Essays about: "rural development in Bangladesh"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 essays containing the words rural development in Bangladesh.

  1. 16. Swarm grids - Innovation in rural electrification

    University essay from KTH/Energisystemanalys

    Author : Philipp Hollberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Swarm grids; Rural electrification; Energy modelling; SHS; Mini-grids;

    Abstract : Access to clean and affordable energy is a prerequisite for human development. In order to achieve access to sustainable energy for all innovation in rural electrification is needed. READ MORE

  3. 17. Urban land-use planning using Geographical Information System and Analytical Hierarchy Process : case study Dhaka city

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Kazi Masel Ullah; [2014]
    Keywords : land-use planning; AHP; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; GIS; urban planning; land suitability; Dhaka city; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Urban land-use planning, which is a useful tool for the sustainable development of a city, is a complex decision making process. However, the modern GIS technologies facilitate such complex jobs in two ways – (i) GIS allows to work with large numbr of datasets, (ii) a number of methods, techniques or models could be embeded in GIS for land-use suitability analysis. READ MORE

  4. 18. Microcredit, Food Security and Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Syeda Nadia Sharmin; [2014]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food security is an important factor contributing to the socio-economic stabilization and development of Bangladesh. Though, the country has made a steady progress in the expansion of food production, but food insecurity is still a major problem mainly because of poverty. READ MORE

  5. 19. A light in the dark - The impact of increased knowledge of poor rural women on their lives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Loa Ingvarsdottir; [2013]
    Keywords : discursive institutional change; agency; knowledge; women; Bangladesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research explored the relationship between new knowledge and increased awareness towards action and considered how the women participating in the ACCESS program in Netrakona in Bangladesh were acting upon their newly gained knowledge in terms of social and institutional change. Qualitative methods were used to capture the discursive change in the micro settings among the participants. READ MORE

  6. 20. ASSESSMENT OF BUSINESS MODELS FOR PROVIDING ENERGY SERVICES IN RURAL BANGLADESH

    University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

    Author : CAROLINE SAUL; [2013]
    Keywords : polygeneration; biogas; Bangladesh; business model canvas;

    Abstract : The primary water sources of twenty million people in Bangladesh are contaminated with arsenic; almost sixty percent of population does not have access to electricity, and close to ninety percent of the population cooks with solid fuels. These statistics have severe health and development implications for Bangladesh. READ MORE