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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 ...
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 ...
Self-perceived health of ultra poor women: The effect of an inclusive development intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-03)
In 2002, BRAC launched a targeted and comprehensive development program called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) aimed at the poorest of the poor, who have often been ...
Exploring the causes and process of becoming child domestic worker
(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 ...
Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Indexing the performance of Bangladesh in achieving the MDGs
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-11)
The study evaluated the performance of regions in Bangladesh, both across divisions and districts, in their attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Based on the data from the Multiple Cluster Survey and applying ...
How do intra-household dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from Brac’s “targeting the ultra poor” program in Bangladesh
(International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2013-12)
Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals’ ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions that target ...
Factors influencing the performance of a public private partnership in the digital services sector
(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 ...
How sustainable are the impacts of vocational training?: Evidence from BRAC’s intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2018-06)
In Bangladesh, the school dropout rates at both the primary and secondary level are quite high. Majority of the school dropout children end up unemployed or in low-quality jobs. Hence, training programs can be a potential ...
Information frictions in the labor market: Evidence from a field experiment in Uganda
(Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries Program, 2017-04)
We study how a lack of information on the skills of workers affects both employers and job seekers. To do so, we design and implement a field experiment in the Ugandan labour market: through the provision of certifications, ...
Social capital and economic well-Being
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-11)
Sociologists and economists increasingly consider ‘social capital’ a valuable component in the asset endowment of households, improving productivity and enhancing economic well-being. Like physical and human capital, social ...