Opportunities for Women's Economic Empowerment in Agro-based...

The landscape of women's employment in Bangladesh's agricultural sector is multifaceted, as revealed by recent surveys and studies. The Labour Force Survey 2022 highlights that approximately 18.43 million women are engaged in agriculture, making up 26.2 percent of the total employment. Moreover, there has been a significant rise in the representation of women in skilled agricultural, forestry, and fishery roles, reaching 75 percent. However, their involvement in formal off-farm...

A Study on Climate Change and Gender in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has been ranked as the 7 th most vulnerable country in the world in terms of risks from natural hazards, in which tidal surge, salinity, flooding, river erosion and cyclones are the most frequent ones. 1 It has now been widely recognized that Bangladesh, with its deltaic positioning, populous nature and low adaptive capacity, is considered one of the most vulnerable countries towards climate risks in the world across all natural and development dimensions. 2 A growing cross-country...

Volume XLV March-June 2022 Nos. 1&2

• Climate Change and Child Marriage: Evidence from Bangladesh
• Farm-Nonfarm Labour Mobility in Rural Bangladesh: Intersectoral Shift or Intergenerational Occupational Choice?
• Do Students Perform Better in Online Delivery of Education? Evidence from Bangladesh

• বাংলাদেশে ক্ষুদ্র কৃষকদের টিকে থাকার সম্ভাবনা কতটুকু?
• বাংলাদেশে কৃষকদের ঝুঁকি গ্রহণের প্রবণতা এবং জলবায়ু পরিবর্তন অভিযোজন কৌশল
• রঙিন মাছে সম্ভাবনাময় বাংলাদেশ: ক্রেতা ও বিক্রেতার অভিজ্ঞতা
• ঢাকা শহরের ফুটপাতবাসীর জীবনযাত্রার ধরন: তিন দশকের বাস্তবতা
• বাংলাদেশে প্রবীণ নাগরিকদের স্বাস্থ্য এবং স্বাস্থ্য সেবা পরিস্থিতি

Vol. 10 Issue 1 June 2022

Newsletter Vol. 10 Issue 1 June 2022 Pdf

Massive Boom of C-Section Delivery in Bangladesh: A...

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized the BIDS Fortnightly Seminar 2022 titled “Massive Boom of C-Section Delivery in Bangladesh: A Household Level Analysis (2004-2018)” on 28 September, 2022 in the BIDS Conference Room. Dr. Md. Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Research Fellow, BIDS presented his research findings in this seminar. According to the study, C-Section (CS) prevalence among Bangladeshi mothers increased approximately eightfold from 3.99% in 2004 to 33.22% in...