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Book Chapter
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Tasks, Skills, and Institutions
Book Chapter
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The challenges of structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh
From the book:
The Developer’s Dilemma
Journal Article
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– Insights from the Hrishipara diaries
We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of the poor in a semi-rural setting in Bangladesh. We use an unusually rich dataset which tracks the economic and financial transactions of sixty poor and very poor individuals and their families on a daily real-time basis for 12...
Journal Article
– Evidence from Chittagon Hill tracts of Bangladesh
We evaluate a development programme with an important maternal health care component in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The region and its mostly indigenous people experienced violent conflict in the past and face a constant risk of recurring conflict. Given this fragile setting, our work...
Journal Special Issue
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Building knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. The studies in this special section offer both new empirical insights and new frameworks for analysis, with key policy implications, that can enrich our discussion of these topics...
Journal Article
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– Examples from South Africa, Singapore and Bangladesh
Part of Journal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global South
Journal Article
– Evidence from Bangladesh
We use a recent first-hand linked employer–employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive attainment and personality traits. Our results show that cognitive skills have greater explanatory power than personality traits...
Journal Article
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Measuring quality of care
Journal Article
– Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971
Part of Journal Special Issue
Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States
Journal Article
Part of Journal Special Issue
Climate Change and Economic Development
Journal Article
– Evidence from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh
Part of Journal Special Issue
Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries
– A Study of Human Capabilities
Women, a majority of the world's population, receive only a small proportion of its opportunities and benefits. According to the 1993 UN Human Development Report, there is no country in the world in which women's quality of life is equal to that of men. This examination of women's quality of life...
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