladeshi NGO Uttaran.
by Shahidul Islam | On 24 Jul 2009 This paper provides an overview of conceptual understandings of, and
methodological research issues on, the relationship between chronic, or long-term,
poverty and processes of migration. The paper...
by Uma Kothari | On 13 Jul 2009 The paper seeks to analyse and discuss the impact of financial reform and related
institutional change on the process of financial intermediation. In effect reforms stood the earlier
quantity driven...
by Chakrabarti B.B. | On 09 Jul 2009 This paper addresses the issue of establishing a regulatory regime along the production, supply and value chains of multinational corporations in terms of setting labor standards and protecting worker...
by Fichter Michael | On 08 Jul 2009 Establishing a debt management office would consolidate all debt management functions in a single agency, and be the catalyst for wider institutional reform and transparency about public debt. It is i...
by Ministry of Finance | On 04 Jul 2009 A large number of new Shasthya Shebikas were recruited under the maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) program besides the existing ones. This study attempts to explore whether and how the income...
by Mahjabeen Rahman | On 27 Jun 2009 This note analyses the major characteristics of the current inflationary episode in the economy along with its probable impact on different population groups in Bangladesh. The note also draws some po...
by Mustafa. K. Mujeri | On 27 Jun 2009 The paper analyzes the effects of changes in consumption factor on the calculation of inflation calculation in Bangladesh. This is important as there might exist some volatile and non-trend components...
by Md. Habibour Rahman | On 27 Jun 2009 The paper estimates the P* model for Bangladesh economy and test its forecasting ability through generating recursive forecasts. The empirical result shows that the model performs relatively well and...
by Mustafa. K. Mujeri | On 27 Jun 2009 This paper investigates the relative importance of monetary and fiscal policies in altering real output of Bangladesh. An unrestricted vector auto regression (VAR) framework based on the St. Louis equ...
by Md. Habibur Rahman | On 27 Jun 2009 This paper investigates sources and determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing Asia using bilateral FDI flows for the period 1990-2005. With regard to the determinants of FDI...
by Rabin Hattari | On 27 Jun 2009 Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and ca...
by C Veermani | On 23 Jun 2009 In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced persistent price increases, especially of food items, in the domestic market in the backdrop of global increase in food prices. Such price developments in t...
by M. Golam Mortaza | On 22 Jun 2009 Although economic growth has improved in recent years in Bangladesh, the better economic performance has not translated into satisfactory poverty reduction. The type of growth that matters Bangladesh...
by Mustafa. K. Mujeri | On 15 Jun 2009 There has been an increase in the demand for infrastructure services and opening up of the infrastructure sector for private investment. As a result, a large number of financial intermediaries and pri...
by Mustafa. K. Mujeri | On 15 Jun 2009 The paper contours of a feasible design of VAT in India. It also takes on board the various alternatives proposed. It looks at the issues that need resolution and the options available for resolving t...
by R.Kavita Rao | On 12 Jun 2009 The paper summarises the main ethical issues in social science and social care research. It outlines what is meant by research governance, especially as set out in the Department of Health Research Go...
by Jan Pahl | On 05 Jun 2009 Health economics is increasingly recognized as a discipline that has much to offer developing countries in addressing these problems, but how can it help? What economic concepts and tools can be appli...
by Anne Mills | On 04 Jun 2009 This essay mainly examines the relationship between feminism and nationalism as a point from which it looks at South Asian feminist scholarship. The historical circumstances in their respective countr...
by Uma Chakravarti | On 03 Jun 2009 Bangladesh faces multiple challenges in the sanitation, hygiene and water sector. This study aims to review the damage to sanitation facilities during floods. It also explored the possibilities of ove...
by Shamim Ahmed | On 03 Jun 2009 China and India, Asia's two largest and most dynamic societies, have come to be important players in regional and global decision-making. Both countries have had their share of experience in colonial...
by Swaran Singh | On 03 Jun 2009 This paper is an evaluation study of NSS in India wherein a study is conducted to learn Volunteer strength in Andhra Pradesh from 1969-1994; Year wise Targets and Achievements of Chandigarh Regional C...
by Tata Institue of Social Sciences TISS | On 31 May 2009 Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermed...
by C Veermani | On 21 May 2009 The production, transportation and consumption of energy resources, especially of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas, generate negative environmental externalities including air pollution....
by Deepa Menon Choudhary | On 18 May 2009 Presentation shows the global financial crisis, the difference between US, Europe and India, RBI’s policy response and impact, lessons from the crisis, medium-term issues and challenges. [Speech deliv...
by Rakesh Mohan | On 29 Apr 2009 This paper on the CBDR deals with these
issues of equity, development and climate change in a holistic way to address the problem from the global south perspective keeping the South Asian requirement...
by Sanjay Vashist | On 24 Apr 2009 Much recent thinking on poverty and poverty reduction is ‘big’ in terms of its ideas, units of analysis, datasets, plans and ambitions. While recognising some of the benefits of such approaches this p...
