Browsing by Author "BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, BRAC University"

Accessing to the contraception among educated urban youth

Habib, Anika Binte (BRAC University, 2018)

Every year, a significant segment of population is entering into adult life in Bangladesh; this population is vulnerable to their overall reproductive health. Bangladesh does not have any nationally representative data, ...

Addressing the impacts of waste on overall project performance: a study of applying lean construction principle in Public Works Department (PWB), Bangladesh

Uddin, Abid Moin (BRAC University, 2018)

Presently, construction industry is under pressure and facing many types of problems. One of the major challenges is to reduce the waste during construction. According to Carlos Torres Formoso (1999), waste is considered ...

Adoption of e-procurement in foreign aided projects in Bangladesh

Rahman, Muhammad Anisur (BRAC University, 2015-04)

Most of the big projects are being implanted in Bangladesh, financed by foreign aids from different international organizations. In FY 2014-15, the foreign aids amounting BDT 4472 (mn) was allocated in the national budget. ...

Advancing BRAC Graduates (ABG) – the future champion programme, BRAC Education Programme (BEP)

Parvez, Herana (BRAC University, 2016-12-01)

An analysis on importance of unlocking hidden savings in procurement process in private sector in Bangladesh

Nazim, Nahid (BRAC University, 2015)

Procurement cost savings are the one deliverable that all procurement professionals understand. While not defending a basic position, the realistic view is that high-quality, well-structured and sustainable cost management ...

Analyzing public procurement process operational inefficiencies in Bangladesh: a study on Department Of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)

Parvez, Md. Zahid (BRAC University, 2016-01)

Government is implementing e-GP to improve transparency and efficiency in Public Procurement. As a Government Organization, Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) is using e-GP in procurement activity to ensure ...

Arab spring and Middle East democratization: issues and challenges

Zakaria, Sultan Mohammed

Assessing introduction of prepaid gas meters for domestic users and its viability in Bangladesh: a case of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited

Hashemi, Muhammad Khaled Saiffullah (BRAC Univeristy, 2018)

Bangladesh has limited resources of Natural Gas and it will not last if not used cautiously. In Bangladesh, Gas consumption of domestic customers is not metered and they are not cautious about the gas usage. Prepaid meter ...

Assessment of present procurement process of private owned rural piped water supply implemented by Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) based on key performance indicators (KPI)

Akhter, Firoza (BRAC University, 2016-02-06)

Rural piped water supply system is a new concept for providing safe water to the rural people. Water supply system of Bangladesh is quite challenging due to presence of arsenic and salinity in ground water, low water ...

Bangladesh right to information act 2009

Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University (BRAC University, 2009)

Barriers & enablers of E-Government Procurement (E-GP): an analysis of Public Works Department (PWD)

Haider, Jubair Bin (BRAC University, 2016-01)

The planning ministry is taking a timely initiative for all government purchases to be done under the electronic government procurement (EGP) process. Tenders on paper have not only given ample scope to corruption and ...

Benefits and difficulties of Electronic Government Procurement (e- GP); an analysis of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Thakurgaon

Prodhan, Md. Manjur Alam (BRAC Univeristy, 2018-02)

Ministry of Planning took initiative to bring all government purchases under similar process known as electronic government procurement (e-GP). The traditional manual system of procurement has enough scope of corruption ...