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Assessment of procurement process of carriage rehabilitation project at Saidpur workshop implemented by Bangladesh railway based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI
(Brac University, 2018-11)
Government organizations has a significant share in the economic activities in the developing countries. Hence, establishing a specific structure of government procurement has become so important for a country like Bangladesh. ...
Rural Study Series
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 1995-12)
The Rural Study Series is a modest venture for dissemination of BRAC research studies
concerned with various aspects of rural development in Bangladesh. Poverty alleviation
and empowerment of the poor, particularly of ...
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 ...
Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty outreach of BDP ultra poor program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-08)
Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within ...
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) ...
Can ultra-poverty be sustainably improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-06-19)
With more than one-fifth of Bangladesh's population living in extreme poverty, surmounting it still remains a substantial predicament for development practitioners. To combat this issue, BRAC initiated the multifaceted ...
Capability Development among the Ultra-poor in Bangladesh: A case study
(BMC, 2009-08)
Microcredit is advocated as a development tool that has the potential to reduce poverty, empower participants, and improve health. Results of several studies have shown that the extreme poor, or the ultra-poor, often are ...
How much can asset transfers help the poorest? The Five Cs of community-level development and BRAC’s ultra-poor program
(Brooks World Poverty Institute, 2010-10)
We develop a framework for assessing community-level development programs, building upon five related elements that are centrally important: confidence, cohesion, capacity, connections and cash (the five ‘Cs’). We use this ...
Role of procurement to achieve the sustainable development of rural infrastructure
(Brac University, 2020-11)
The report is motivated by the rural infrastructure development in Bangladesh, especially the
benefit of implementing sustainable procurement. As all we know that, infrastructure
development generates several negative ...
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 ...