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

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    • Walking on two legs: Credit plus grant approach to poverty reduction 

      Ara, Jinnat; Das, Narayan Chandra; Kamruzzaman, Md; Quayyum, Tasmeen (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017)
      There is a growing recognition that the ultra-poor are generally not integrated into the current anti-poverty programs. In this paper, we estimate the long-run impacts of a credit plus grant approach, a combination of ...

    • Who trusts others? community and individual determinants of social capital in Bangladesh? 

      Asadullah, M. Niaz (BRAC University, 2013-07)
      This paper presents new evidence on the individual and community specific determinants of social trust using data from 96 villages in Bangladesh, a country with high levels of institutional corruption and poor governance. ...

    • Women’s empowerment and aggregate shocks: Evidence from an RCT in Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone 

      Unknown author (International Growth Centre, 2017-10)
      The condition of women in developing countries is characterized by low economic empowerment and limited agency over their body. This paper evaluates a policy intervention aimed at relaxing these constraints for adolescent ...

    • Women’s empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Buehren, Niklas; Burgess, Robin; Goldstein, Markus; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (World Bank, 2018-12)
      Women in developing countries are disempowered relative to their contemporaries in developed countries. High youth unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce ...

    • Women’s representation in the Union Parishad: Local Governance Program Sharique-III 

      Sultan, Maheen; Hasan, Md. Bayazid; Khondaker, Sahida Islam; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Mahmood, Towhid Iqram; Nazneen, Sohela (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-07)
      There is a need for in-depth analysis of women’s experience in local government and their ability to exercise political agency (i.e., what women do, how they exercise power) to negotiate local level politics and various ...