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Muktagacha: a targeted nutrition project in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-12)
Malnutrition is one of the major public health problems in Bangladesh. Since 1993,
BRAC, a national non-governmental organisation (NGO), has been carrying out a
targeted nutrition project in a thana (sub-district) of ...
HOPE not COMPLACENCY: state of primary education in Bangladesh 1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-08)
Micro-credit programs, women's empowerment and change in nuptiality in Bangladesh villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Although the fertility impact of micro-credit and women's empowerment programs has received increasing attention
in recent years, the role of credit-based income generating programs on nuptiality in traditional communities ...
Enrollment at primary level: gender difference disappears in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-12)
In the recent past, there has been a number of new initiatives to improve the access to
primary education in many developing countries. Such initiatives, which came from the
public, private and non-governmental (NGO) ...
Sustainability of Scientific Journals in the developing world with special reference to Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-03)
The study aimed to explore the sustainability issues of journal
publication in Bangladesh. Forty-three journal editors were interviewed,
and 66 current journals were scanned. Findings reveal that 68~1o of the
journals ...
The role of NGOs to improve food security in Bangladesh: the BRAC perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Bangladesh is one of the worst food insecure nations in the world today. This paper looks into
some food security issues of the poor, the most food insecure group, particularly with respect to
the role of non-governmental ...
Women's productive role and marital violence in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
This study assesses the role of women's participation in productive activities in reducing the
risk of marital violence. Data were collected from villages where numerous non-government organizations
(NGOs) had micro-credit ...
Prevalence and correlates of the risk of Sexual violence within marriage in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
Sexual violence against women has never been new in history. What is new is to discover that
this kind of act is wrong and has direct impact on women's health. Using data from a nationally
representative sample of 500 ...
Effectiveness of field methods for detecting Arsenic between 0 and 100 ppb in Bangladesh ground water
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-11)
Household sanitation and hygiene practices of BRAC member and non-member households: evidences from Matlab, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
Provision of potable water and sanitation facilities for the vast majority of the
poverty-stricken people of developing countries remains a formidable challenge for sustainable
development To accomplish this task, policy ...