Lavlu Mozumdar

Bangladesh Agricultural University | BAU · Department of Rural Sociology

We analyse in what ways network embeddedness may influence the business performance of women entrepreneurs working in a socially constrained context. Data were collected through a survey sent to 292 women entrepreneurs engaged in handicraft businesses in Bangladesh. Results from multiple regression models show that, next to entrepreneurial orientat...

Objectives: This study aims at exploring the present situation of the delivery place and the impact of social networks on the choice of delivery place among the ethnic women in Bangladesh. Methods: Data were collected through face to face interviews using a structured questionnaire from a sample of 205 married ethnic - Garo and Mandai - women in Ma...

The present study intends to contribute to the debate on whether and how the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) theory explains business performance by exploring its efficacy when applied to a constrained context such as a developing country. This debate revolves around the understanding of the nature of EO within a specific context and the degree to...

The model between business networks, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), business performance and family livelihood in challenging contexts is yet an underexploited potential for addressing poverty and its roots. Adopting theoretical perspectives of social capital and EO, this study aims to provide new insights into how entrepreneurs in a challenging...

Women entrepreneurs’ performance in connection to their contribution to family livelihood in developing countries is yet an under-researched potential for addressing poverty and its roots. Their performance can be characterised as multi-dimensional. Next to business performance (e.g. profitability and growth), women entrepreneurs aim at personal- a...

This study explores patterns, processes, and socioeconomic impacts of agro-machinery-based entrepreneurship in a developing country context. Qualitative data were collected in Bangladesh through in-depth interviews and focus groups. The findings indicate that three models or forms of agro-machinery-based entrepreneurship (single-, group-, and singl...

Although development experts acknowledge several development potentials of remittances, a clear understanding of the impacts of remittances and democracy on human capital accumulation regarding gender at the global level is still missing. In this research, we analyse the influences of remittances and democracy on human capital accumulation in terms...

Sustainable mechanization can help reduce women smallholder farmers’ time and labor burden while increasing farm productivity and building resilience. However, the reality is that most agricultural innovations and technologies do not cater to women’s needs or preferences and are primarily designed for middle-income male farmers. While the adoption...

The COVID-19 pandemic that shocked the world from 2020 to 2022 was caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus-2, which causes a highly infectious respiratory disease that led to lockdowns and movement control orders worldwide. This interfered with the movement of people and goods and thus impacted the economy and people’s liveli...

The agricultural sector of Bangladesh is increasingly feminized due to the out-migration of men. This has advanced women's participation in agriculture however challenges remain. For instance, women have unequal access to mechanization, which would improve the efficiency, productivity, and sustainability of their agricultural practices. Farmers' gr...

This study explores the different aspects of women’s online businesses in Bangladesh. Data was collected from business women using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, and analysed through thematic analysis. Results reveal that women run online businesses, including clothing, beauty products, indigenous food, homemade bakery and handicr...

Garo is one of the largest tribal communities in Bangladesh, who experienced substantial changes in their way of life because of their frequent contact with mainstream Bangladeshi-and foreign cultures. The present study identifies the nature and causes of acculturation in Garo society and examines the subsequent psycho-social impact of such accultu...

Overwhelming majority of farm households in Bangladesh are smallholder. Purchasing all the agricultural machines for farm activities is beyond the reach and not rationale for them. Even, a smallholder farmer cannot utilize the full capacity of a small-sized machine. Micro agripreneurs (single) with one or two machines also cannot maintain their liv...

This study seeks new insights into how vegetable farmers in a developing country can beneft from using modern agro-technologies to induce their farm performance and family livelihood. The results based on a structural equation model on data from the fnal sample of 192 Bangladeshi vegetable farmers suggest that (1) the use of modern agro-technologie...

The adoption of modern agricultural technologies has received a lot of attention in both developed and developing countries. FFS is now being implemented and adopted all over the world and helps to improve intermediate outcomes related to the adoption of modern agricultural technologies. However, the rate of adoption of these technologies is not as...

