Browsing by Subject "Employment"
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15pc youth lost jobs during C-19 pandemic: BIGD survey
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Addressing extreme poverty in a sustainable manner: Evidence from CFPR program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-06)BRAC initiated an innovative program known as Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) in 2002 to address the extreme poverty in Bangladesh. Impact assessment studies on the first phase of CFPR (2002-06) have ... -
Analysis of Japan‘s economy (based on 2014) from macroeconomics prospects
(© 2015 International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research (IJSTR), 2015-02)Japan is the world‘s third largest economy. But currently economic situations of Japan are not stable. It is not increasing as expected. Since 2013 it was world second largest economy but Japan loosed its placed to China ... -
Assessment of the skill training programme for employment of retrenched female garment workers
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-03)This study assessed the effectiveness of skill training programme of BRAC for re-employment of retrenched female garment workers (RFGW). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 20 purposively selected RFGWs ... -
BRAC's achievements in generating employment in Jhikargacha RDP area: a quantitative study
(BRAC, 1995-04)By involving the rural poor in different BRAC financed activities, BRAC achieves its one of the main objectives - to generate new employment, mostly self-employment among the women folk. This study in Jhikargacha BRAC ... -
Changes in lives of Kishori Supervisors due to employment in BRAC Education Programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-07)This study aimed at exploring changes that occurred in the lives of Kisohri supervisors (KS) due to employment in the BRAC Education Programme CBEP). Twenty-six KSs, 24 non-KSs, 36 of their guardians, 67 community people ... -
Do poor people’s dreams ever come true? Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2022-02)Bangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls’ education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences in motivations, retention, and access to education for adolescents living ... -
Economic development and female labour participation in SAARC countries: a test of the U-shape hypothesis
(Brac University, 2019-03)The paper explores whether there exists U shaped hypothesis among the 8 SAARC countries. It first looks at the SAARC nations by implementing the fixed effects model and then analyses the countries individually to see if ... -
Emlploynent creation and viability of rural enterprise projects: cases of laundry and tailoring in Khulna and Gopalganj
(BRAC, 1998-11)This study aimed to assess the viability of t\vo rural enterprises, laundry and tailoring shop from both the organization and members' perspectives, using ratio analysis. The study also attempted to measure the extent ... -
Employment and wage status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report looked into the employment status of the ultra poor and factors affecting the extent of employment. Findings showed that 92% of the households were with economically active population. Majority of the rest ... -
English for employment: students’ proficiency and current demand of English in the eevelopment sector of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016-11)Bangla is the mother tongue of people of Bangladesh. It has also given the status of official language by the constitution of Government of the People‘s Republic of Bangladesh. In operation, however, English is being used ... -
Financing SMEs and its effect on employment generation: a study of brae bank's SME lending
(BRAC, 2005)Financial and development assistance designed specially for small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh is a new and upcoming trend. After the surge of micro-finance in the last two decades, small and medium enterprises ... -
Fresh Graduate’s interest on doing job at Bangladesh Bank
(Brac University, 2020-04)Among graduates who have been in employment, understanding precisely what they desired to do or having a desirable thought about kinds of jobs and careers upon finishing university was the most vital aspect or behavior ... -
Generating Employment opportunity for the extreme poor during Monga
(Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University, 2009-11) -
Measuring the dynamics of BRAC's contribution to employment generation
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-09)This study explores the areas of employment /types of job created through BRAC activities and estimates the actual achievements of BRAC in terms of numbers and/ or person-years of employment generated. BRACpaid full-time ... -
Online platform on freelance employment launched
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Providing microfinance and social space to empower adolescent girls: An evaluation of BRAC’s ELA centres
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2008-07)Lately there has been a surge in the variety of approaches to assist the adolescents, specially the girls, in building up their lives and livelihoods. With financial assistance from Nike Foundation, BRAC started combining ... -
Smart worker solution
(Brac University, 2023-09)I made the website for the people who work daily basis to live, and could not raise their voice for proper right because, we call them labor, in our county they are the lowest living status people. I’ve seen all the time ... -
Towards employability and better livelihood: An evaluation of BRAC’s skills development initiative
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2016-10)BRAC initiated Skills Training for Advancing Resources (STAR) as a pilot project in 2012 with the aim to provide skill development opportunities to urban youth for securing better employment. Several rounds of quantitative ... -
Transitions between informal and formal employment: results from a worker survey in Bangladesh
(© 2017 RAND Corporation, 2017-07)We document transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey of 2,000 workers in two metropolitan areas of Bangladesh. We find that workers transitioning ...