http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/22 2026-04-02T02:28:05Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/384 Title: Opinion of The Zakat- Recipients on Their Food Security: A Case Study on Bangladesh Authors: Mahmud, Kazi Tanvir; Rafiq, Farhana; others Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of zakat fund on the food expenditure of the households to assess the impact of zakat fund on the agricultural production of the households and to assess the opinion of the zakat recipients on food security status under zakat program. Design/methodology/approach Samples were selected for this study using the simple random sampling (SRS) technique. A total of 149 households were selected from 196 households. A survey was conducted during January to March 2011 among the project beneficiaries using questionnaire. The ordinary least squares technique was used to assess the impact of zakat on food security status of the zakat recipients. Heteroscedasticity problem was detected in this study which was corrected using White's method. Logit model was used to assess the opinions of the zakat recipients on their food security status under the Hasana project. Findings This study shows that amount of zakat provided to the poor recipients failed to create any significant influence on their agricultural production, food expenditure and food security status. The study also shows that household income, family members’ involvement in agricultural activities and numbers of income-generating activities pursued by the households were the key determinants of households’ food consumption. Originality/value This study helps in assessing the opinion of the zakat recipients about the effectiveness of the zakat program on their living standard in terms of household agricultural production and food security and also assisting in policy planning for alleviating rural poverty in Bangladesh through the zakat system. 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/382 Title: Macroeconomic Determinants of Remittances and its Implications for Growth Authors: Barua, Shubashish; Rafiq, Farhana Abstract: Workers’ remittances are one of the main sources of foreign exchange in developing countries. Therefore, understanding how macroeconomic factors influence the flows of workers’ remittances is important for macroeconomic policy formulation in developing economies. Using a panel data of remittance flows from 12 major host countries to Bangladesh over the 2005–2017 period, this chapter examines the role of macroeconomic factors and financial sector development in Bangladesh in determining the flows of remittances. We found that the effect of income differential between the host countries and Bangladesh is statistically insignificant, indicating that altruistic motive was not the main factor for remittances during this period. On the other hand, financial sector development played a positive role in increasing remittance flows through improving access to financial services in Bangladesh. Using time series data on workers’ remittances from 1981 to 2017, we also found that there is a positive long-run relationship between remittances and gross domestic product, which highlights the importance of remittances for macroeconomic development in Bangladesh. 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/375 Title: COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENTIAL EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS IN IMPROVING PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS OF BANGLADESHI DIABETIC INDIVIDUALS Authors: Sultana, Faria; Mohamed, Rosminah; Saha, Soumendra Abstract: Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) poses huge health burden for individuals and societies. Currently, the brunt of high prevalence of T2DM in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are creating economic burden for the economies. Aim: This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of differential exercise interventions directed to improve the perceived health status of T2DM individuals of Bangladesh. Method: 66 middle-aged T2DM individuals residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh from middle-income strata of the society were included. EuroQol 5D-5L questionnaire was used for the evaluation of perceived health-status. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions carried out to assess the cost-effectiveness of the differential exercise programs. In this study, the provider’s perspective was taken for cost-effectiveness analysis. Incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) was designed and calculated to assess the cost - effective exercise program for the T2DM population. Results: In terms of total costs from provider’s perspective, combined exercise intervention program had the lowest ICER value with highest improvement in health status and highest cost. Besides, EQ-VAS score measuring improvement in health status of middle-aged T2DM individuals was highest in the combined exercise program (EQ-VAS score = 91.60) compared with aerobic training (EQ-VAS score = 86.05) and no exercise program (EQ-VAS score = 81.00) after the intervention sessions. Conclusions: Combined exercise program was evident as the most cost-effective programme among aerobic and no exercise programme for T2DM participants residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/374 Title: EFFICACY OF EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS IN PERCEIVED HEALTH-STATUS AMONG BANGLADESHI INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS Authors: Sultana, Faria; Saha, Srilekha; Mohamed, Rosminah Abstract: Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), a lifestyle-related disease imposes an enormous social and economic impact on countries around the world. The prevalence of DM is growing in both rural and urban Bangladesh. The quality of life is getting hugely compromised due to the pervasiveness of this disease. Aim: The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of aerobic and combined exercise intervention programs to understand the effects in the perceived health status of diabetic population Method: This interventional study was carried out with 66 middle aged participants having Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM) with middle income status residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There was 14 weeks of intervention sessions along with another 14 weeks of no intervention session to evaluate the sustainability of the intervention programs. The EuroQol 5D-5L questionnaire was used to measure the advancement in the perceived health status of the targeted population. Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Two-way repeated measures of ANOVA/ Mixed factorial ANOVA were used to analyse the data. Results: After 14 weeks of aerobic exercise, significant improvement in the state of mobility (p = 0.000), maintaining self-care (p = 0.001) and the level of anxiety (p = 0.000) was observed. In case of combined exercise program, post-intervention improvements in perceived sense of mobility (p = 0.010) and anxiety (p = 0.010) were observed. In comparison between aerobic and combined exercise program (p =0.000), significant differences were observed at the post-intervention phase with negative mean differences indicating higher values detected for the combined group of participants. Conclusions: It can be concluded that a combined exercise program had shown the best the outcome in enhancing the health status of the participants compared to aerobic and control group in this study. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z