http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:48:59 GMT 2026-04-24T13:48:59Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/508 FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE NORMS OF MANIPURI AND KHASIA COMMUNITY IN BANGLADESH AKTER, SHARMIN The study is an attempt to examine the reproductive norms of Manipuri and Khasia community in Bangladesh A sample of 113 (82 Manipuri & 31 Khasia) ever-married 15-49 aged ethnic female were selected purposively from Sylhet district. The information was recorded in a prestructured questionnaire. Simple descriptive analysis, Cross tabulation, Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were performed for analyzing data. The current use of contraception was much higher (68%) among the Manipuri women than that from National level (62%) but the khasis current contraception was lower (58%) with respect to both National level and Manipuri women. In bi-variate analysis the chi-square test revealed five factors i.e., having children or not, number of children, Electronic devices, each outcome pregnancies from the very first and age at first marriage were significantly associated with the dependent variable contraceptive use. A binary logistic regression model was employed to identify the influence of different demographic and socio-economic characteristics on contraceptive use. Among all the important independent variables only one independent variable had significant effects on contraceptive use. Because these ethnic groups are highly motivated to keep the family size small from generation to generation as whether a respondent is literate or illiterate, rich or poor or in any other aspects. Finally, this study suggested some policy recommendations but among them specifically emphasized the active roles of their representative leaders for the development of their reproductive norms along with their socio-economic conditions. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/508 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/507 A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS OF MANIPURI AND KHASIA ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN NORTH EASTERN REGION OF BANGLADESH PAL, NONDAN The aim of the study is to measure the socio-economic status of the Manipuri and Khasia community and the determinants of the socio-economic status of the Manipur and Khasia community. The study analyzed a total of 113 (82 Manipuri & 31 khasia) respondents from Manipuri and Khasia community purposively from Sylhet district. The information was recorded in a pre-structured questionnaire. A multidimensional self developed Socio-Economic Index was constructed by the composition of various factors was used to measure the socio-economic status of the Manipuri and Khasia community. To determine the predictor of Socio-Economic Status, Simple descriptive analysis, Cross tabulation, Chi-square test, binary logistic regression analysis have been adopted systematically. Socio economic index revealed that 42.68% of the Manipuri respondents were having good socio economic status while only 3.23% of the Khasia respondents were having good socio economic status. With the help of binary logistic regression analysis, it was found that Family Type, Monthly Family Expenditure, and Contraceptive Use were the predictors of Socio-Economic Status for Manipuri community and only Contraceptive Use was the predictor of Socio-Economic Status for Khasia community. The study suggests that socio economic condition of the ethnic community can be improved by ensuring the use of contraceptive. The study also recommends for building consciousness among the ethnic community about the benefit of contraceptive use. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/507 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/482 EFFECT OF CREDIT ON GDP AND POVERTY: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE ROY, TANNI ABSTRACT In Bangladesh, credit can play a very important role in achieving expected economic growth. This research has been conducted to investigate the disbursement of credit status, impact of credit on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Agricultural GDP, and poverty reduction in Bangladesh. To achieve the objectives of this research Grameen Bank, BRAC, ASA and Bangladesh Krishi Bank were selected. Because, these three NGOs are the largest credit organizations in Bangladesh and Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) is the largest government agricultural loan distributor in Bangladesh. Data on loan disbursement amount, number of member, number of village covered and number of branch were collected from the above NGOs and GOs. Total 39 years data on GDP, Agricultural GDP and poverty trend were collected from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES). Descriptive statistics were used to investigate the overview of credit trend, GDP, Agriculture GDP and poverty trend. After necessary testing, fixed effect model was performed to evaluate the impact of credit on GDP, Agricultural GDP and poverty reduction. Result shows that amount of credit has positive and significant effects on GDP, Agricultural GDP and loan amount is negatively associated with poverty. An increase in the number of branches of different area leads to an increase in the number of member, which then corresponds to an increase in the loan disbursement amount. It can be concluded that government and NGO‘s credit should be expanded for increasing GDP and reducing poverty. Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/482 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/481 IMPACT OF BRAC MICROCREDIT AMONG WOMEN BENEFICIARIES IN SELECTED AREAS OF SYLHET DISTRICT ROY, PRIYA The present study dealt with the impact of microcredit among women beneficiaries in selected areas of Sylhet district. Socio-economic studies, adequacy, utilization, repayment and cost of credit, profitability of selected enterprises and impact of credit among the women beneficiaries constituted the objective of the study. 60 women beneficiaries of the microcredit were randomly selected from Tuker Bazar and Tultikor union of Sylhet district in which 20 were from each of petty business, poultry farming and tailoring. Both tabular and econometric techniques were used to analyze the collected data. Findings revealed that the respondents were capable of keeping small family size and maximum of them were of active age group. In the case of literacy status primary education was highest (46.67%) and no illiterate respondents were found among beneficiaries under the study area. Primary occupation for most of the borrowers was housewife in the also some of them depended on some other non-agricultural activities. Poultry farming owners held the highest position in family income, expenditure and saving followed by petty business and tailoring enterprise because of good earning ability. The adequacy of microcredit was 80.49% which reflected BRAC’s easy and friendly lending procedure for the selected enterprises. Four cost items were identified to obtain loan from BRAC and total transaction cost of poultry farming enterprise was the largest (Tk. 197.22) while it was the lowest for (Tk. 173.71) tailoring enterprise because of different factors. But effective cost of credit was highest for petty business and lowest for poultry farming. Borrowers were found having positive attitudes towards productive credit use as maximum of the borrowed money was utilized purposively by the respondents. Purposive utilization of loan money and their repayment performance was fully satisfactory. The repayment performance was 98.13%. Family income, loan amount, and profit from enterprises were the most significant factors for repayment of loan. All the enterprises under BRAC were profitable but Poultry farming ranked the highest securing position in both BCR and net return followed by tailoring and petty business in study area. After joining BRAC there was a remarkable improvement in the living standard of the respondents households. Considering all enterprises together, impact of microcredit on family income was ranked the highest according to borrower’s perception and family expenditure was also increased after getting microcredit from BRAC. It may, therefore, be inferred that BRAC led to increase family income and socio-economic status of the women borrowers in general. The study reveals that participation of women in microcredit programs is positively related and is a significant indicator of their level of empowerment. Thus, it can be concluded that development of women in Bangladesh can be significantly improved by encouraging them to participate in microcredit programs of BRAC Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/481 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z