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Title:	An assessment on poverty reduction and sustainable livelihood through solid waste management amongst wasteworkers in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Authors:	Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman (P54196)
Supervisor:	Chamhuri Siwar, Emeritus Prof.
Keywords:	Poor -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka Poverty -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka Slums -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka Refuse and refuse disposal -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Social conditions Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Economic conditions Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations Dissertations, Academic -- Malaysia
Issue Date:	4-Feb-2016
Description:	Solid waste management (SWM) has become an enormous burden for the governments of developing countries. SWM is a crucial problem in the Dhaka city of Bangladesh. The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is the only formal organisation responsible for waste management. It estimates that up to 2 percent of the population of developing countries survive through informal waste-recovery activities. This would imply that millions of people are involved in some kind of waste related work. Poorly planning and uncontrolled urbanisation in Dhaka has caused a variety of detrimental, negative, often irreversible, environmental impacts. Thus, this study is aimed to assess the poverty reduction and sustainable livelihood through SWM among the waste workers in Dhaka. This study collects primary data through a questionnaire survey on 836 poor waste workers living in the Dhaka city of Bangladesh. The samples are selected from the landfill, commercial and residential area based on the stratified random sampling technique. 65 percent of waste workers agreed they have changed their livelihood through SWM and 35 percent denied (34 percent wellbeing increased, 50 percent vulnerable deceased, 64 percent income increased and 33 percent food consumption improved). This study shows that the analysis of structural equation modelling achieves the required level of validity, reliability and fitness where the values of Cronbach’s alpha (œ) > 0.7; Composite Reliability (CR) > 0.6 ; Average Variance Extracted (AVE) > 0.5 ; Chisquare, Comparative Fit Index (CFI) and Tucker –Lewis Index (TFI) > 0.90; Root Mean Square of Error Approximation (RMSEA) < 0.08 and chi Square /Degree of Freedom (Chisq/df) < 5. The five latent exogenous constructs namely source segregation/separation, enhance awareness through education, role of stakeholders, pre-recycling works/scavenging related work and area for work are significant variables to achieve sustainable livelihood vis-à-vis poverty reduction.Training and health hazards were significant after the involvement of enhanced awareness through education acting as a mediator. Using econometric model, the study focused on the health awareness, welfare, income generation, employment opportunities of waste workers. The results shows 78 percent respondent are not health aware, not only that 49 percent agreed to stay on profession if they meet facility. The determinant factors and the indicators for achieving sustainable livelihood are measured through econometric assessments such as binary logistic regression model, paired ‘T’ test and Structural Equation Modelling. The study shows that the affecting factors are not only significant but they are also directly linked with poverty reduction policy. Based on the before and after effect estimation analysis, the result also showed that standard of living of the people as the condition of after involvment in SWM is statistically better off than the condition of before. The study findings reveal that there is a statistically positive significant impact of SWM system on livelihood sustainability of waste workers. Skilled waste workers could be an asset for sustainabled livelihood with effective strategy policy towards implementing a sustainable waste management system in Bangladesh. Based on the findings, this study provides a set of policy recommendations and plans for sustainable livelihood by reducing poverty through integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM).,“Certification of Master's/Doctoral Thesis” is not available,Ph.D.
Pages:	416
Call Number:	HV4140.6.D43R334 2016 tesis
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Institute for Environment and Development / Institut Alam Sekitar dan Pembangunan (LESTARI)

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