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

    2010
    This study considers Khulna, Jessore, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts as the south-west region of Bangladesh.The intra-region raw material sourcing is the dominating trend prevailing among the manufacturing firms of the south-west region of Bangladesh.The wider horizon of raw material source is positively related to the operating profit to sales ratio and negatively related to the sales growth rat
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    An Econometric Assessment of Household Food Security in Bangladesh

    2010
    This paper investigates the determinants of household food security situation in Bangladesh. Different household characteristics seem to be strongly correlated with food security indicator which might be helpful in identifying the food insecure households. Regression results show that food security indicator is also highly sensitive to rice price changes.
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    Divergent Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Bangladesh: A Tale of Two Upazilas

    2010
    This paper attempts to seek answer to the question why some regions being economically better-off are performing poorly in respect of maternal and child health outcomes compared with those which are otherwise (economically) worse-off than the former.
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    Land Information System (LIS) for Land Administration and Management in Bangladesh

    2009
    Bangladesh has a very high population density. Scarce land and the rapid increase of population of the country are creating high pressure over land-man ratio. Land ownership record system is insufficient and incomplete in Bangladesh. As a result, it spills out jumbled and spontaneous land development throughout the country, especially in the major cities.
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    Impact of Climate Change in Bangladesh: The Role of Public Administration and Government’s Integrity

    2012
    Climate change is one of the most important issues to tackle this generation and possibly any generation in history. Bangladesh is a very low energy consuming country, it is pursuing a low carbon growth path, while building its resilience to climate change and reducing the risk of climate change, which represents national development.
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    Islamic View of Women Leadership as Head of the State: A Critical Analysis

    2010
    There is no verse in the Quran which directly either permits the rule of women or prohibits it. The traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), mentioned in this article, against women as the head of the state are believed to be unreliable and unauthentic due to many reasons.
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    Organising Traditional Knowledge for Inclusive Development : Role of Libraries

    2012
    In this paper we discuss traditional knowledge, its importance especially in inclusive development and knowledge management activities taken up in West Bengal. We also focus on the role of libraries especially public libraries in preserving and propagating this cultural heritage and traditional knowledge.
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    Knowledge Management in Universities: Role of Knowledge Workers

    2012
    Knowledge management has been hailed as one of the most important developments in the fields of information studies and management science in the recent decades. By capturing, organizing, documenting and sharing organisational knowledge, Knowledge management helps today’s complex organisations to make better decisions and solve their problems effectively.
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    Digital Libraries in the New Millennium

    2012
    The concept of digital library is not a new one, although it is only recently that digital library is gaining prominence all over the world. This article provides a holistic understanding of digital libraries including its present context and future directions. Various technical issues ingrained in the concept of digital library also has been analysed in the article.
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    Designing Integrated Information Systems for Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Programs in Bangladesh : A Model Plan

    2010
    The proposed National Health and Population Information Center (NHPIC) may work as a sketch for establishing a need based system that will ensure free flow of information from the policy level to the extreme end of implementation of HNPSP.

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