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Showing 1 to 20 of 375 for “"Bangladesh"”.
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Highway embankment design in Bangladesh
… for the design of highway embankments in Bangladesh. To address this issue, this thesis presents a methodology which can be used for the design of embankments in countries with similar conditions to those experienced in Bangladesh. Such conditions include: the large seasonal variation in …
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WATER BUFFALO MILK CHAIN IN BANGLADESH
… pathogens along the water buffalo milk chain in Bangladesh. A total of 248 water buffalo farms from nine buffalo concentration districts, comprising 51 free-range, 106 semi-free-range, 33 households, 54 semi-intensive, and four intensive buffalo farms, were visited to collect individual quarter …
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Essays on Human Capital in Bangladesh
… especially true in developing countries such as Bangladesh. This dissertation investigates interventions that have been taken to increase investment in health at the household level and education at the student level using the randomized controlled trial (RCT) design and presents simulations and …
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Institutional credit for agriculture in Bangladesh
… Bank, a Nationalised Commercial Bank) and the Bangladesh Krishi Bank, BKB (Agriculture Bank) under the normal credit program in Bangladesh. The study aimed at evaluating lending policies, examining borrower characteristics, finding out the factors influencing the supply of credit and measuring …
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Institutional credit for agriculture in Bangladesh
… Bank, a Nationalised Commercial Bank) and the Bangladesh Krishi Bank, BKB (Agriculture Bank) under the normal credit program in Bangladesh. The study aimed at evaluating lending policies, examining borrower characteristics, finding out the factors influencing the supply of credit and measuring …
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Diet and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Risk of Acute Vascular Events (BRAVE) study
… Diet and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Bangladesh: the Bangladesh Risk of Acute Vascular Events (BRAVE) study Background Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), with myocardial infarction (MI) as its main manifestation, is increasing at an alarming rate in South Asian countries, however evidence …
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Misallocation and Productivity: Micro Evidence from Bangladesh
… Using detailed household farm-level data from Bangladesh, I measure the observed gross TFP of Bangladesh's agriculture. I find that capital and intermediate inputs are misallocated in Bangladesh. If resources were hypothetically reallocated across farms, then aggregate TFP could increase by …
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Industrial loan default: the case of Bangladesh
… Bank and policy makers in developing countries. Bangladesh is chosen as a case study because it is an interesting example of the persistent industrial loan default problem.
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Gender, Religion and Development in Rural Bangladesh
… gender, religion and development in rural Bangladesh in the context of a series of attacks on NGOs by ‘fundamentalist’ forces in the country in the early part of the 1990s. Specifically, the focus is on the emergence of rural women as a center of contention as events unfolded. My …
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Electricity and Economic Development: Evidence from Bangladesh
… in both residential and industrial contexts in Bangladesh. This thesis focuses on three distinct issues: (i) investigating the impact of prepaid metering on residential electricity use, (ii) examining how prepayment impacts household electricity consumption in response to temperature extremes …
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Electricity and Economic Development: Evidence from Bangladesh
… in both residential and industrial contexts in Bangladesh. This thesis focuses on three distinct issues: (i) investigating the impact of prepaid metering on residential electricity use, (ii) examining how prepayment impacts household electricity consumption in response to temperature extremes …
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Multimorbidity in Bangladesh: Burden and Correlates in the Bangladesh Longitudinal Investigation of Emerging Vascular and nonvascular Events (BELIEVE) Study
… population-based prospective study from Bangladesh with a sample size of ~73,500, over three distinct sites covering urban, rural, and urban slum environments. BELIEVE has collected extensive baseline information on all participants' sociodemographic, economic, lifestyle and physical …
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Framing the 2024 Quota Reform Movement in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis of Media Narratives in Bangladesh and the United States
<p>This study investigates how Bangladeshi and U.S.-based media outlets framed the 2024 Quota Reform Movement in Bangladesh. While prior research has highlighted media ownership or ideology, this work explores how the national context influences framing across global North and South outlets. …
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The Multidimensionality of Schoolgirl Dropouts in Rural Bangladesh
… dropouts in the secondary school system of rural Bangladesh and assesses the barriers that affect adolescent girls and their families. The complex dynamics of the historical context within the patriarchal-dominant structure of society creates a system that hinders girls’ education and forces them …
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Demanding Values : Participation, empowerment, and NGOs in Bangladesh
… and on field work in two development projects in Bangladesh. Particular focus is put on how local NGO staff relate to the values that participation and empowerment strategies demand that they possess. The NGO staff in the study exhibit ambivalent behaviour and attitudes compared to what is …
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Micro-credit and household productivity : evidence from Bangladesh.
… from two rounds of household surveys in rural Bangladesh conducted by the World Bank and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies to analyze the impact of three micro-credit programs: the Rural Development-12 program of the Bangladesh Rural Development Board, the Bangladesh Rural …
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Teacher Perceptions of Inquiry and STEM Education in Bangladesh
… perceptions of current practice in Dhaka, Bangladesh concerning inquiry and STEM Education in order to establish a baseline of data for reform of science education in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been trying to incorporate inquiry-based science curricula since the 1970s. Over time, the …
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Exotic Species Invasion and Biodiversity in Bangladesh Forest Ecosystems
… two issues in a tropical forest ecosystem in Bangladesh. Considering the first issue, it comprises two manuscripts: a systematic review and a field survey in Bangladesh forest ecosystem. The review was done based on a formalized literature search in order to summarize the approaches that were …
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