Browsing Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Title

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    • Democratic consolidation in Bangladesh: a reality check 

      Zakaria, Sultan Mohammed (BRAC University, 2013-07)

    • Democratic transition in Bangladesh: challenges towards consolidated democracy 

      Harun Or Rashid, Md. (BRAC University, 2013-03)

    • Development and human security in Asia: an analysis from human rights and cultural relativism point of view 

      Hossain, Md. Shanawez (BRAC University, 2015-10)
      This paper attempts to discuss the conflict between the liberal doctrine of Universal Human Rights and cultural relativism from the view point of development and human security in Asia. Using the Universal Declaration ...

    • Digital Literacy of Rural Households in Bangladesh 

      Shadat, Md. Wasel Bin; Islam, Md. Saiful; Zahan, Iffat; Matin, Maria (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2020-12)
      As more public and private sector services are being digitized to make them more accessible to citizens, digital literacy is becoming an increasingly essential skill needed to reap the fullest benefits from these services. ...

    • Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? Empirical findings from Bangladesh 

      Kabeer, Naila; Mahmud, Simeen; Tasneem, Sakiba (Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)
      The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ...

    • Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? empirical findings from Bangladesh 

      Kabeer, Naila; Mahmud, Simeen; Tasneem, Sakiba (Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)
      The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ...

    • Does public service delivery influence tax evasion? Evidence from municipality tax in Bangladesh 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Ashraf, Zeeshan (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2018-11)
      This paper examines the role of access to public services on tax evasion. Establishing such a link directly (for both the citizens and researchers at the micro-level) is difficult because the tax collecting authority (Finance) ...

    • Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin 

      Fardosh, Jannatul (BRAC University, 2013-06)
      Bangladesh has made significant stride as far as women empowerment is concerned reflected in various gender indicators. However, the country’s progress has seen less satisfactory in one particular area and that is domestic ...

    • An early assessment of CFPR II support packages 

      Das, Narayan Chandra; Raza, Wameq Azfar; Misha, Farzana Akter (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2009-12)
      Based on the programmatic lessons and research knowledge accumulated from CFPR phase I, CFPR phase II was designed to expand its outreach while incorporating greater diversity in support packages. The support packages of ...

    • Economic growth, poverty and inequality revisited 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Mukhopadhay, Hiranya (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-09)
      The paper inspects the dynamics of economic growth, poverty and income inequality in different countries over time. The experience with economic growth and inequality show that both absolute and relative inequalities in ...

    • The Economics of system loss 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Wolff, Hendrik (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-06)
      This paper deals with the problem of electricity theft. In developing countries, individuals and firms illegally underpay their electricity bills in various ways. This results in large amounts of unbilled electricity, and ...

    • Electronic public procurement in Bangladesh: Bangladesh priorities 

      Abdallah, Wahid (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016)
      An efficient public procurement system in a country is essential for effectual public investment and economic growth. However, in developing countries like Bangladesh, public procurement is plagued with various inefficient ...

    • Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania 

      Buehren, Niklas; Goldstein, Markus; Gulesci, Selim; Sulaiman, Munshi; Yam, Venus (2015-10)
      The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ...

    • An evaluation on Bangladesh agribusiness development project 

      Shahed, Syeda Sitwat (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2015-10)
      The rural economy of Bangladesh is largely occupied by primary agricultural activities resulting in low-productivity of inputs and unemployment of rural labour. Due to limited soil productivity, the possibility of escalating ...

    • Exclusion and poverty: An analytical approach for understanding exclusion and assessing programmes targeting the very poor in Bangladesh 

      Zohir, Sajjad; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Mallik, Biva Arani; Huq, Iftekharul; Afsana, Raisa (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2008-04)
      Exclusion is a term that comes up often in association with poverty, social welfare and social injustice. Development interventions are designed with some notion of benefiting or including the excluded. This paper analyses ...

    • Exploring the causes and process of becoming child domestic worker 

      Chodhuary, Shuburna; Islam, Md. Akramul; Akter, Jesmin (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-01)
      The study aimed to explore the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households with and without Child Domestic Workers (CDW), and explore the causes and process of becoming CDWs in Bangladesh. Both quantitative ...

    • Factors influencing the performance of a public private partnership in the digital services sector 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Khan, M. Wasiqur Rahman; Prabhu, Jaideep (https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/factors-influencing-the-performance-of-a-public-private-partnership-in-the-digital-services-sector/, 2015-11)
      The paper empirically investigates the performance of a Public-Private-Partnership initiative to spread public digital services in Bangladesh. The government established digital centres, run by two-member private entrepreneurial ...

    • Gender equitable policy reforms in Bangladesh: The role of informal networks and practices 

      Sultan, Maheen; Mahpara, Pragyna (Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID), 2020-09)
      The paper explores how power operates in a gendered manner and how informal processes shape possibilities for gender equity. It investigates how and why gender equality policies are formulated, when these may not be popular ...

    • Gendered politics of inclusive development 

      Nazneen, Sohela; Mahmud, Simeen (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2014-05)
      Political settlement frameworks are gender blind. In this paper, we interrogate the nature of gendered political settlements through analyzing selected country cases studies of the gendered nature of political and policy-making ...

    • Geo-politics, democratization and external influence: the Bangladesh case 

      Chowdhury, Faiz Ahmed (BRAC University, 2013-03)
      Bangladesh’s strategic importance is enormous as it is located at the heart of two very important regions of the globe and might turn out to be a hub in South and Southeast Asia. Recognizing the country’s strategic ...