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Abstracts
Articles
Poverty, Literacy and Child Labour in Nepal: A District-level Analysis
Intervention programmes aimed at reducing child labour need to focus on both alleviating poverty and increasing literacy.
By Shyam Thapa, Devendra Chhetry and Ram H. Aryal
The Effect of Female Family Planning Workers on the Use of Modern Contraception in Bangladesh
More attention should be paid to the quality of care offered by family welfare assistants instead of focusing on quantitative targets.
By Nashid Kamal and Andrew Sloggett
Marriage Patterns and Some Issues Related to Adolescent Marriage in Bangladesh
Adolescents, their parents and the community should be made more aware of the negative consequences of early marriage, early pregnancy and large family size.
By M. Mazharul Islam and Mamun Mahmud
Poverty, Literacy and Child Labour in Nepal: A District-level Analysis
This article estimates the prevalence of child labour in the 75 districts of Nepal and then analyses the relationship of poverty and literacy on the prevalence of child labour, focusing particularly on gender differences. Results show that districts with a higher incidence of poverty are associated with a higher percentage of children working, and districts with a lower percentage of literates are associated with a significantly higher level of child labour. Female children are more strongly affected by the poverty situation than males. The analysis suggests that intervention programmes aimed at reducing child labour need to focus on both reducing poverty and increasing literacy.
The Effect of Female Family Planning Workers on the Use of Modern Contraception in Bangladesh]
This article investigates the effects of female family planning workers on the use of modern contraception in Bangladesh. It finds that a recent visit by a family planning worker increases the odds of a client being a user of modern reversible methods almost eight-fold in rural areas and 2.5 times in urban areas. However, the reverse is the case with sterilization; contact with NGOs is the most important predictor of sterilization. The article, which provides reasons for these phenomena, draws out a number of implications for policy and programme purposes, and provides a set of recommendations to further the country's on-going fertility decline.
Marriage Patterns and Some Issues Related to Adolescent Marriage in Bangladesh
This study examines the marriage patterns of adolescents and some socio-economic and behavioural characteristics of married adolescents in Bangladesh. It analyses factors associated with adolescent marriage and draws out important policy implications ranging from redesigning the education system and its curricula to measures to create more employment opportunities for young women.
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