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Potential and Problems of Remittance Use: A Case of Some Villages in Comilla

Mihir Kumar RoyProfessor & Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, City University, Dhaka, BangladeshSalah Uddin Ibne SyedJoint Director, BARD, Kotbari, Comilla, BangladeshMd ShakilLecturer (Finance & Banking) Department of Business Administration, City University, Dhaka & Assistant Research Fellow, Independent Perception & Research Hub, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Vol 5 No 10 (2021): Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2021 | Pages: 27-36

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 22-10-2021

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Abstract
Foreign remittance has become a vital economic force in the rural society of Bangladesh. A significant portion of labor force has been staying out side country and sending remittance. This micro-study focuses some key areas of remittance use as well as process and flow of remittance send by the migrant workers. Process of sending remittance is another important issue of discussion of this study. It is observed in the study that the institution cannot play dominant role in the process of remittance transfer. Consumption is the major portion of the remittance use but repaying debt is the major parts of remittance are being used. The use of remittance in investment though is low in frequency and quantity but the households have intention of doing that in future after repaying debt.
Keywords

Potential, Problems of Remittance, Some Villages, Comilla


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Mihir Kumar Roy, Salah Uddin Ibne Syed, Md Shakil, “Potential and Problems of Remittance Use: A Case of Some Villages in Comilla” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 10, pp 27-36, October 2021. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2021.510006

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