Browsing BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) by Title

Advancing BRAC Graduates (ABG) – the future champion programme, BRAC Education Programme (BEP)

Parvez, Herana (BRAC University, 2016-12-01)

Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda

Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C; Sulaiman, Munshi (Wiley Online Library, 2018-04-23)

We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary ...

Agricultural microcredit for tenant farmers: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh

Hossain, Marup; Malek, Mohammad Abdul; Hossain, Md. Amzad; Reza, Md. Hasib; Ahmed, Md. Shakil (Wiley Online Library, 2018-10-26)

We study the impact of an agricultural microcredit program on the livelihoods of small, marginal, and landless tenant farmers in Bangladesh based on a Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Twenty percent of eligible households ...

Agriculture and livestock programme

Ahmed, Tanvir (BRAC University, 2015-12)

The report is a three month internship is part of the study of Masters in Development Management and Practice (MDMP). There are mainly three reasons I picked up BRAC as my designated institution. First, I wanted to see ...

Alternative media & mainstream politics: The case of mediated political fusion

Atkinson, Joshua D.; McWan, Blessy; White, Jewel; Hoque, Rafsanul (Taylor and Francis, 2022-04-29)

Recent research concerning alternative media has provided some insight concerning the increasing role of those media in mainstream political communication. In this study, we conducted interviews with key leaders in local ...

Amtranet Limited daily activities and working process in garments industry

Rahman, Md. Murshedur (Brac University, 2021-06-03)

Actually this internship report is based on Bangladesh RMG industry daily activities and work presses and its behavior. To bring about the report I did work in a garment making factory for 9 years practically name ...

Analysing the glass ceiling and sticky floor effects in Bangladesh: Evidence, Eetent and elements

Faruk, Avinno (Springer Link, 2021-08-16)

This article was published in SN Business & Economics. With deep-seated gender imbalances prevalent in Bangladesh, it is compelling to understand how those women, who do manage to get employed, are faring in terms of equity. ...

An analysis of adoption of blockchain technology in the private banking sector of Bangladesh

Saha, Khokan Kanti (Brac University, 2021-01)

Blockchain is a key digital technique for ensuring the transparency, speed and immutability of different banking transactions. The private banking sector of Bangladesh has started to adopt the blockchain technology in ...

Analysis of allocation of hand pump technology for procurement as a safe drinking water source installed by DPHE

Alom, Md. Rashidul (BRAC University, 2015-01)

The study area contain two marginal Union of Daulatpur Upazilla under Kushtia District of south-western part of Bangladesh. This research work tries to find out the status of drinking water supply system of Department of ...

Analysis of entrepreneurial intention among students in business schools of Bangladesh

Naim, Sayada Jannatun (International Journal of Management and Business Studies, 2018-01)

The entrepreneurial intention is a state of mind directing a person’s attention and action towards self-employment as opposed to organizational employment. People with higher entrepreneurial intention have a higher ...

Analysis of impact on IT personnel of outsourcing IT services in organization: a case study of procurement of IT services for “maintenance, upgradation and support services for BRTA-IS” in Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)

Khalil, Md. Ibrahim (BRAC University, 2015-12)

Information technology outsourcing has been an increasingly important phenomenon in recent times. IT outsourcing refers to the use of a third party vendor to provide IT services that were previously provided internally. ...

An analysis of variation in performance of union parishad: a case study of six union parishads of Sirajgong district.

Hikmat, Mirza Tarik (Center for Governance Studies, BRAC University, 2007-11)

An analysis on importance of unlocking hidden savings in procurement process in private sector in Bangladesh

Nazim, Nahid (BRAC University, 2015)

Procurement cost savings are the one deliverable that all procurement professionals understand. While not defending a basic position, the realistic view is that high-quality, well-structured and sustainable cost management ...

Analyzing public procurement process operational inefficiencies in Bangladesh: a study on Department Of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)

Parvez, Md. Zahid (BRAC University, 2016-01)

Government is implementing e-GP to improve transparency and efficiency in Public Procurement. As a Government Organization, Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) is using e-GP in procurement activity to ensure ...