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Impact of Microcredit on Second Generation Borrowers in Bangladesh: Revisited / Ara, Laila Arjuman; Rahman, Mohammad Masudur ; Kim, Chanwahn

Ara, Laila Arjuman	Journal Article
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This article investigates the economic impact of continuing borrowers’ participation in the microcredit programme on poverty eradication in Bangladesh. A panel data set was collected through a field survey for the years 2013–2016 to identify the impact of a microcredit programme on continuous participation borrowers. The propensity score matching (PSM) method is used to eliminate selection bias and the difference-in-difference (DID) model is applied for the empirical analysis. The findings of the study demonstrate that more benefits are realized from continued participants compared to discontinued participants.

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Poverty ; Bangladesh ; Microcredit ; Continuous Participation ; Propensity Score Matching (PSM) ; Difference-in-Difference (DID)

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TPP, TTIP and RCEP: implications for south asian economies / Rahman , Mohammad Masudur; Ara, Laila Arjuman

Rahman , Mohammad Masudur	Article
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) could be the biggest trade deals in history. As the European Union (EU), the United States (US) and RCEP countries are the biggest trading partner of all South Asian countries, such preferential tariff arrangements could lead to a significant erosion of preferences enjoyed currently by the South Asian countries. Against this backdrop, the main objective of the present study is to investigate the potential economic impacts of tariff eliminations under TPP, TTIP and RCEP on South Asian countries using a standard computable general equilibrium model. The analysis evinces that under complete integration, in terms of tariff elimination, under these three mega deals, the excluded South Asian countries could face a tremendous negative impact on their economies. The analysis also suggests that South Asia may consider joining the TPP to minimize the negative economic impact due to arise from these mega deals.

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South Asia ; CGE ; GTAP ; TPP ; TTIP ; RCEP

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