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The moral and political economy of the pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak states and strong societies during COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread in 2020, the government of Bangladesh ordered a lockdown and promised a program of relief. Citizens complied at first, but soon returned to economic and social life; relief proved slow and ...
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 ...
Estimating catastrophic costs due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Bangladesh
(Atlantis Press, 2020-06-07)
To eliminate TB from the country by the year 2030, the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis (TB) Program is providing free treatment to the TB patients since 1993. However, the patients are still to make Out-of-their Pocket ...
Paradigm shift or business as usual? workers’ views on multi-stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-02-24)
The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of stakeholders to take action to prevent future ...
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 ...