Browsing by Author "Hassan, Mirza"
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Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
(Brac UniversityTaylor & Francis, 2023-06-21)Can NGOs implement rights-based gender equality programs when donor focus on the area is shrinking? This paper explores how one development program has made strategic choices incorporating the interests of multiple ... -
The moral and political economy of the pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak states and strong societies during COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2021-01)As the Covid-19 pandemic spread in 2020, the government of Bangladesh ordered a lockdown and promised a program of relief. Citizens complied at first, but soon returned to economic and social life; relief proved slow and ... -
The political economy of domestic tax reform in Bangladesh: political settlements, informal institutions and the negotiation of reform
This paper explains the persistence of a tax system characterised by low revenue collection and extensive informality in Bangladesh. It combines analysis of long-term formal and informal institutions and of micro-level ... -
Rethinking citizen engagement in public procurement: towards a sustainable community centered strategy
(BRAC University, 2017-06) -
Violence and the breakdown of the political settlement: An uncertain future for Bangladesh?
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-15)We explore the dynamics of the elite political settlement in Bangladesh after the democratic transition in 1991 and its impact on the elite interactions in the arena of competitive electoral democracy. We trace the history ...
