Browsing Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Title
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Material barriers, cultural boundaries: A mixed-methods analysis of gender and labour market segmentation in Bangladesh
(UNU-WIDER, 2021)The research was published as a UNU-WIDER Working Paper. Data on female labour force participation in Bangladesh suggest that, despite the increase in female-intensive employment opportunities through microfinance, export ... -
Medical expenditure and household welfare in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-10)The reliance on heavy out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure for medical care leads to households getting trapped into a vicious cycle of poverty. In Bangladesh, private health care expenditure accounts for almost 64% of total ... -
Microfinance Engagements of the ‘Graduated’ TUP members
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-02)Despite the slogan of ‘credit for the poorest of the poor’, the poorest have not fully benefited from the microfinance revolution of the late 90s in Bangladesh. To bring these ‘left out’ group into the mainstream microfinance, ... -
Mid-Term evaluation of BRAC-Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP)-III: Livelihoods of coastal char dwellers
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2007-12)This study was undertaken to explore the socioeconomic status of coastal char (polder) dwellers as a benchmark estimate for the BRAC-CDSP-III (Char Development and Settlement Project). A survey was carried out on 795 ... -
Multi-Stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza: Global norms and workers’ perspectives
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2019-01)The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in April, 2013 resulting in the death and injury of more than 2,000 workers from the country’s export garment industry was one of the worst industrial disasters in ... -
Need assessment of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017-08)There has been a continued influx of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) across the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar since 25 August 2017. As a consequence, the large numbers of people (FDMN) have unexpectedly ... -
Office of the comptroller and auditor general (OCAG)
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Paradox of change in women’s capabilities: Case of two villages in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-08)The paper seeks to understand why women’s capabilities and outcomes significantly vary in two apparently similar contexts characterized by prosperity, international migration and religiosity. By analyzing the data from two ... -
The political economy of urban space: land and real estate in Dhaka City
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Popular expectations of government: Findings from three areas in Bangladesh
(Programme for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), 2006-02)This paper presents findings from research into expectations from the government, based on focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and urban Bangladesh. The research was designed ... -
Primary education in Bangladesh: policy transfer, external influence and national ownership
(BRAC University, 2013-07)This paper aims to explain and analyze how external influence works to transfer the policy agenda from the international practices in the country’s primary education sector and assess the national ownership in the context ... -
Promoting & embedding voice mechanisms for accountable governance: concepts, tools and practices
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Providing microfinance and social space to empower adolescent girls: An evaluation of BRAC’s ELA centres
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2008-07)Lately there has been a surge in the variety of approaches to assist the adolescents, specially the girls, in building up their lives and livelihoods. With financial assistance from Nike Foundation, BRAC started combining ... -
Public administration in Bangladesh
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Qualitative exploration the end user context of BCC materials on COVID-19 guidelines and handwashing
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2020-12)As a partner of the “Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC),” BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) initiated a rapid formative research to identify gaps in people’s existing hygiene knowledge and ... -
Rapid care analysis as a Qualitative research tool to explore unpaid care work: Experience from char area in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2019-06)Every day unpaid care work is carried out all over the world and it is necessary for a society’s wellbeing. However, unpaid care work is largely ignored by economic and social public policy initiatives. Neither is it ... -
Relationship between democracy and development: Evidence from Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)The paper examines the effect of democracy on the development outcomes of Bangladesh for the period 1972 to 2016. It analyzes both the long-run relation and the direction of causality using the Vector Error Correction Model ... -
Revisiting group dynamic and legal rights
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-11)BRAC Human Rights and Legal Services Program (HRLS) was initiated to form the ward-based Legal Rights Implementation Committee (LRIC) comprised of 19 members to ensure justice for the vulnerable women of the community. The ... -
The savings and growth nexus in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2021-09)The paper investigates the causal relationship between Bangladesh’s gross domestic savings (GDS) and gross domestic product (GDP). Using yearly time series data from 1980 to 2018, we employ two short-run and one long-run ... -
Sea level rise and coastal flooding in urban area: the case of Chittagong City Corporation
(BRAC University, 2015-10)Sea level rise differs among coasts across the globe due to inherent differences in physical settings and human activities. Projection on relative changes in the sea level is important to understand the possible impacts ...