1 Main objective and summary of the project:
• What is the general area in which you will be working and the specific aspect(s) of that area that will be your focus on inquiry?
In the answer include the objective of highlighting the role of the central bank in improving the female labor force participation as the increase positively impact economic development and GDP.
• What is the problem, shortcoming, or gap in this area that you would like to address?
In the answer include lack of regulation, financial literacy, as well as other issues.
• What is the main research question or aim that you want to address?
In the answer include the
• What are the specific objectives for the proposed research that follow from this?
In the answer highlight the role of the central bank
• Why is the proposed research significant and why does it matter (either theoretically or empirically)?
Longer horizon
2 Background to the project (Literature Review)
• Provide a brief account of the existing knowledge in the field the project is part of and show how the project will contribute to new knowledge.
• Explain how your project is relevant to the research at Department of Economics – for individual researchers, research groups or projects.
3 Research question(s) and expected findings (hypothesis)
• Describe the question(s) you want to answer through your project
• Briefly outline what answer(s) you expect to find on the basis of previous research and theoretical background.
Your research questions and hypotheses should focus and delimit the topic.
4 Research Design – Method (Give an account of the methodological foundation for your project and any research-ethical problems linked to the project.
• Describe the underlying data and source material that will be used and how these will be collected and analyzed. If your project involves an experimental approach, what specific hypothesis or hypotheses will you address?
• What specific techniques will you use to test the hypothesis, such as laboratory procedures, interviews, questionnaires, modeling, simulation, text analysis, use of secondary data sources, etc.
• What practical considerations are there; for example, what equipment, facilities, and other resources will be required?
• What relevant skills / experience do you have with the proposed methods? Are there particular ethical issues that will need to be considered (for example, all projects using human participants require ethical approval)? Are there any potential problems / difficulties that you foresee (for example, delays in gaining access to special populations or materials) that might affect your rate of progress?)