The Role of Ngos in Preventing Unemployment in Bangladesh

Hassan, Azizul; Forhad, Ahmed

doi:10.12816/0001227

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“…Everywhere, ensuring that these workers are safe and keeping trade channels open within and across nations ensures the continued functioning of critical aspects of food systems across countries. Finally, it is mandatory to work together in every sector and with every stakeholder to reduce the immediate impacts and redesign all food systems and logistics support during the COVID-19 outbreak crisis to align food production and consumption with sustainable development [ 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 ].…”

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Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh

Rabbi

Oláh

Popp

et al. 2021

Foods

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Since COVID-19 was confirmed in Bangladesh in March 2020, the government have enacted stringent measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which has had a significant impact on people’s lives. Food consumption habits of consumers have shifted as a result of declining grocery shopping frequency, negative income shock, and food prices shooting up. This paper aims to explore Bangladeshi consumers’ buying behaviour in association with the stress generated from a food supply shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-outbreak perception of the food industry, using a dataset with 540 online samples collected between July and August 2021. A two-stage cluster sampling method and self-administrated questionnaire techniques were adopted for collecting the data during the third wave of COVID-19. Using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) and multivariate multiple ordered logit regression (MVORD) to reveal the pertinent structure between all the blocks, this study provides two key findings. First, a higher intensity of COVID-19 impact translates into higher food stress associated with income reduction and higher food prices. Second, food stress directly affects consumer buying and consumption behaviour. We strongly recommend connecting consumers with local producers and collective use of shared warehouses through institutions, policies, and reforms to prevent disruption in the food supply chain and to keep food prices stable. Additionally, food producers, distributors, stakeholders, and policy planners should strengthen the food supply chain to stabilize food security.

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Section: Recommendations Limitations and Further Research Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh

Rabbi

Oláh

Popp

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…For instance, NGOs supported community-based rural tourism in Costa Rica through promotion and marketing, capacity building and technical assistance, and lobbied the political actors to make commitments to the sector (Trejos et al, 2008). Studies in Bangladesh by Hassan and Forhad (2013) and by Roy, Raquib, and Sarker (2017) suggest that NGOs have made a positive contribution to sustainable tourism development. Similarly, Stone (2015) credited NGOs as facilitators of ecotourism stakeholder collaboration in Botswana, which helped to organize and empower local communities and provide financial support.…”

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NGOs in ecotourism: patrons of sustainability or neo-colonial agents? Evidence from Africa

Wondirad

Tolkach

King

2019

Tourism Recreation Research

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NGOs have become involved in ecotourism because of its potential to balance economic development, environmental conservation, and socio-cultural revitalization. However, some critics have associated ecotourism with neo-colonialism and with the perpetuation of economic and political hegemonies because the concept has been advanced from the West . The present study adopts a qualitative research approach to explore the merits of two opposing viewsthat NGOs facilitate and advance sustainable development or are agents of neo-colonialism. The researchers focus on a nation which was spared the experience of colonization -Ethiopiato explore whether ecotourism practice can be accurately characterized as "neo-colonial". Through a close examination of NGO involvement in ecotourism, the authors challenge the widely held view that NGOs use sustainable development as a pretext to promote neo-colonial ideas. The paper contributes to theory and practice by explaining the relationship between neo-colonialism and ecotourism. Implications and opportunities for future research are also discussed.

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“…Being backed up by external financing -which is often the driving force behind non-governmental organizations -many of them have successfully achieved their goals by using the tools they were provided (general flexibility and creativity in the process of law implementation and policy-making) in order to make visible changes. UN's environmental performance reviews clearly show a significant evolution of the NGOs' roles (Hassan and Forhad, 2013). The possibility of other international organizations to become involved both as leaders and as partners in Romania was a valuable impetus for the further development of domestic NGOs.…”

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Identifying the Main Problems of Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations: Lessons from Romania

Apostoaie¹,

Ionce²

2016

Present Environment and Sustainable Development

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Abstract. Romanian environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGO) have to deal with a lot of issues when performing their activities, related in general to their form of organization, financial capacity, unspecialized workforce, over bureaucratic administration, political parties' unwillingness to cooperate, or massmedia's general indifference. Moreover, most public representatives (e.g., political parties) seldom (or never) ask for the ENGOs' opinions when designing environmental policies. Within this context, this paper aims to map the most important issues or challenges (in terms of financial capacity and with regard to the public sphere) that Romanian ENGOs have to deal with. The methodological approach is a mixed one (having a qualitative as well as a quantitative component). The study embodies a questionnaire based survey applied on 48 Romanian ENGOs. Unfortunately, the instability of financial resources still tops the Romanian ENGOs' list of issues. Moreover, the data reaffirmed the indifference of the majority of Romania's political parties towards protecting the environment (leaving ENGOs out of the political decision making process).

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The Role of Ngos in Preventing Unemployment in Bangladesh

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh

Food Security and the COVID-19 Crisis from a Consumer Buying Behaviour Perspective—The Case of Bangladesh

NGOs in ecotourism: patrons of sustainability or neo-colonial agents? Evidence from Africa

Identifying the Main Problems of Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations: Lessons from Romania

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