Browsing by Subject "Bangladesh"
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A case study on mostly effected industry in Bangladesh during COVID-19 & tackling the situation
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Challenges and prospects of e-procurement in public sector in Bangladesh: A study on Health Engineering Department (HED) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)The aim of e-government growth is to implement a Digital Bangladesh. Electronic procedures should be used to be specific, streamlined, agile, minimize challenges and secure transparency by broadening access to public ... -
Challenges in implementing virtual learning in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-08)Virtual learning environment is mainly a web bases platform in educational section using technology, the aspects of virtual learning environment is using digital tools in courses of study, it presents the methods ,tasks, ... -
Change in health knowledge of Bangladeshi children: five years experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-11)This article explores the improvement in the level of health knowledge of Bangladeshi children over a five year period 1993-1998. Data were generated from two nationally representative sample surveys covering respectively ... -
Changes in extreme poverty in Bangladesh (2000–2015): Trend, dynamics, and implications for research and interventions
(Practical Action Publishing, 2018)Headcount extreme poverty in Bangladesh has been declining since 2000, but how has the profile and income distribution of the poorest changed and what do these mean for intervention design and directions for innovations? ... -
Child labor in Bangladesh villages: incidence, correlates and implications
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-12)The paper aims to improve our understanding about the prevalence and determinants of child labor in rural Bangladesh. Data for this study were obtained from 1995 sample survey of 3,809 eligible children aged 5 to 14 years ... -
Childhood malnutrition in households with contemporary siblings: a scenario from urban Bangladesh
(© 2015 Nature Publishing Group, 2015)This study aimed to determine the effect of the presence of under-5 siblings (≥1) in a household on childhood malnutrition in urban Bangladesh. During 2000 and 2013, a total of 16 948 under-5 children were enrolled in the ... -
Choice and evaluation of hospitals in Bangladesh: insights from patients and policy implications
(© University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of Health Policy & Administration., 1998)Various aspects of health care services in Bangladesh, especially in the public sector, are not well documented. Based on a survey, this paper attempts to gain insights into the health care area from the perspectives of ... -
Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH benefits study design and rationale
(© 2013 BMJ Open, 2013)Introduction: Enteric infections are common during the first years of life in low-income countries and contribute to growth faltering with long-term impairment of health and development. Water quality, sanitation, handwashing ... -
Combination of community-based vulnerability and adaptation to storm surges in coastal regions of Bangladesh
(© 2014 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2014)Bangladesh has been identified as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change and rising sea-level. This is because it is located at the northern end of the funnel-shaped Bay of Bengal, and as a consequence it ... -
Commentary: sustaining progress towards comprehensive reproductive health services in Bangladesh
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Community health workers as agents of change: Negotiating pathways of empowerment
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)In Bangladesh, health and family planning programs were the first major employers of rural women in outside paid work. Thus, women community health workers became the pioneers in bringing rural women into outside formal ... -
Community-based management of acute malnutrition in Bangladesh: feasibility and constraints
(© 2014 United Nations University Press, 2014)Background. To achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, particularly reduction in child mortality (Millennium Development Goal 4), effective interventions to address severe and moderate acute malnutrition ... -
Community-level environmental characteristics predictive of childhood stunting in Bangladesh - a study based on the repeated cross-sectional surveys
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-06-30)Coastal morphology makes Bangladesh vulnerable to environmental hazards and climate change. Therefore, environmental characteristics may shape population health, including child health. The prevalence of stunting among ... -
Comparison of temporal disaggregation techniques in the case of export of Bangladesh
(© 2013 International Journal of Applied Research and Studies (IJARS), 2013-11)Export plays very an import role in the economy of Bangladesh. We have tested four methods of disaggregation of which one is Boot, Feibes and Lisman (BFL) method mathematical based method. Other three are regression based ... -
A comprehensive study on USA retirement plan : a measurement on the perspective of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016-01-03)The report gives a brief idea about the retirement plan of USA. Additionally, it builds a parameter to measure USA retirement plan on the perspective of Bangladesh. USA retirement plan; the most sensitive and critical ... -
Concentration of authority and rent seeking behaviour in bureaucracy: An evidence of ineffective governance in Bangladesh
(IDEAS, 2018)Political leadership and public administration run the government of Bangladesh. Political wing is short tenured under a democratic system, but the public administration is permanent. An administrative process in Bangladesh ... -
Conflict management and its effects: a demonstration to understand employee conflict at the commercial banks in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-10)The primary goal of this study is to assess issues of conflict amongst workers in the banking industry and to present a clear conclusion with recommendations in a suitable manner. To conduct this qualitative investigation, ... -
‘Connecting the dots’ for generating a momentum for Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh: Findings from a cross-sectional descriptive study
(BMJ Journals, 2019-07-17)Objective This study was conducted to explore how and whether, the strategic grants made by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) in different sectors of health systems in the inception phase were able to ‘connect the dots’ ... -
Constriction of English language learning in a developing country— a qualitative study in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-12)The aim of this study is to explore the constriction of students’ English language learning due to the challenges faced in a developing country, and the study is conducted in the context of Bangladesh. Eventually, the ...