Mohshin Habib

Mohshin Habib
Laurentian University

Doctor of Philosophy

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January 2008 - January 2021
Swinburne University of Technology
Position
  • Senior Lecturer

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Publications (22)
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This research focuses on whether the Bangladesh Micro Credit Regulatory Authority Act, 2006, which created a regulatory and supervisory body for monitoring the microfinance industry, is associated with superior voluntary (discretionary) governance practices (such as the election of a council of directors, high attendance at board meetings, voting r...
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For many, corporate social responsibility in the context of microfinance means acting ethically and sustainably and in the best interests of clients within financial intermediation activities. This study goes beyond this type of obligation to examine social benefits (e.g., death benefits) provided by a microfinance institution in addition to microc...
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Consumers' need for uniqueness (CNFU) has received much attention in identifying intention for luxury consumption. This study investigates how the interplay of CNFU dimensions (i.e. creative choice, unpopular choice, and avoidance of similarity), social comparison, and psychological entitlement drives consumers' intention for bandwagon and snob lux...
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The regulation of microfinance services is likely to have a wide-ranging influence on the microfinance sector, particularly on institutions and their clients. This paper reveals the impact of a specific regulatory regime, the "Microcredit Regulatory Authority Act, 2006", enacted by the Bangladesh government to monitor and supervise nonprofit nongov...
Conference Paper
Abstract: The mass exodus of Rohingyas in 2017 has been recognised as one of the major refugee crisis in this century. The atrocity crimes committed by Myanmar authorities resulted in 25,000 murdered, 18,000 women and adolescents raped, 43,000 have been injured and 116,000 Rohingyas were bodily harmed. Such atrocities were labelled as “Classic exa...
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Rohingya people have faced recurring military crackdowns and fled from Myanmar in significant numbers in 1978, 1992, 2012, 2015 2016 and 2017. These recurring military crackdowns have devastated Rohingya peoples’ lives and rendered them increasingly marginalised and made most of them destitute. In August 2017 the Myanmar army burned approximately 3...
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In 2017 a military backed violent ethnic cleansing forced over 800,000 Rohingya to take shelter in Bangladesh. Under discriminatory policies in Myanmar, the socio-economic conditions and diet of the Rohingya population in Myanmar was precarious. Dietary quality for those displaced may have further deteriorated after the mass migration. As part of...
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Long-standing socio-political and economic suppression and a military crackdown has resulted in the mass exodus of Rohingya people out of Myanmar. The United Nations declared the August 2017 incident as a classic example of “ethnic cleansing” and a “hallmark of genocide”. Based on 3,300 household interviews, this study reveals a significant level o...
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The democratisation of Myanmar was welcomed by the Western world, and represents probably one of the most important political reforms that the West celebrated in the earlier part of this decade. Many expected that the transition from more than half a century of military rule towards democratic reform, and the rule of law, would bring economic prosp...
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The mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar in 2017, has been recognised as the fastest growing refugee influx in the world and these refugees are currently living in the most densely populated camps in the world in Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh. The long-standing, recurring crackdowns have left an estimated population of only 200,000 in M...
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This study provides evidence of the impact of membership of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Bangladesh on poverty alleviation . Using a quasi-experimental approach with a control group the members of which had never been members of a MFI, interviews with members of a prominent Bangladesh MFI were conducted in relation to their material possessi...
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This study provides evidence of the impact of membership of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Bangladesh on poverty alleviation. Using a quasi-experimental approach with a control group the members of which had never been members of a MFI, interviews with members of a prominent Bangladesh MFI were conducted in relation to their material possessio...
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The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is widely recognized as a vital tool to promote various socio-economic goals in developing countries. In this paper, we explore two crucial areas in South Asia, namely, the role of microfinance towards the expansion of ICT in the region as well as its effects on development and poverty al...
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Microfinance programs can also serve as social development tool. This can lead to a higher social status, better education, more independence and better political participation of women. This paper focuses on the wider areas of microfinance’s role in social participation and socio-political empowerment of women. The author present finding from rese...
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This paper investigates in a Bangladeshi setting whether membership of a microfinance program reduces perceptions of social exclusion as well as impacting on poverty reduction. Using a control group that has no microfinance institution membership, it compares the responses of both members and non-members on questions relating to socio-political par...

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