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Infrastructure project in Bangladesh induced marital migration by rural-born women

By gs510 | 23 June 2022

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

The long-term impacts of refugee resettlement

By gs510 | 22 June 2022

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? 

By gs510 | 28 April 2022

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

By gs510 | 19 January 2022

“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

By gs510 | 14 December 2021

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.

By gs510 | 27 November 2021

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

By gs510 | 15 November 2021

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

By gm472 | 29 October 2021

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

By gs510 | 11 October 2021

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

By gs510 | 08 September 2021

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

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