by David Hulme | On 21 Jan 2009 This preliminary report has been prepared with a view to assist the state government in understanding the implications of the crisis, so that appropriate policies and programmes could be chalked to de...
by Centre for Development Studies CDS | On 02 Jan 2009 The aim of this study was to examine the association between visual impairment from cataract and poverty in adults in Kenya, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. A population-based case–control study was...
by Hannah Kuper | On 18 Dec 2008 Two major economic problems are currently shadowing Asian economies. On the one hand,
the slowdown in the US economy, ignited by the subprime mortgage crisis, may not be
confined to the US region...
by Kwanho Shin | On 05 Dec 2008 What does citizenship mean to poor and socially excluded people? How do their views help us understand and analyse what 'inclusive' citizenship means?
by Naila Kabeer | On 20 Nov 2008 The paper provides a comprehensive description of GZB (Ghaziabad) goods shed, including facilities, traffic flow, customer interface, processes, etc. In this context, the paper raises questions regard...
by G. Raghuram | On 12 Nov 2008 The system of justice in Bangladesh is derived from the common law system. The judiciary tends to be conservative in its application of international law. While in many cases the judiciary has cited i...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 07 Oct 2008 The paper argues that irrespective of the wording of the Terms of Reference
(ToR), the Commission would do well to focus on its primary task of recommending
transfers to serve the objective of equit...
by M.Govinda Rao | On 06 Oct 2008 The study has indicated how consumers and farmers benefit from organized retailers. The study has also examined the impact on intermediaries and manufacturers. The results are indicative of the mega-a...
by Mathew Joseph | On 23 Sep 2008 This paper attempts to examine the trends in the shift from underweight to overweight and identify the major determinants of the co-existence of ‘double burden’ of malnutrition among women of reproduc...
by P Ramesh | On 19 Sep 2008 because their traditional ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is
becoming increasingly unsustainable. Farmers in these
communities have to farm more intensively and this is causing a whole host of environm...
by M. A. Monayem Miah | On 19 Sep 2008 It was left to human rights defenders to inform the UN Committees on the situation of human rights by submitting shadow reports, to investigate violations, and to campaign for an end to impunity for l...
by Hameeda Hossain | On 05 Sep 2008 Bangladesh is facing a major health crisis because arsenic is poisoning a large percentage of the country’s drinking water. Although the government has taken a number of positive steps to address this...
by Zakir Husain Khan | On 04 Sep 2008 Arsenic poisoning is a major public health concern in Bangladesh. This study uses primary data to examine health impacts and costs associated with arsenic contamination of groundwater. The study estim...
by M. Zakir Hossain Khan Khan | On 29 Aug 2008 Since 1978 Bangladesh government has been providing free food rations to plain settlers to sustain the conflict, make indigenous Jumma peoples a minority in the CHTs and eventually destroy their disti...
by Asian Centre for Human Rights ACHR | On 07 Aug 2008 This study aimed to provide some insights into sanitation-related strategies taken
by the BRAC Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme from an
economic point of view. The aim of this report i...
by Kazi Faisal Bin Seraj | On 06 Aug 2008 Ratification imposes specific obligations on a state to incorporate human rights into
national laws, to amend legislation, to promote, protect and fulfill human rights and
prevent violations of huma...
by South Asians for Human Rights SAHR | On 31 Jul 2008 This study evaluates the economic feasibility of replacing shifting cultivation (Jhum) with settled agriculture and new soil conservation technology based on an assessment of the farmers’ risk and cor...
by M. A. Monayem Miah | On 29 Jul 2008 The aim of this paper is to examine the effects climate change will have on Bangladesh and also gives some possible solutions for tackling climate change.
by Centre for Trade and Development CENTAD | On 24 Jul 2008 Use of Macroeconometric models has by now assumed a measure of universality as an unavoidable aid to forecasting and policy analysis; challenges and controversies spread over more than two decades not...
by V. Pandit | On 26 Jun 2008 On 28th April 2008, hundreds of illegal plain settlers attacked the local Jumma people in Bangladesh. Hundreds of people were displaced and their houses burned. People suffered from such a level of sh...
by Asian Centre for Human Rights ACHR | On 13 Jun 2008 A brief overview is provided about India’s long-term growth performance. Then an attempt is made to set out the conditions for successful innovations. To assess the role of innovations in the Indian...
by Rakesh Mohan | On 03 Apr 2008 Social networking is about more than just friends reunited; it’s a framework for
understanding even the most basic of biological processes. Two papers in the month of March PLoS Medicine illustrate t...
by PLoS Medicine | On 26 Mar 2008 Considering the reproductive health information and service needs of adolescents and youth, the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health (FRONTIERS) Program, in collaboration with the Min...
by Laila Rahman | On 12 Mar 2008 People living in almost fifty percent of the districts in West Bengal are exposed to arsenic contaminated water. The economic costs imposed by arsenic-related health problems are estimated. Data from...
by Joyashree Roy | On 08 Feb 2008 KIA proposes to bring a paradigm shift in Indian Agriculture in terms of human resource development, research, technology generation, technology dissemination and commercialization. In the short run,...
