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DETERMINANTS AND INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR OF FOREIGN REMITTANCES IN RURAL BANGLADESH
(Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013-01) Sammy, H. M.; Kazi, M. M. H.; Riad, M. M.; Latif, M. A.
Flow of investments' remittances in Bangladesh exhibited a continuously increasing trend over the last 30 years in both absolute and relative terms. It is now well-documented that foreign remittances have an utmost importance in the socioeconomic development of Bangladesh economy, especially in the rural areas. This paper has explored the determinants and investment behavior of foreign remittances in rural Bangladesh. The study has used the data and information on 502 rural international remittance receiving households from 30 clusters over six former divisions of Bangladesh. The present study have been identified the predictors of household investments from remittances by using multiple binary logistic regression analysis along with typical descriptive statistical tools and techniques. The distribution of investment at household level along with the necessary elements are drawing Lorenz curve. The Gini concentration ratios are also estimated at 0.497 for the overall households, which indicate a higher inequality of investment among the survey households. The results suggest that about 50% of the investment of the community is concentrated in the hands of few peoples and the rest of the investment is all distributed among the major portion of the households of the study area.
IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD PATTERN OF HAND WEAVERS PARTICULARL Y WOMEN IN KISHOREGANJ DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
(Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013-07) Sammy, H. M.; Islam, S.; Riad, M. M.; Rayhan, S. J.
Bangladesh is a small South Asian country and has the highest population density in the world. It has an agro-based economy, where about half of the total population is female and a majority of them, about 80%, live in rural areas. Most of the rural women have little opportunity to participate in intra-household, socio-economic and political decision-making processes as well as very limited interaction with people outside of the home. The works of women in Bangladesh are mostly confined to the homestead due to cultural, religious and social restrictions. Most of the rural people are poor and family depends on income of male person; but ensuring the income of women is an essential precondition for the elimination of poverty. At present women are involved in some income generating activities, Hand Weaving is one of them, not only women are taking benefit from this new sector but also men are getting more advantages from this. Socio-economic analysis, cost & return was estimated to show their income level as well as livelihood. The main objectives of the study are to improve livelihood of rural people, to analyze the proportion of income from various sources, to compare the income of weaver between present and past and to identify the determinants of income of weaver at household level through Multiple Classification Analysis (MCA).