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Acknowledgement

This report would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of Mohammad Imran, my supervisor (IUB). His vision played a major role in shaping the report. He was always there to guide and advice me with my research. His suggestions and comments have added to the development of the report in every possible way. the I appreciate time and effort he spent in helping me with this report. A special thanks to Shamim Hamid, my supervisor at UNDP, Bangladesh, for her support and advice. I am also greateful to MD. Shahidul Haque (RR, IOM Dhaka), Kareen Dunn (UNDP, Bangladesh) and Binoy Kishna (UNDP Bangladesh) for providing the book, reports, research papers and information on remittance that I needed for this report.

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Abstract I
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Statement of the problem 2
1.2 Purpose of the Study 3
1.3 Research Timeline 3
1.4 Limitations of the study 3
2.0 Review of the Literature 3 2.1 Remittance

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