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Addressing the impacts of waste on overall project performance: a study of applying lean construction principle in Public Works Department (PWB), Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018)
Presently, construction industry is under pressure and facing many types of problems. One
of the major challenges is to reduce the waste during construction. According to Carlos
Torres Formoso (1999), waste is considered ...
Managing risks in public procurement in Bangladesh: a case on public works department
(BRAC University, 2018-12)
Public procurement plays an important role in the socio-economic development of the
country. It spends public money to serve the people. To achieve the best product,
service or work from public investments, the procurement ...
Implementing e-GP in Bangladesh: a perspective of works procurement in LGED
(BRAC University, 2018-08)
E-procurement has drawn great attention and been adopted by increasing number of public
organizations. However, simply having an e-procurement system in place does not guarantee
that it will bring about benefits in term ...
A review of public sector e-Procurement system of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-12)
This study aims to review public sector e-Procurement that is in place in Bangladesh at
present. In order to assess public sector e-Procurement system of Bangladesh this study
also compares public sector electronic ...
The contested relationship between paid work and women’s empowerment: Empirical analysis from Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2018-04-01)
The debate about the empowerment potential of women’s access to labour market opportunities is a long-standing one but it has taken on fresh lease of life with the increased feminization of paid work in the context of ...
Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
(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 ...
Promoting export of ICT based services through the export policy of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-03)
The service sector that provides a service, not an actual product that could be held in one's hand, is in fact, an important part of a country's economy. In Bangladesh, ICT has been identified as one of the major sub-sectors ...
Rights of female garments workers in Bangladesh: a case of Chittagong
(BRAC University, 2018-01-21)
The continuing exploitation of women workers in clothing factories across the world is a damning indictment of the global economic system. In Bangladesh, women workers account for 85% of the total workforce in the garment ...
Climate change and urban resilience: a study on the city of Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2018-09)
Among all Asian cities, Dhaka is the most vulnerable to climate change impacts having lower adaptive capacity, higher exposure and higher sensitivity. For its huge urban poor population a variable and unpredictable climate ...
CSR practice at energy sector procurement in Bangladesh: a case study on gas transmission pipeline project under Gas Transmission Company Ltd.(GTCL)
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-04)
The thesis attempted to examine the related issue of Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) like Environmental Responsibility, Human Rights, Equal Opportunities,
Diversity, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Impact on ...