by Ramanjaneyulu G V | On 05 Jan 2008 One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The
learner’s mother tongue holds the key to making sc...
by Carol Benson | On 21 Dec 2007 The United Nations Development Programme has just put out its latest Human Development Report, containing the human development index (HDI) for 177 countries, with the data being for 2005. India ranks...
by T.N. Ninan | On 03 Dec 2007 The Overseas Development Institute in the UK recently carried out a study on ICT for rural livelihoods, commissioned by InfoDev. The study included a literature and donor review in collaboration with...
by Paul Matthews | On 26 Oct 2007 What is the position of the Prime Minister among his Cabinet colleagues after signing the nuclear deal with the US?
by T.N. Ninan | On 15 Oct 2007 To assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aim...
by Imran Matin | On 09 Oct 2007 As we celebrate 60 years of political independence and take pride in our dynamic private sector, our remarkable IT successes and all the other usual dimensions of success, let us remind ourselves that...
by Shankar Acharya | On 08 Oct 2007 Government has done a lot for the development of textile industry. But India is not at all doing well in the international markets compared to countries like China and Bangladesh. Government has not d...
by T.N. Ninan | On 24 Sep 2007 Examples of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives within the context of children's issues in India, Nepal and Bangladesh are given. The mapping highlights that children's issues often do n...
by Girish Godbole | On 05 Sep 2007 Findings from 116 focus group discussions are presented, which took place in eleven districts in Bangladesh in mid-2006. It forms the first part of three phases of research in an integrated qualitativ...
by Peter Davis | On 01 Aug 2007 A law to prevent sex determination tests was passed in Maharashtra known as Maharashtra Regulation of Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1988. In 1994 the the Parliament enacted the Pre-Natal Diagn...
by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare H & FW | On 05 Jul 2007 Relatively small proportion of literature has focused upon health behaviours and types of health services used by the poor in rural Bangladesh, particularly ultra poor households.This study aimed to e...
by Shahaduz Zaman | On 14 Jun 2007 Aa framework for the analytical treatment of terrorist problems is suggested and then brings out the importance of financial and socio-economic factors. The framework classifies the various causes of...
by Siddhartha Mitra | On 31 May 2007 The proposition that social capital expands household welfare is tested by estimating the effects of social interactions on per capita expenditure among a sample of 810 households in northern Banglade...
by Farhad Ameen | On 30 May 2007 By the end of 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) will complete its five years of existence. At that time, re-negotiation on Agreement on Agriculture (AOA) will also begin. It is time to take a retros...
by Satish Y Deodhar | On 14 Mar 2007 It is often assumed that poverty reduction would lead to gender equality. Research however, points to the opposite, namely, that increasing prosperity can have perverse gender effects . It is therefor...
by Nitya Rao | On 26 Dec 2006 This study aims to investigate the impact of CFPR/TUP programme on the food and nutrient consumption. The report is presented in two parts- the first part is based on the comparison of food and energy...
by Farhana Haseen | On 19 Dec 2006 This paper, based on ‘capabilities’ approach, analyses the ‘development outcomes’ forf ‘tribals’ of rural south Gujarat and examines the relative roles of physical, human and social capital within a...
by Arti Nanavati | On 26 Nov 2006 Fiscal incentive is closely related with extra budgetary revenues.This paper examines the impact of fiscal revenues under decentralisation on responsiveness of public goods provision to real local nee...
by Xin-Qiao Ping | On 21 Nov 2006 The present work builds on the affirmed desire of the Commission on Social Determinants of
Health (CSDH) to be judged on both its scientific rigor and the policy implications that the
Commission’s w...
by Stefania Maggi | On 15 Nov 2006 Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realiza...
by Proloy Barua | On 25 Oct 2006 Dr Singh in fact has a rare blessing: alone among all governments of the past four decades, his government is not faced with a mid-life crisis; all that it needs to do is avoid mid-life paralysis. And...
by T.N. Ninan | On 19 Aug 2006 The argument of the White Paper are
Basically robust, but could be improved
Long-term determinants of prosperity
•Relatively less emphasis on openness
•More emphasis on incentives to invest
Short...
by Adrian Wood | On 27 Apr 2006 This paper tries to examine the sustainability aspect of the rate of growth (rog) in recent years, designated as ‘the second phase of liberalisation’. This paper is based on the Keynesian framework wh...
by Anamitra Roychowdhury | On 29 Mar 2006 Hans Wolfgang Singer, development economist, died on February 26 2006.
Singer's best known work relates to the declining terms of trade experienced by developing countries. First published in 1949,...
by Richard Jolly | On 22 Mar 2006 The note is an attempt to make a methodological argument to the students about how to approach the study of human phenomena. Based on the experience of teaching about work, workers and organisations t...
by Rahul Varman | On 20 Dec 2005 Developments in the financial sector have led to an expansion in its ability to spread risks. The increase in the risk bearing capacity of economies, as well as in actual risk taking, has led to a ran...
by Raghuram G. Rajan | On 16 Nov 2005 |