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This dissertation aims to look at two facets of welfare: consumption and female schooling outcomes. We seek to evaluate the impact of microfinance on regional and household welfare and female stipends on female schooling outcomes. The first chapter examines the impact of Grameen Bank and BRAC on regional welfare in Bangladesh. Welfare at the sub-district level is measured in terms of household consumption, and then we examine how the presence of microfinance institutions affect regional welfare. The second chapter aims to evaluate the impact of the female secondary school stipend on female enrollment and to see whether the stipend has any effect on females continuing to be enrolled in secondary school and whether females complete more years of schooling. The third chapter aims to assess the impact of microfinance participation on the educational outcomes of girls, using the techinique of propensity score matching. Using enrollment data for 2010 and 2011, we attempt to see if MFI participation has impact on measures such as whether girls are currently enrolled in school and whether they have continuously been enrolled in school.

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This dissertation examines how the construction of an embankment has altered the life of a village in Bangladesh. Once the academic context of the work has been established, the geographical and historical context of the project itself is outlined. There then follows a discussion of the formulation and execution of the research methodology. This comprised a comparative analysis of the results from a household questionnaire survey conducted in two villages, one inside and one outside the project area, as well as a comparison of the post-project data thus collected with data collected by the project funding agency before the embankment's construction.

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Sexual condition of female Hilsa was sampled from October 1983 to August 1984 from freshwater, estuarine and marine localities in Bangladesh. At Chandpur, on the River Meghna, changes in gonadosomatic index showed that early monsoon (June), late monsoon (October), and winter (February) are the major spawning periods. Ages of juvenile Hilsa were determined up to six months old (12 cm long) by counting daily growth rings of otoliths. Hatching dates of juveniles collected in different months were back calculated from otolith readings, and confirmed the existence of the three spawning peaks. Migratory movements of juvenile Hilsa in the River Meghna were studied from samples obtained by experimental beach seining, by experimental drift gill netting, and by fishermen's gear. Length-frequency analysis of fish from beach seines and from fishermen's catch indicated juveniles less than 8 cm in total length inhabit shore and shallow river areas (<10 ft depth). When juveniles attain a larger size (>7 cm) they migrate to the deeper river (>10 ft depth) in January. After reaching 12 cm, all disappeared from the deeper river in May. Their migration from the river towards the sea was indicated by the direction of gilling in experimental nets, and by mean length analysis of juveniles collected in the upper and downstream areas of the River Meghna. / Science, Faculty of / Zoology, Department of / Graduate

Quiet Flows the River explores the lives of the people living in the coastal area of Bangladesh. Affected by the consequences of climate change, they continue to adapt and struggle each day to survive in their homelands.