Browsing Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) by Subject "Bangladesh"
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Impact assessment of CFPR/TUP: A descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-07)The paper sets out to explore the achievements of civil society in the area of poverty reduction. The focus is mainly on three domains (1) Advocacy, (2) Policy Change, and (3) Service Delivery. Three case studies illustrate ... -
Improving personal income tax compliance in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-02)This paper aims to examine the current scenario of personal income tax in Bangladesh and ways to improve the compliance behavior of the potential and eligible taxpayers of the country. In order to conduct the survey, a ... -
Labor markets and poverty in village Economies
(Oxford Academic, 2017-03-20)We study how women's choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable ... -
Livelihood of tea garden laborer: a study on selected tea gardens of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2023-05)The main objective of this study was to determine the livelihood adopted by the tea workers in the selected tea gardens. The study was conducted at tea gardens of Sreemangal Upazilla of Moulvibazar districts. Data were ... -
Men’s perspectives on women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh
(© 2017 Routledge, 6/9/2017)Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence suggests an inverse U-shaped relationship between ... -
Microfinance Engagements of the ‘Graduated’ TUP members
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-02)Despite the slogan of ‘credit for the poorest of the poor’, the poorest have not fully benefited from the microfinance revolution of the late 90s in Bangladesh. To bring these ‘left out’ group into the mainstream microfinance, ... -
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 ... -
Multi-Stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza: Global norms and workers’ perspectives
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2019-01)The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in April, 2013 resulting in the death and injury of more than 2,000 workers from the country’s export garment industry was one of the worst industrial disasters in ... -
Need assessment of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017-08)There has been a continued influx of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) across the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar since 25 August 2017. As a consequence, the large numbers of people (FDMN) have unexpectedly ... -
Paradigm shift or business as usual? workers’ views on multi-stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-02-24)The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of stakeholders to take action to prevent future ... -
Paradox of change in women’s capabilities: Case of two villages in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-08)The paper seeks to understand why women’s capabilities and outcomes significantly vary in two apparently similar contexts characterized by prosperity, international migration and religiosity. By analyzing the data from two ... -
Performance of EPZs in Bangladesh: special focus on backward linkages
(BRAC University, 2004-07)Export Processing Zone (EPZ) has turned out to be a widely used instrument of export expansion and outward orientation by developing countries. These zones are established, often as enclaves, to attract foreign investment ... -
Popular expectations of government: Findings from three areas in Bangladesh
(Programme for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), 2006-02)This paper presents findings from research into expectations from the government, based on focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and urban Bangladesh. The research was designed ... -
Population dynamics of Bangladesh: a study on key demographic trends and population projection of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2019-06)This study aims to analyze the demographic transition and the impact of these changes in the coming years to provide opportunities for more meaningful policymaking in Bangladesh. It analyzes the components of population ... -
Promoting export of ICT based services through the export policy of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-03)The service sector that provides a service, not an actual product that could be held in one's hand, is in fact, an important part of a country's economy. In Bangladesh, ICT has been identified as one of the major sub-sectors ... -
The prospects and challenges of E- Government Procurement (E-GP) in Bangladesh- a case study on Public Works Department (PWD).
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Procurement is the acquisition of goods, services or works from an outside external source and performance of Services by any contractual means. Public procurement means procurement using public funds. Public sector ... -
Prospects of eco-tourism in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-02)Tourism is an emerging sector for Bangladesh. It is one of the most growing industries all over the world which can play a significant role for the development of Bangladesh economy that generates foreign currency. ... -
Public procurement auditing in Bangladesh: current state and challenges
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Rapid care analysis as a Qualitative research tool to explore unpaid care work: Experience from char area in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2019-06)Every day unpaid care work is carried out all over the world and it is necessary for a society’s wellbeing. However, unpaid care work is largely ignored by economic and social public policy initiatives. Neither is it ... -
Relationship between democracy and development: Evidence from Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)The paper examines the effect of democracy on the development outcomes of Bangladesh for the period 1972 to 2016. It analyzes both the long-run relation and the direction of causality using the Vector Error Correction Model ...