ACD-SANDEE Research and Writing Workshop 2015

Research and Writing Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics
Jointly organized by SANDEE and ACD
Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 24 – 28, 2015

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Research and Writing Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics
Jointly organized by SANDEE and ACD
Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 24 – 28, 2015


Session Chairs: Day 1 – Morning (Heman D. Lohano)/Afternoon (Enamul Haque) Day 2 – Morning (Mani Nepal)/Afternoon (Saudamini Das) Day 3 – Morning (Ziaul Haider) Day 5 – Morning (Enamul Haque)/Afternoon (Heman D. Lohano)
Time distribution for Presentations: Initial Presentations – 15 minutes presentation and 30 minutes discussions Final Presentations – 10 minutes presentation and 10 minutes discussions Lecture/Key Note – 30 minutes presentation and 15 minutes discussions
Resource Persons & Staff: Saudamini Das(SD); Ziaul Haider (ZH); Enamul Haque (EH); Anuradha Kafle (AK); Heman D. Lohano (HL); Mani Nepal (MN); Atonu Rabbani (AR)
Rapportuer: Kindly write the comments received for the presenter and share with him/her after their presentation
ACD support persons: Ontiq Dey (OD) and Nabila Hye (NH)

ONE TO ONE SESSIONS: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Day 1 – Sunday, May 24, 2015 (Revised Final 24 May)

Timing	Activity	Presenter	Title	Discussants	Rapportuer
07.30 – 08.30	Breakfast
08.45 – 09.00	Registration
09.00 – 09.30	Inaugural Session	EH/AK/HL/OD	Introduction ACD/SANDEE – Objective of the workshop
09.30 – 10.30	Lecture 1 (RP)	AKE Haque	Surge in Solar Powered Homes: Experience from Bangladesh
10.30 – 10.45	Group Photograph
10.45 – 11.00	Tea Break
	Initial Presentations, Day 1
11.00 – 11.45	Concept Note 1	Debasish Kumar Das	An assessment of environmental and economic benefits of solar home systems-Evidence from off-grid households in south-western Bangladesh	EH/HL	Fathmath Shadiya
11.45 – 12.30	Concept Note 2	Muhammad Shahrukh Rahman	Potentiality of Solar Pump use for sustainable irrigation in Bangladesh	ZH/SD	Shuvra Roy
12.30 – 13.15	Concept Note 3	Hasan Imtiaj Islam	Economic Cost-benefit analysis of the Solar Home Systems (SHS) in selective Haor Areas of Bangladesh	EH/HL	Krishna Kumar Saha
13.15 – 14.15	Lunch Break
14.15 – 15.00	Concept Note 4	Abdullah-Al-Baki Chowdhury	Adopt or Not: An Investigation into Consumer Investment Decision for Solar Home System Installation in Rural Areas of Bangladesh	MN/ZH	Mohammod Akbar Kabir
15.00 – 15.45	Concept Note 5	Duke Ghosh	Renewable Energy in India and Nepal: An analysis of policies and economics	ZH/SD	Morsalina Khatun
15.45 – 16.15	Tea Break
16.15 – 17.00	Concept Note 6	Eshita Gupta	Evaluating Welfare Benefits of Using Solar Pumps for Ground Water Irrigation in India	SD/EH	Mohammad Alamgir Hossain
20.00 – 21.00	Welcome Dinner

Day 2 – Monday, May 25, 2015

Timing	Activity	Presenter	Title	Discussants	Rapportuer
07.30 – 08.30	Breakfast
	Initial Presentations, Day 2
09.00 – 09.45	Lecture 2 (RP)	Saudamini Das	Measuring Private Adaptation Cost of Urban informal workers to heat stress
09.45 – 10.30	Concept Note 7	Md. Manjur Morshed	Examining the Externality Cost of Shrimp Culture in Rice Fields During Rainy Season: An Evidence from Satkhira District, Bangladesh	MN/HL	Debasish
10.30 – 11.00	Tea Break
11.00 – 11.45	Concept Note 8	Shuvra Roy	Assessing links between coastal wetland ecosystem services and poverty alleviation of the coastal communities of Bangladesh	SD/ZH	Md. Shahrukh
11.45 – 12.30	Concept Note 9	Krishna Kumar Saha	The Common Health Hazards in Hazaribag Tannery, Bangladesh	ZH/MN	Hasan Imtiaj Islam
12.30 – 13.15	Concept Note 10	Mohammod Akbar Kabir	Firms’ Willingness to Pay to Improve Water Quality for Environmentally Sustainable Industrial Development in Bangladesh: Case of the River Buriganga	MN/SD	Abdulla – Al – Baki
13.15 – 14.15	Lunch
14.15 – 15.00	Concept Note 11	Fathmath Shadiya	Exploring economic benefits of aerobic composting: a case study from Maldives	HL/MN	Eshita Gupta
15.00 – 15.45	Concept Note 12	Morsalina Khatun	Farmer’s Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events through Pumpkin Cultivation at Char Areas in the Northern Region of Bangladesh	EH/HL	Duke Ghosh
15.45 – 16.15	Tea Break
16.15 – 17.00	Concept Note 13	Mohammad Alamgir Hossain	Economic and Environmental Benefits of Jute Production and Use	EH/HL	Manjur Morshed
20.00 – 21.00	Dinner

