Publications (Brac Institute of Governance and Development): Recent submissions
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Quiet revolution? Women’s collective empowerment and BRAC
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-03-15)BRAC’s focus on women and community organisations in the 1970s was lauded as bringing forth “a quiet revolution.” We explore the evolution of BRAC’s selected programs that built community forums and argue that while BRAC ... -
Socio-economic constraints in re-entering the labour market during COVID-19 and the resilience of female informal workers living in urban informal settlements
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-03-27)During COVID-19, female informal workers living in urban informal settlements in Bangladesh have faced greater challenges in re-entering the labour market than their male counterparts. This paper presents the findings of ... -
Domestic workers' agency against workplace sexual harassment: The role of social norms in Bangladesh
(Wiley, 2023-03-03)Summary Motivation There are 1.3 million domestic workers in Bangladesh; the precarious and private nature of domestic work makes them vulnerable to sexual harassment. Prevalent social norms that regulate sexuality and ... -
Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
(Brac UniversityTaylor & Francis, 2023-06-21)Can NGOs implement rights-based gender equality programs when donor focus on the area is shrinking? This paper explores how one development program has made strategic choices incorporating the interests of multiple ... -
International migration and the religious schooling of children in the home country: Evidence from Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2022-07-09)This paper investigates whether international migration increases the religious schooling of children in the home country. I find that migration by a household member from Bangladesh to a Muslim-majority country increases ... -
Labour market outcomes and child marriage: Evidence from BRAC's skills training programme
(Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)Inadequate employment opportunities and child marriage are major challenges for female adolescents in many developing countries. Using panel data on a group of 14-18-year-old Bangladeshi adolescents receiving vocational ... -
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to healthcare among people with disabilities: Evidence from six low- and middle-income countries
(BMC, 2023-08-31)Background The pandemic has placed considerable strain on health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), leading to reductions in the availability of routine health services. Emerging evidence ... -
Economic recovery of the new poor created by COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-11-06)The COVID-19 shock resulted in a large number of people becoming newly poor in Bangladesh, for whom recovery was slow and difficult. In response, BRAC implemented a nationwide program – credit, business planning support, ... -
The impact of entrepreneurship training and credit on the labour market outcomes of disadvantaged young people
(Taylor and Francis, 2024-02-23)This paper estimates the impact of a program providing classroom and on-the-job entrepreneurship training followed by the provision of a loan to disadvantaged youth. We find that the program increases employment by seven ... -
School to work transition: Employment and expectations of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
(Elsevier, 2024-04)We document the dynamics of the school-to-work transition of former madrasa students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – the host community of the Rohingya refugees. We conduct a phone survey using a respondent-driven sampling ... -
Food security in rural Bangladesh: A comparative study of scientific and grassroots perceptions
(Sage Journals, 2024-03-29)The literature provides a comprehensive understanding of the scientific definition of food security in terms of its conceptual meaning, measurement and analysis. However, this definition contrasts significantly with the ... -
Globalising Southern approaches to reducing extreme poverty: Policy adoption of BRAC’s targeting the ultra poor graduation program
(Taylor and Francis, 2024-03-30)This paper explores how BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor graduation program was globally adopted as a successful pathway for extremely poor households to build sustainable livelihoods and improve their conditions. It explores ... -
গ্রামীণ সমাজে নৈতিক অবক্ষয়ে অর্থনৈতিক ও রাজনৈতিক ক্ষমতা কাঠামো পুনর্বিন্যাসের প্রভাব: একটি বিশ্লেষণ
(বাংলাদেশ উন্নয়ন সমীক্ষা, 2018)গ্রামীণ সমাজে এখন যে ক্রান্তিকাল চলছে সেটি বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসে নজিরবিহীন, অভূতপূর্ব। বাংলার গ্রামীণ সমাজে অর্থের এতটা অন্তর্মুখী সরবরাহ হাজার বছরের ইতিহাসে এই প্রথম এবং বর্তমান লক্ষণগুলো এরই নানামুখী পার্শ্বপ্রতিক্রিয়া ... -
Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program
(Taylor and Francis, 2007-11-22)This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, ... -
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 ... -
Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: Evidence from Uganda
(Oxford Academic, 2010-05-01)Almost one-third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improving the effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especially important. We analyze the intention to ... -
How much can asset transfers help the poorest? Evaluating the results of BRAC's ultra-poor programme (2002–2008)
(Taylor and Francis, 2012-02-28)The impacts of an innovative programme in rural Bangladesh, which has assisted extremely poor households, literally the poorest of the poor, were assessed over a six-year period (2002–2008). The provision of a substantial ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of land suitability for urban land‐use planning: Case study Dhaka city
(Wiley Online Library, 2015-03-16)The aim of this research is evaluation of land suitability for urban land-use planning. Four factors and fourteen criteria were selected for suitability analysis and land-use planning. Factors and criteria were defined ... -
“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
(Science Direct, 2015-11)Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation ...