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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 ...
Women’s empowerment and aggregate shocks: Evidence from an RCT in Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone
(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 ...
Institutional approach to anti-corruption: an evaluation of the Anti Corruption Commission in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2013-07)
Community health workers as agents of change: Negotiating pathways of empowerment
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)
In Bangladesh, health and family planning programs were the first major employers of rural women in outside paid work. Thus, women community health workers became the pioneers in bringing rural women into outside formal ...
Cheaper, cleaner power: De-risking as an anti-collusion strategy in Bangladesh
(ACE SOAS Consortium, 2020-06)
Collusive contracting with private power plants in Bangladesh has resulted in high power prices that cost the taxpayer around US$1 billion a year in subsidies, as well as the selection of environmentally damaging fuels and ...
Building social capital for the ultra poor: Challenges and achievements
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2005-03)
BRAC introduced a program designed to meet the special needs of the extreme poor called Challenging the Frontier of Poverty Reduction: Targeting Ultra Poor (TUP) program in 2002. The program consists of economic and health ...
Impact assessment of CFPR/TUP: A descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-07)
The paper sets out to explore the achievements of civil society in the area of poverty reduction. The focus is mainly on three domains (1) Advocacy, (2) Policy Change, and (3) Service Delivery. Three case studies illustrate ...
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 ...
COVID-19’s Impact on Bangladesh Economy
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2020-11)
This BIGD study examines the impact of COVID-19’s impact on the major economic and financial indicators of the economy of Bangladesh, including production, wages, price levels, advances, bills, investments, remittances and ...
Democratic consolidation in Bangladesh: a reality check
(BRAC University, 2013-07)