This study investigates the banking behavior of Islamic bank customers in Bangladesh. By collecting data from a sample of 100 customers of Islamic banks, researchers conducted a comprehensive profile analysis, a number of chi-square tests, and t tests and found a number of key findings as to the behavior of Islamic bank customers in Bangladesh. First, most of the customers of Islamic banks fall...

________________________________________________________________________ We assess whether bank branch placement in Bangladesh responds to any unexploited potential for non-farm rural development. The location choices of the famous Grameen Bank are compared to those of more traditional banks. We allow for heterogeneity in household characteristics conducive to success in non-farm activities whe...

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In Bangladesh, the size of the urban population is growing at an alarming rate. Its urban population constituted only five % of the total population in 1961 but rose to 18 % by 1991. According to the latest population census report (1991) about 21 million people live in urban areas (Government of Bangladesh, 1994). By the end of this century, the urban population in Bangladesh will probably acc...

Bangladesh is a moderate Islamic country. There are six full pledged Islamic banks providing services to wide range of customers. This study is designed to examine the impact of demographic disparities on the bank selection criteria applied by diversified customers of domestic Islamic banks in Bangladesh. We have run regression analysis after controlling for four demographic groupings such as G...

Despite the fact that the first case of HIV in Bangladesh was detected in 1989, there has been a strong and coordinated approach to preventing HIV and AIDS in the country since 1985. Guided by the National AIDS Committee and its technical subcommittees and led by the National AIDS/ STD Programme within the Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh has seen the roll out of a National St...

Acknowledgments: I am grateful to Robert Lerman for many discussions on this topic. The data was provided by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics as part of a long term collaborative effort with the World Bank. The help of Dileni Gunewardena is also gratefully acknowledged.