Presentation
1. The Value of a Bangladeshi Woman’s Time: An Econometric Analysis
2. Advancing Climate Change Preparedness and Response in Bangladesh
Women’s unaccounted work which adds to the economic value, needs to be recognised for greater female empowerment. Another severe concern for Bangladesh is the climate-related disasters. An early notification system to alert people about imminent natural disasters can help reduce the damage.
These views emerged at a Young Scholar Seminar Series (YSSS) session held at the CPD Dialogue room on 15 April 2019. Two presentations were made by CPD professionals at this YSSS session. Mr Syed Yusuf Saadat, Research Associate, CPD, made a presentation on “The Value of a Bangladeshi Woman’s Time: An Econometric Analysis” and Mr Mohammad Ali, Programme Associate, CPD, presented on “Advancing Climate Change Preparedness and Response in Bangladesh”.
Mr Saadat shared his thesis paper prepared during his Master’s degree. The paper focused on valuing the household work of women that is not accounted for. His study adopts the approach utilised in Heckman (1974, 1976, and 1979) and applies it in the context of Bangladesh by utilising cross sectional data that was collected as part of the Bangladesh Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2015-2016. Amongst his major findings, Mr Saadat highlights a) a negative relationship between number of children and a woman’s probability of working and; b) a positive relationship between a woman’s offered wage and her years of schooling.
In the other presentation, Mr Ali presented a concept that was prepared by him and his team at The Geneva Challenge 2018 competition. The concept addresses a key challenge of notifying people individually prior to any natural disaster. The notification system is through various forms of media. The proposed model would help people to prepare with adequate measures and help reduce the destruction from the disaster.
CPD senior researchers and professionals were present at the session and took part in the discussion with their questions and opinions on the presentations.