Acknowledgement

Above all, I would like to thank my God for his untold and all time grace that gave me enthusiasm to start and finish my dissertation and my family for all their support especially Dad, Mum, Brother, Grandmother, maternal uncle and Aunts and my cousins. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor Professor Md. Rezaur Rahman for his supervision and constructive comments throughout the preparation of this thesis. I would also like to PPDM programme coordinator M Aminur Rahman for his relentless support and pushing up to complete the dissertation was not possible. I extend my inner thanks to Lok Raj Silwal and Anup Phaiju (Practical Action) who has helped me by providing different resources on early warning which was really useful in completing this study and his time to time feedback since the beginning of the work till the completion of this Master’s thesis is accredited highly. I would also extend my inner thanks to officials from VDC and local NGO for their concerted effort to make my field work possible. I would also like to thank my PPDM colleagues, apartment mates and others for making my overall stay in Bangladesh sweet and memorable, may god bless you all