Rural Ict Business in Bangladesh: A Credible Development Agent?

Rashid, Ahmed Tareq; Rashid, A. K. M. Mamunur

doi:10.1177/0262728019893123

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“…Bangladesh Bank published, in 2011, 'Guidelines on Mobile Financial Services for Banks' as the legal framework for a mobile technology-based payment system. This was a milestone in FI activities in the country, connected to empowerment policies (Rashid & Rashid, 2020). The number of mobile accounts is manifold in Bangladesh compared to global standards, with 21 versus only 4 per cent (Table 1).…”

Section: Assessment Of Fi In the Saarc Regionmentioning

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Financial inclusion and economic growth nexus: Evidence from SAARC countries

Singh

Stakić

2020

South Asia Research

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This article examines the nexus between financial inclusion index and economic growth in all eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, using annual data from 2004 to 2017. In order to determine the possible long-run relationship between these variables, the study adopted the Pedroni panel co-integration test and two types of co-integration regression methods, the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) and the Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) methods. The Pedroni panel co-integration test confirms the existence of a long-run relationship between financial inclusion and economic growth in the SAARC countries. The coefficients of FMOLS and DOLS indicate that the index of financial inclusion and selected control variables together support economic growth. In addition, the Granger causality test confirmed bi-directional causality between FI and economic growth.

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Section: Assessment Of Fi In the Saarc Regionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Financial inclusion and economic growth nexus: Evidence from SAARC countries

Singh

Stakić

2020

South Asia Research

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“…According to [10], economic diplomacy is reactive toward market development and market change. Such diplomacy is also dealing with market power.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…It is implemented by conducting negotiated about policies with public and private sector cooperation relating to the exchange of goods and the production process. The private sector contributes to policy making and the negotiation process [10].…”

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Indonesian Economic Diplomacy toward Palm Oil: Indonesia’s Respond to the EU Resolution on Palm Oil and Deforestation of Rainforest (2016/2222(INI))

Hamid

Paramitaningrum

2023

E3S Web of Conf.

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Palm Oil becomes one of Indonesian major trade commodity, besides oil and gas. It has comparable quality with palm oil from Malaysia, Netherland, Papua New Guinea, and Guatemala. Therefore, an accessible and good prospect of the global market is essential for the sustainability of Indonesian palm oil production and marketing. European Union (EU) is a major importer of Indonesian palm oil because the consumption of palm oil among EU member countries is considered high. However, in the past few years, there were some international reports, including European media, that Indonesian palm oil is environmentally unfriendly, because the operation of palm oil plantation leads to deforestation and the greenhouse emission issue, abandoning the local people's, rights and decreasing the population of orangutan and other animals. EU then produced EU Resolution on Palm Oil and Deforestation of Rainforest (2016/2222(INI)) in 2017 to ban the import of Indonesian palm oil. Furthermore, different views among both sides and competition over similar products from Europe contribute to Indonesian efforts to conduct economic diplomacy, to protect the Indonesian economy.

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“…Several studies have indicated that the UDCs contribute substantially to community and individual empowerment in Bangladesh [10,17,28]. Further, the study by Abedin et al [9] reported that the UDC program empowers rural citizens in terms of using digital services.…”

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Sustainable Rural Development through Union Digital Center: The Citizen Empowerment Perspective

Hoque¹,

Sorwar²,

Hossain³

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Sustainable development depends on the empowerment of the vast portion of rural people. Bangladesh Government has taken initiatives to empower the disadvantaged people (i.e., elderly, poor and minority) through digitalization programs, e.g., union digital centers (UDCs). This study aimed to investigate the influential factors on the empowerment process by adopting the individual and collective empowerment dimensions. A total of 400 rural people were selected with a judgmental sampling process and provided a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using SPSS for descriptive analysis and CB-SEM using AMOS for effect assessment. Individual empowerment and collective empowerment have significant impacts on sustainable development. It is argued that for sustainable development and reaching development benefits to every house, rural people must be empowered. The findings will contribute to the body of knowledge theoretically and assume policymakers insights to focus on rural people's development with the nation. Future researchers can add other social factors.

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Rural Ict Business in Bangladesh: A Credible Development Agent?

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Financial inclusion and economic growth nexus: Evidence from SAARC countries

Financial inclusion and economic growth nexus: Evidence from SAARC countries

Indonesian Economic Diplomacy toward Palm Oil: Indonesia’s Respond to the EU Resolution on Palm Oil and Deforestation of Rainforest (2016/2222(INI))

Sustainable Rural Development through Union Digital Center: The Citizen Empowerment Perspective

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