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Rate of returns to education for secondary school techers in Bangladesh with bootstrap sampling

Huq, Molla Md. Rashidul (BRAC University, 2007)

Rate of returns to education is very important for policy makers and investors. Numerous works have been done regarding this but very few are available in the context of Bangladesh, specially addressing the teachers in ...
Rationalities of Z-category shares in Dhaka stock exchange: are they in financial distress risk?

Chowdhury, Anup; Barua, Suborna (BRAC University, 2009)

Financial distress is a situation where a firm’s operating cash flows are not sufficient to satisfy current obligations and the firm is forced to take corrective actions, and a firm in financial distress may also face ...
Rebels through updike and desai's lenses

Habib, Mushira (BRAC University, 2013)

9/11 has redefined the world’s understanding of the term ‘terrorism’ and its association with power and resistance. Post 9/11 novels attempt to represent terrorism or rebellions in a new light by investigating the psycho-social ...
Reconciling self-urban development practice and social justice

Jabeen, Huraera (BRAC University, 2005)

We live in a world that is full of contradictions, of multiple positionalties, and of highly contested meanings and aspirations. Trying to position oneself in this complex world requires an understanding of the power, ...
Rodda construction: a study of earth house at rajendrapur, Gazipur

Uz Zaman, Q.M. Mahtab; Abdullah, Q.M. (BRAC University, 2004)

Mud house is a typical indigenous style and is considered as an affordable means of construction to create shelter for poor. Bangladesh, due to its socio-economic condition, can harness the traditional and indigenous ...
Role of NGOs in rural poverty eradication: A Bangladesh observation

Begum, Syeda Feroza; Zaman, Sawlat Hilmi; Khan, Mohammad Shahin (BRAC University, 2004)

This article explores the role of NGOs (Non Government Organizations) in poverty eradication especially in the rural area of Bangladesh and how they are performing. Hence theoretical background of NGOs, a detail understanding ...
The rural Bangladeshi courtyard

Ahmed, K. Iftekhar (BRAC University, 2006)

In rural settlements of the predominant floodplains of Bangladeshi, an intrinsic component is the extended family homestead. The layout of the homestead is defined by the courtyard, formed by the arrangement of dwelling ...
Same old, same old: from boring to creative presentation

Conlan, Chris; Ahmed, Sabreena (BRAC University, 2011)

This study compares attitudes of tertiary-level students in Australia and Bangladesh towards the use of technology in lectures and seminars. Students were shown audiovisual recordings of two seminars. The content and ...
Sans analysis on CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide micellar solution)

Ullah, A.K.M. Shafiq; Kamal, Imtiaz (BRAC University, 2007)

The CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl Bromide) micellar solutions are studied by SANS measurement for different concentrations and at different temperatures with the additives of NaSal. The concentrations are 0.1M, 0.2M and 0.4M in ...
Scaling up: the BRAC experience

Ahmed, Salehuddin; French, Micaela (BRAC University, 2006)

BRAC, a development NGO based in Bangladesh, has demonstrated an extraordinary aptitude for program expansion, or ‘scaling up’. Only thirty-four years old, the organization is today the largest NGO in the world, with ...
Secrets of the corporate jungle, shirley peddy JAICO publishing house, India,1997

Anam, Rumana Liza (BRAC University, 2004)
A simple approach to countability

Chowdhury, Munibur Rahman (BRAC University, 2004)
Socio-Demographic changes in Bangladesh: a study on impact

Khan, H.T. Abdullah; Raeside, Robert (BRAC University, 2005)

The paper aims at examining the socio-demographic changes over years and their impact on the future age-sex structure of population in Bangladesh. The mechanisms of change in the population are reviewed and it is shown ...
Solid waste management of Dhaka city: public private community partnership

Zahur, Moushumi (BRAC University, 2007)

Urban solid waste management is considered as one of the most immediate and serious environmental problems confronting municipal authorities in developing Asian Countries. Although municipal authorities acknowledge the ...
Stability of a chemostat model of two microorganisms

Hossain, A B M Shahadat; Podder, Chandra Nath (BRAC University, 2006)

We studied stability analysis of a chemostat model of two microorganisms that incorporates both different response functions and we made a single code of the model using a computer algebra system (CAS) Mathematica for ...
The stability of a mathematical model in the presence of a preventive vaccine

Rahman, Kazi Aminur; Jannatun, Nayeem; Salek, Mr. Md. Abu (BRAC University, 2008)

Various kinds of deterministic models for the spread of infectious disease in populations have been analyzed mathematically and applied to specific diseases. In this paper a deterministic model for the dynamics of an ...
The state of food security in Bangladesh : an econometric analysis

Akhter, Yesmin; Rahman, Pk. Md. Motiur (BRAC University, 2012)

The main concern of this paper is to examine the food availability, self-sufficiency rate and food gap situation in Bangladesh. Attempt has been made to estimate food gaps between production and requirement for the last ...
The strategic implication of electronic commerce for small and medium sized enterprises (SME)

Quader, Mohammed Shahedul; Ahmed, Rubina I. (BRAC University, 2005)

The objective of this Paper is to examine the strategic implication of Electronic Commerce for small and medium sized enterprises. This paper explores how electronic commerce has the potential to transform the concept of ...
Strengths and weaknesses of participatory methods for rapid definition of problems and potentials to promote socially just urban intervention

Jabeen, Huraera (BRAC University, 2006)

Urban development and planning, at present, demand an approach that both provides an account of the forces leading to change in the qualities of places in urban regions and offers ideas about the forms and processes of ...
Study of sans distribution function for different particles at different conditions

Ullah, A.K.M. Shafiq; Ahsan, M. H.; Ahmed, F. U.; Kamal, I. (BRAC University, 2008)

The size and shape of a particle can be found out by the analysis of form factor distributions in small angle neutron scattering. In the present work, the form factors were calculated theoretically by computer program and ...

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