Single women and later life: health and well-being of older single women living alone on the UK

Ageing and longevity have created many concerns including living alone and social isolation among older women in the UK and this has now become a growing concern to policy-makers. The paper aims to examines factors associated with health and well-being of older women living alone using data collected in the ‘Understanding Society'. It is a nationwide longitudinal survey that captures important information on the life course trajectories of individuals in the UK. There is an increasing trend of single women by age. Women living alone may need to balance in later life and the importance of comparing profiles for different groups of older women may help policy-makers towards an inclusive positive ageing

Role of Bangabandhu in expanding higher education and Bangladesh today

The study attempts to evaluate the role of Bangabandu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Founding Father of Bangladesh, in his initial plan on higher education and to produce adequate human resources to rebuild the country since independence. Secondary sources of information are used to evaluate his role in higher education expansion in Bangladesh. It has been revealed that the economic growth and development seen in Bangladesh today was largely impacted by his education plan

The Role of Foreign Banks in Emerging Banking Sector in the Developing Countries like Pakistan

Banking sector plays a significant role in the development of a country, that’s why the financial advisors of the country place a high priority on the growth of the banking sector. Efficient banking system gives direction to the basic policies regarding micro and macro level stability and instability. There is a huge body of literature which confirms that banking system is an important indicator of economic growth. Even some early literature has found an active correlation between financial development and economic growth. Some recent research literature has also concluded that financial development increases the economic growth. Majority of governments are working towards the opening up of their banking system for foreign banks to increase competition, which in turn reduces the administrative costs, lowering banks rate of return and decreasing net interest margins. Researchers, academics and policy makers are studying the impacts of foreign bank entry in the domestic markets. Some researchers have found that foreign bank entry has different impacts in different economies and it is hinged upon the economic development level. Keywords: Profitability Efficiency, Domestic Banks, Foreign Bank

Profitability and Efficiency of Foreign and Domestic Banks: A Case Study of Pakistan

This study examines the profitability and efficiency of domestic and foreign banks of Pakistan during 2006-2010. The type of ownership of banks was divided into domestic and foreign banks. To measure the profitability and efficiency, we used interest spread, net interest margin, return on equity and return on assets and non-interest income to total assets and net interest income to total assets ratios. This study used the secondary data obtained from Financial Statements Analysis of Financial Sectors 2006-2010 published by State Bank of Pakistan. By applying different tests, we have found that although foreign banks are performing very good but the net result show that the profitability of domestic banks was higher and better as compared to foreign banks in Pakistan. Keywords: Profitability Efficiency, Domestic Banks, Foreign Banks

Overview of mortality risk of COVID-19 in older people: global perspective

The talk includes demographic change and public health challenges during Covid-19 pandemic for an ageing society. It highlights cross-country differences in the number of deaths due to Covid and mortality risk in older people. Moreover, the talk focuses global challenges to protect older people within the existing health systems

Population ageing in a globalised world: unequal risks in later life?

This talk gives an overview of the global ageing situation and also highlights important risk factors associated in later life. Some policy issues are also discussed

The Profitability and Efficiency of Foreign and Domestic Banks: A Mode of Economic Development

For developing countries it is necessary to have a sound banking system in the growth framework since banking system has tremendous influence on the growth in the early stages. Pakistan initiated its banking reforms in the 1990s and allowed many foreign banks to open their branches in the different cities. Foreign banks entry in the financial markets of Pakistan had a positive and healthy influence on the performance and profitability of the domestic banking sector. Some researchers have compared the performance of domestic and foreign banks from 1988-1995 in the context of developed and developing countries. In developing countries, not adequate research has been conducted but a lot has been written about the effect of financial reforms conducted in various capacities. Keywords: Profitability Efficiency, Domestic Banks, Foreign Banks, Economic Developmen

Helping students to get better grades in mathematics at the elementary level

The current study is conducted to explore the learning potential of students at the elementary level by using the scaffolding technique. The study aimed to measure the efficiency of the scaffolding teaching method provided to the students at the elementary level. As it was an experimental study, so, no population was defined. The sample was selected from Gov. Girls Higher Secondary SchoolModel Town A, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. All 6th classes of this school were included to analyze the effect of scaffolding as an intervention. Retention of learning after 3 months, the provision of scaffolding in comparison to the traditional method was assessed. After the posttest, there was a retention test as the final test from all four groups. Solomon's four-group design was used for this experiment in which there were 40 students in each group and 160 total participants. In the current study, Pretest, posttest, and after 3months retention test was conducted as research tools. To analyze the data, SPSS version 20 one-sample t-test were used to analyze the data. The Data revealed that scaffolding was proved to be a better strategy compared to the control group. Even the results of retention of learning skills were higher than the control group. Students showed good understanding, remembering, and better-solving processes in experimental groups. Study recommended that scaffolding teaching needs a highly structured supervised environment and may be conducted in controlled conditions. It is recommended that in teacher education, the prospective teachers may be prepared in the principles, procedures, and rules of scaffolding. A due consideration may be given to teaching strategies in all teacher education programs in the country as it is an innovative and progressive way of teaching

Utilization of antenatal care among pregnant women of urban slums of Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Maternal health services have a potentially critical role in the improvement of reproductive health. The use of health services is related to the availability, quality and cost of the services, as well as to social structure, health beliefs and the personal characteristics of the users. Antenatal care (ANC) is an important determinant of high maternal mortality rate and one of the basic components of maternal care on which the life of mothers and babies depend. It is a key strategy for reducing maternal mortality, but millions of women in developing countries do not receive it. Extracting 3549 women from the 2006-2007 Urban Health Survey, this study assessed the utilization of antenatal care and its related factor in urban slums for pregnant women. A Cross-sectional survey was carried out large, medium and small urban squatter settlements of Dhaka City. Two hundred married women in the age range 15-49 years were interviewed. Socio-demographic characteristics of women who received and who did not receive antenatal care in their previous pregnancy were assessed by frequency distribution and bivariate analysis. Antenatal care used in any of the previous pregnancy among women under study was 861(64.3%). Education and ANC is significantly related suggesting that the higher the level of education the higher is the likelihood of receiving ANC during pregnancy because educated women are aware about the importance of ANC during pregnancy. There is a strong association between the income of the respondents and ANC received by the respondents. This study indicates that overall knowledge about antenatal care was found to be better among women who had utilized antenatal care as compared to women who did not receive antenatal care.. There is also a need to evaluate the services provided by government health facilities and to find out why women are not utilizing the government health services though these services are available at subsidized rate