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Finding out fast about the impact of COVID-19: The need for policy-relevant methodological innovation
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
In this viewpoint we explore one joint research initiative in Bangladesh to illustrate how methodological innovations using mobile phone technologies and pre-existing survey databases can generate rapid and insightful data ...
Formation of BRAC: a historical account
(BIGD, Brac University and BRAC, 2022)
Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries: An options overview of community-based, non-pharmacological interventions
(Springer Link, 2020-08)
In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), strict social distancing measures (e.g., nationwide lockdown) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are unsustainable in the long-term due to knock-on socioeconomic and psychological ...
Slums During COVID-19: Exploring the Unlocked Paradoxes
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021)
Urban informal settlements commonly known as slums are characterized by a lack of proper housing, tenure security, and have insufficient living spaces and poor access to safe water and sanitation. Due to such living ...
An adaptive governance and health system response for the COVID-19 emergency
(Science Direct, 2021-01)
In the absence of an efficacious and affordable vaccine, the current crisis of COVID-19 is likely to be a long drawn one for many developing countries. In Bangladesh, where the entire population is susceptible and strict ...
Lifting the lockdown: What are the options for low and middle-income countries?
(Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 2020-06-11)
To limit the social, economic and psychological damage caused by strict social distancing interventions, many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are seeking to ease restrictions. However, it is unknown what a ‘safe ...
Bangladesh and Covid-19: Reversals and resilience
(Institute of Development Studies, 2022-07-27)
This article examines two primary data sets to identify the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on different sectors and vulnerable populations in Bangladesh. It attempts to identify how the trends in sectors such as agriculture, ...
Social life of masks: Experience from Bangladesh
(BIGD, 2022-04-30)
The framework of masks’ social life is critical in numerous ways to understanding people’s behaviour concerning public health issues by providing a nuanced understanding of the use of masks in the community from a ...
Recovery with distress: Unpacking COVID-19 impact on livelihoods and poverty in Bangladesh
(United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2022-02)
The social and economic impact of COVID-19 has been deep, wide-ranging, and multi dimensional. While anecdotal evidence of distress among the poor, particularly those with informal
occupations, has been widespread, ...
Youth employment: A key to future human development of Bangladesh
(UPL, 2021-12)
This book chapter was published in the National Human Development Report 2021 by the Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the Ministry of Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Access to decent employment ...