The reproductive healthcare system is meagre in the ethnic communities of Bangladesh. Notwithstanding the availability of studies on the healthcare-seeking behaviour of ethnic groups in Bangladesh, studies explicitly focused on the social networks of ethnic women, and their likely influences on reproductive health in this context are rare. We analy...

This study explores the different aspects of women’s online businesses in Bangladesh. Data were collected from businesswomen using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions and analysed through thematic analysis. Results reveal that women run online businesses, including clothing, beauty products, indigenous food, homemade bakery, and handicr...

Although development experts acknowledge several development potentials of remittances, a clear understanding of the impacts of remittances and democracy on human capital accumulation concerning gender at a global level is still missing. In this research, we analyse the influences of remittances and democracy on human capital accumulation in the ma...

This study aims to seek new insights into how vegetable farmers in a developing country can benefit from using modern agro-technologies to induce their farm-and family livelihood performance. The results based on a structural equation model on data collected from 192 Bangladeshi vegetable farmers suggest that (1) the use of modern agro-technologies...

This study aims to seek new insights into how vegetable farmers in a developing country can benefit from using modern agro-technologies to induce their farm- and family livelihood performance. The results based on a structural equation model on data collected from 192 Bangladeshi vegetable farmers suggest that (1) the use of modern agro-technologie...

We analyse the business performance of women entrepreneurs in a developing country through the social capital theory perspective. We aim at extending the Granovetter's (1973) argument of the strength of weak ties to an entrepreneurial context. Multiple regression models on data collected on 292 women entrepreneurs engaged in handicraft businesses i...

We analyse the business performance of women entrepreneurs in a developing country through the social capital theory perspective. We aim at testing the Granovetter's (1973) arguments of the strength of weak ties and the weakness of strong ties to an entrepreneurial and constrained context. Multiple regression models on data collected on 292 women e...

Women's contribution to family livelihood seems to be necessary in developing countries. This study analyses how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of women entrepreneurs can leverage their business performance so that they can enhance their family livelihood in a constrained context. In particular, antecedents of EO, determinants of business perform...

This is a panel dataset including up to 113 countries between 1960 and 2010. Data are gathered from the World Development Indicators (WDI) of the World Bank (2012), the Barro and Lee (2010) dataset on educational attainment, the Dell et al. (2008) dataset on temperature and precipitation, and the Marshall and Jaggers’ (2010) Polity IV score dataset...

With this research we aim to answer the following research questions: (i) What is the driver of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to leverage business performance in a challenging context? (ii) How do EO and social capital (SC) impact the business performance (BP) in such a challenging context? (iii) Do EO and BP contribute to Family livelihood (FL...

It is usually believed that there is variation in educational attainment between migrant and non-migrant households. Therefore, the objective of this study was to find out the differences in educational attainment of the households in terms of migration status. Primary data were collected through structured interview schedule from 100 non-migrant a...

The present study seeks to offer new insights into the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance of women entrepreneurs in a constrained environment. In particular, it analyses the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and the business and social environment on business performance of women entrepreneurs engaged in th...

Resource-based theory posits the deployment of resources by entrepreneurs to achieve performance without questioning the possibility of deploying these resources. The question, however, remains how resources are deployed in developing countries that constrain the choice in the deployment of resources. To answer this, we analyse the factors determin...

This study aims at understanding the impact of remittances on educational attainment and the gender specific differences in educational attainment of the children of migrant households in rural areas of Tangail district of Bangladesh. Primary data were collected through face to face interview with a structured interview schedule. Purposive sampling...

Stimulating women’s entrepreneurship is widely seen as a vital way of enhancing their family livelihoods especially in developing countries. The enhancement of their family livelihoods is dependent on their business performance. The literature has focused on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and social capital (social ties and networks) leveraging b...

Social capital has been projected as a key resource in entrepreneurial success. While the association between successful business activity by rural women and their ability in building social capital is often seen as a pathway of poverty reduction, a thorough understanding of the relevance of social capital in women’s business performance could have...

