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Sharing economy services in Dhaka : a change towards women's perception of commuting

Hoque, Md. Mukitul; Saumi, Bildana Haque - In: Rajagiri management journal 16 (2022) 2, pp. 144-163

towards women's perception of commuting. …

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The impact of micronutrient training on high-zinc rice demand among mothers : a randomized control trial study in Bangladesh

Valera, Harold Glenn; Yamano, Takashi; Puskur, Ranjitha; … - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 42 (2025) 1, pp. 209-232

This paper measures the impact of a micronutrient training among women farmers with young children on the demand for zinc-enhanced varieties. We conducted a randomized control trial by providing micronutrient training in randomly selected villages in May-June 2017. These farmers were also given...

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Did remittance inflow in Bangladesh follow the gravity path during COVID-19?

Goswami, Gour G.; Barai, Munim Kumar; Mahnaz Aftabi Atique - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 11, pp. 1-19

Remittances are one of the major driving forces of economic growth in Bangladesh. The paper's main objective is to … empirically investigate the effect of COVID-19 on the remittance inflow to Bangladesh using a gravity model framework. We have … employed monthly data of remittance inflow to Bangladesh from January 2018 to September 2022 with its top twelve partners …

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How many gaps are there? : investigating the regional dimension of the gender commuting gap

Fuchs, Michaela; Jost, Ramona; Weyh, Antje - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 103 (2024) 1, pp. 1-13

This paper investigates the gender gap in commuting by differentiating between the place of residence and work in urban … evidence for a triple gap in commuting to the disadvantage of women. Apart from the overall gap, the regional disaggregation … uncovers a further gap among workers commuting between rather than within regions, with the highest gap among commuters between …

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Bringing Cellular Phone Service to Rural Areas : Grameen Telecom and Village Pay Phones in Bangladesh

Lawson, Cina; Meyenn, Natalie - 2012

Grameen Telecom has provided telephone access to nearly 3 million poor villages beyond the reach of the main phone network. The pay phone initiative has benefited from a number of factors: the level of demand for communications in rural areas; the use of the Grameen brand name, facilities, and...

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Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone Coverage

Buys, Piet; Dasgupta, Susmita; Thomas, Timothy S. - 2012

Most discussions of the digital divide treat it as a "North-South" issue, but the conventional dichotomy doesn't apply to cell phones in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although almost all Sub-Saharan countries are poor by international standards, they exhibit great disparities in coverage by cell telephone...

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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-21

This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. It fnds that, frst, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and...

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Convergence across subnational regions of Bangladesh : what the night lights data say?

Basher, Syed Abul; Behtarin, Jobaida; Rashid, Salim - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

We examine economic convergence among subnational regions of Bangladesh over the period 1992-2013. Unavailability of … disparity is persistent and wide across Bangladesh's 544 upazilas (subdistricts). There is evidence that lagging upazilas are … convergence"). Overall, consistent with the evidence from studies on regional inequality in Bangladesh, our results also indicate …

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Regional Convergence in Bangladesh Using Night Lights (Published online: 10 Jul 2022)

Basher, Syed Abul; Rashid, Salim; Uddin, Mohammad Riad - 2023

We analyse economic convergence across 64 districts of Bangladesh using newly harmonized satellite night light data …

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Do political economy factors influence funding allocations for disaster risk reduction?

Islam, Shafiqul; Zobair, Khondker Mohammad; Chu, Cordia; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 2/85, pp. 1-20

investigates the significance of political economy in the distribution of DRR funding in Bangladesh. The study analysed data from … the distribution of DRR funding across subdistricts of Bangladesh. Our findings offer important policy implications to …

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