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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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Democratic transition in Bangladesh: challenges towards consolidated democracy
(BRAC University, 2013-03)
Leader selection and service delivery in community groups: Experimental evidence from Uganda
(Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper, 2017-10-31)
In developing countries, NGOs and governments often rely on local community-based groups for the delivery of financial and public services. This paper provides causal evidence of how the design of rules used for group ...
The Economics of system loss
(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 ...
Does public service delivery influence tax evasion? Evidence from municipality tax in Bangladesh
(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) ...
Knowledge and behaviour assessment of drivers and community people towards road safety: A baseline study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017-01)
Recently, road traffic accidents are considered to be the leading cause of death both in developed and developing countries. In Bangladesh, BRAC has recently initiated a new program on road safety in aiming to increase ...