New research led by Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Dr Amrit Amirapu shows how a major transport infrastructure project in Bangladesh in the 1990s induced marital … Read more
Category: Development
The long-term impacts of refugee resettlement
During Refugee Week 2022 Rinchan Mirza, comments on how European governments integrating Ukrainian refugees into their territories need to understand the long-term impacts of refugee … Read more
How does interoperability in mobile financial services affect financial inclusion of low-income urban women in a developing country?
Dr Zaki Wahhaj and Maliha Rahanaz have obtained funding from the FIT IN initiative to explore the effects of seamless digital transactions on mobile devices … Read more
BIGD’s WEE-DiFine Initiative Awards Grant for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance Research
“Empowering Poor Urban Women in Bangladesh through Digital Financial Services: Does Wage Payment via Mobile Money translate into Economic Empowerment?” Dr Zaki Wahhaj, Reader in … Read more
Increased religious competition worsens armed conflict in Colombia
New research by Dr Guy Tchuente, has found that religious competition substantially increases the probability of conflict-related violence in Colombia. The study, published by the Journal of … Read more
Launch: BRAC University-University of Kent collaboration.
The Department of Economics and Social Sciences (ESS), BRAC University invite you to the launch of this inaugural celebration. The Department of Economics and Social … Read more
Lower sex-selective abortion rates in India districts with Muslim legislators
New Irma Clots-Figueras research has found that sex-selective abortion is lower in India districts with a Muslim state legislator, consistent with a higher reported aversion … Read more
Kent Researchers work to improve access to Mobile Financial Services for the Poorest in Bangladesh
This Innovations for Poverty Action project aims to improve access to mobile phone financial services for financial transactions amongst Bangladesh’s vulnerable population. Dr Zaki Wahhaj, … Read more
New Development Economics MSc research placement opportunity in Bangladesh
We launch an exciting new dimension to our Development Economics MSc: enabling students to take advantage of research expertise on economic development in South Asia … Read more
The Division of Human and Social Sciences Hybrid Research Away-Day
The Schools of Economics, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, and Anthropology and Conservation met to discuss their many dynamic research groups, with a view to … Read more