Search for dissertations about: "bangladesh labor"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words bangladesh labor.

  2. 1. Essays on Globalization and Occupational Wages

    Author : Farzana Munshi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalization: openness to trade: openness to capital; foreign direct investment; offshoring; service trade; occupational wage; wage gap; wage inequality; developed countries; developing countries; Bangladesh; time series analysis; panel data; dynamic model;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates empirically how globalization has affected occupational wages in both developing and developed countries. Three aspects of globalization – openness to trade, openness to capital and offshore-outsourcing – are examined in four self-contained essays. READ MORE

  4. 2. Participatory Governance and Public Service Provision

    Author : Serena Cocciolo; Jakob Svensson; Anna Tompsett; Ingvild Almås; Michelle Brock; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community-Driven Development; Participatory development; Community decision-making; Participation; Safe water; Preferences; Beliefs; Policy design; Impact evaluation; Field experiment; Lab-in-the-field experiment; Randomized Controlled Trial; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : How do Community Contribution Requirements Affect Local Public Good Provision? Experimental Evidence from Safe Water Sources in Bangladesh We exploit the random assignment of communities selected to receive a safe drinking water program to various contribution requirements: cash, labor or no requirement to contribute. Imposing a cash contribution requirement greatly decreases program take-up, while imposing a labour contribution does not. READ MORE

  5. 3. Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context

    Author : Sayem Ahmed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizable proportion of households (15.7%) faced catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and a number of them fell into poverty in 2010. READ MORE