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ARDD
The Agriculture and Rural Development Division (ARDD) deals with issues related to agriculture, natural resources management, and rural development. Agriculture is defined broadly to include crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries subsectors. Much of the environmental and climate change research...

GED
The research in the General Economics Division (GED) is concerned with macroeconomic management, globalization and trade, monetary and fiscal policy regimes, and related development issues. Recent major research includes preparation of the Bangladesh Human Development Report, and studies on...

HRDD
The mandate of the Human Resources Development Division (HRDD) is to carry out research on issues related to human resources including education, health, nutrition, poverty, and gender and empowerment issues. Recent major research includes the role of social capital and people’s consultative...

IPID
All research related to manufacturing activities including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), micro enterprises, rural industries, and infrastructure are carried out in the Industry and Physical Infrastructure Division (IPID). Recent research includes regional trade regimes and industrialization,...

PSD
The Population Studies Division (PSD) has competent demographers and other researchers. The research conducted by the Division goes beyond quantitative aspects of population dynamics and focuses on empowerment and reproductive behavior, health service provision and consumption, health seeking...

BDS Current Issue Volume XXXIII December 2010 No.4

Rural Credit Market and the Choice of Tenurial Contracts: A Micro Evidence from Rural West Bengal, India

Author: Arindam Laha & Pravat Kumar Kuri

Raw Material Sourcing and Firm Performance: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in South-West Bangladesh

Author: Mohammed Ziaul Haider

Globalisation and Occupational Wage Gap in Developing Countries: 1983-2003

Author: Farzana Munshi

Democracy and Trade Balance: A Vector Autoregressive Analysis

Author: Zakir Saadullah Khan & M Ismail Hossain

Do Currency Regime and Developmental Stage Matter for Real Exchange Rate Volatility? A Cross-Country Analysis

Author: Monzur Hossain