Our objective is to identify entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions of business women that improve their business performance in a traditional society where societal norms and values and challenging business environments seem to be hindrances for their business performance. We have collected data through a survey using a structured questionnai...

Our objective is to identify entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions of businesswomen that improve their business performance in the Bangladesh context where challenging business environments and women’s societal position seem to be hindrances for women’s business performance. We have collected data through a survey using a structured questionn...

This research seeks to understand the relationship between entrepreneurship competencies, social capital and livelihoods within a traditional environment and disruption. All contributions are welcome to build a steady livelihood for the extended family in developing countries. Entrepreneurship is seen as a way to cope with livelihood problems in wh...

This study explores the effect of remittances on human capital development in terms of educational attainment on a global perspective using GLS modeling. Data from different valid international sources are used in the analyses. Furthermore, it investigates the relationship of remittances with human capital development by region, gender, democracy a...

Remittances inflow to the developing countries is an important and emerging source of external fund just after foreign direct investment. The nature of and extent of remittances report that the volume of remittances to the developing countries is increasing year by year and it is an upward trend since 1990s. Apart from the recent global financial c...

Fighting against global hunger in the adverse climatic condition is a major concern of the governments around the globe. The pace of population growth is overwhelmingly defeating the growth in crop production. In this context, introduction of GMO is emerging as a probable solution for sustainable crop production. However, such developments are not...

The study reveals the contribution of increased agricultural productivity in food security in the developing countries. An intensive literature review is conducted in writing the article. It has depicted the different productivity measures in agriculture and their relative uses. It explains several non-conventional production factors influencing ag...

The study analyzed the overall changes occurred in the power structure and leadership pattern in rural Bangladesh. Young, skill, and educated personnel having socio-political activities in the village level were becoming in the rural leadership. Rural leaders were participating in different levels of community affairs. Traditional leaders did not h...

The study assesses the participation of dropout rural youth in different income generating activities and its impact on their socioeconomic development. It analyses the contribution of small agricultural enterprises owned and operated by dropout youth in two selected villages of Dimla upzila under Nilphamari district of Bangladesh. Study finds that...

This study was attempted to measure and compare resource use efficiency and relative productivity of farming under different tenure conditions in an area of Bhola district. A random sampling technique was used in the study. Sample farmers were classified as owner, crop share tenant and cash tenant farmers. A total of 90 samples, 30 from each class...

The present study assessed the changes in socioeconomic conditions of small scale broiler farmers in rural areas of Bangladesh. The population comprised the small scale broiler farmers who reared at least 300 to less than 2000 birds in the rural areas of Sadar Upazila of Mymensingh district, among which a total of 50 samples were randomly selected...

Rural women in Bangladesh are involved in different works in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. The present study was undertaken to determine the nature and extent of participation of rural women in various agricultural and non-agricultural activities. A sample size of 96 women labour was drawn from three villages of Mithapukur upazial (25º...

In 1990, the number of broiler producers in Bangladesh has increased about 200 times. It consists of contract production by companies and small-scale production by farmers, but the former is only three companies and the others are the latter. In this paper, firstly, according to the survey of the area where contract production is carried out, it wa...

International migration from Bangladesh has become a defining characteristic of the country. Especially since 1980s, large scale labour migration has become a common phenomenon of Bangladesh. This paper examines the various issues of international migration and remittance flows of Bangladesh on the basis of the secondary data generated from various...

The study analyzed the overall changes occurred in the power structure and leadership pattern in rural Bangladesh. Young, skill, and educated personnel having socio-political activities in the village level were becoming in the rural leadership. Rural leaders were participating in different levels of community affairs. Traditional leaders did not h...

The present study attempts to assess the nature of changes occurred in the leadership pattern of rural power structure in Bangladesh. A complete household survey of Sutiakhali Namapara village in Sadar Upazila of Mymensingh district was undertaken to identify rural leaders. Among 92 households, a total of 18 leaders were identified by using the pos...