Day 3 – Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (revised on 25 May 2015)

Timing	Activity
07.30 – 08.30	Breakfast
08.30 – 10.30	Proposal Writing, Data Collection and Methodology – Issues and Challenges
	Lecture 3 (RP)	Ziaul Haider	Data collection and Methodology challenges
	Lecture 4 (RP)	Mani Nepal	Literature Review
	Lecture 5 (RP)	Heman D. Lohano	How to Write a Good Research Proposal
10.30 – 10.45	Tea/Coffee
10.45 – 11.30	One to One Session – Majur Morshed with HL/EH/MN
11.30 – 13.00	Group 1 (Enam/Heman)		Group 2 (Saudamini/Ziaul/Mani)
	Fathmath Shadiya		Shuvra Roy
	Mohammad Alamgir		Krishna Kumar Saha
	Morsalina Khatun		Mohammod Akbar Kabir
13.00 – 13.30	Lunch Break
13.30 – 19.30	Field Visit
20.00 – 21.00	Dinner

Day 4 – Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Timing	Activity
07.30 – 08.30	Breakfast
08.30 – 09.15	Concept Note 14	Sohel Sarwar PhD scholar	Modelling ecosystem services and human well-being using system dynamic approach
09.15 – 13.00	One to One Sessions
	Group 3		Group 4
	Group 5		Group 6
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch Break
	Reading and Preparation (All Presenters)
20.00 – 21.00	Dinner

Day 5 – Thursday, May 28, 2015

Timing	Activity	Presenter	Title	Discussants
07.30 – 08.30	Breakfast
	Final Presentations, Day 5
09.00 – 09.40	Lecture 6 (RP)	Atonu Rabbani
09.40 – 10.00	Concept Note 1	Debasish Kumar Das	An assessment of environmental and economic benefits of solar home systems-Evidence from off-grid households in south-western Bangladesh	EH/HL
10.00 -10.20	Concept Note 2	Muhammad Shahrukh Rahman	Potentiality of Solar Pump use for sustainable irrigation in Bangladesh	ZH/AR
10.20 – 10.40	Concept Note 3	Hasan Imtiaj Islam	Economic Cost-benefit analysis of the Solar Home Systems (SHS) in selective Haor Areas of Bangladesh	EH/HL
10.40 – 11.00	Tea Break
11.00 – 11.20	Concept Note 4	Abdullah-Al-Baki Chowdhury	Adopt or Not: An Investigation into Consumer Investment Decision for Solar Home System Installation in Rural Areas of Bangladesh	MN/ZH
11.20 – 11.40	Concept Note 5	Duke Ghosh	Renewable Energy in India and Nepal: An analysis of policies and economics	ZH/AR
11.40 – 12.00	Concept Note 6	Ishita Gupta	Evaluating Welfare Benets of Using Solar Pumps for Ground Water Irrigation in India	EH/AR
12.00 – 12.20	Concept Note 7	Shuvra Roy	Assessing links between coastal wetland ecosystem services and poverty alleviation of the coastal communities of Bangladesh	ZH/AR
12.20 – 12.40	Concept Note 8	Md. Manjur Morshed	Examining the Externality Cost of Shrimp Culture in Rice Fields During Rainy Season: An Evidence from Satkhira District, Bangladesh	MN/HL
12.40 – 13.00	Concept Note 9	Fathmath Shadiya	Exploring economic benefits of aerobic composting: a case study from Maldives	ZH/HL
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.20	Concept Note 10	Mohammod Akbar Kabir	Firms’ Willingness to Pay to Improve Water Quality for Environmentally Sustainable Industrial Development in Bangladesh: Case of the River Burigang	MN/AR
14.20 – 14.40	Concept Note 11	Krishna Kumar Saha	The Common Health Hazards in Hazaribag Tannery, Bangladesh	ZH/MN
14.40 – 15.00	Concept Note 12	Morsalina Khatun	Farmer’s Adaptation to Extreme Weather Events through Pumpkin Cultivation at Char Areas in the Northern Region of Bangladesh	MN/HL
15.00 – 15.20	Concept Note 13	Mohammad Alamgir Hossain	Economic and Environmental Benefits of Jute Production and Use	EH/HL
15.20 – 16.00	Evaluation and Wrap Up/Departure
20.00 – 21.00	Dinner

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