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Women's control over productive assets: role of credit-based development interventions
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-05)
The under reporting of women's economic activity in Bangladesh : an examination of official statistics
(BRAC University, 2011-02)
In Bangladesh women are engaged in a variety of economic activities ranging
from homestead based expenditure saving activities to outside paid work.
However, women's work always remains under reported, especially ...
Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: a call to action
(© 2013 The Lancet, 2013)
A post-Millennium Development Goals agenda for health in Bangladesh should be defined to encourage a second generation of health-system innovations under the clarion call of universal health coverage. This agenda should ...
Participation in BRAC's Rural Development Programme and the impact of group dynamics on individual outcomes
(BRAC, 1998)
This study explored women's participation in Brae's rural development programme to
identify some unobserved selecting factors that are believed to influence women's
decision to participate or not and, the effect of group ...
Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? empirical findings from Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)
The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ...
Gendered politics of inclusive development
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2014-05)
Political settlement frameworks are gender blind. In this paper, we interrogate the nature of gendered political settlements through analyzing selected country cases studies of the gendered nature of political and policy-making ...
Diverging stories of son preference in South Asia: a comparison of India and Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012-11)
In Bangladesh, overall sex ratio has declined from 109.6 (males/females) in the
1950s to 100.3 in 2011. Unlike countries with female deficits, the improvement in
sex ratio has extended to the under‐5 age group. This has ...
Diverging Stories of “Missing Women” in South Asia: Is Son Preference Weakening in Bangladesh?
ABSTRACT: South Asia is a region characterized by a culture of son preference, severe discrimination against daughters, and excess levels of female mortality, leading to what Amartya Sen called the phenomenon of “missing ...
Diverging stories of “Missing Women” in South Asia: is son preference weakening in Bangladesh?
ABSTRACT: South Asia is a region characterized by a culture of son preference, severe discrimination against daughters, and excess levels of female mortality, leading to what Amartya Sen called the phenomenon of “missing ...
The contested relationship between paid work and women’s empowerment: Empirical analysis from Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2018-04-01)
The debate about the empowerment potential of women’s access to labour market opportunities is a long-standing one but it has taken on fresh lease of life with the increased feminization of paid work in the context of ...