Browsing Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) by Subject "Adolescents"
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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 ... -
Impact assessment of Adolescent development program in the selective border regions of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-10)Border Adolescent Development Program (ADP) was implemented in the border areas of Bangladesh. The main objective of this program was to make the adolescents, their parents, and the communities aware of the social and legal ... -
Intersecting barriers to adolescents’ educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gender, disability and poverty
(Elsevier, 2021-09)This article explores the social determinants of adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It provides novel empirical data from the ... -
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 ... -
Women’s empowerment and aggregate shocks: Evidence from an RCT in Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone
(International Growth Centre, 2017-10)The condition of women in developing countries is characterized by low economic empowerment and limited agency over their body. This paper evaluates a policy intervention aimed at relaxing these constraints for adolescent ... -
Women’s empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa
(World Bank, 2018-12)Women in developing countries are disempowered relative to their contemporaries in developed countries. High youth unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce ...