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Community health workers as agents of change: Negotiating pathways of empowerment
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)
In Bangladesh, health and family planning programs were the first major employers of rural women in outside paid work. Thus, women community health workers became the pioneers in bringing rural women into outside formal ...
Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
(Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), 2016-04)
The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cost-benefit study on implementing village courts in union parishads of Bangladesh
(Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)
Justice is considered an important element of public service in any state. Apart from the formal system of justice in Bangladesh, two types of rural justice systems are prevalent amongst the rural community: Non-rural ...
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 ...
Public procurement auditing in Bangladesh: current state and challenges
(BRAC University, 2016-08)
A study on Bangladesh Power Development Board on the basis of key performance indicator regarding compliance of PPR 2008 in the procurement activities in terms of procurement processing time.
(BRAC University, 2016-12)
In public sector of Bangladesh , where the organizations are providing services to the people and
are involving in development of various social and economic indicators, Power sector
particularly Bangladesh Power Development ...
Ultra poor and asset transfer in Urban setting: Evidence from slums in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-08-09)
We use cross-sectional data to assess the impact of the programme on livelihood where propensity score matching technique has been adopted in analysing the data. Results show that programme participants' self-employment, ...
The costs and benefits of digitization of land records via simplified application process
(Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)
Bangladeshis are closely connected to the land for their livelihood, social norms and economic activities. Hence, for the development of Bangladesh, land administration and management needs an effective system. In this ...