Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development): Recent submissions

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    • Impact assessment of Adolescent development program in the selective border regions of Bangladesh 

      Unknown author (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-10)
      Border Adolescent Development Program (ADP) was implemented in the border areas of Bangladesh. The main objective of this program was to make the adolescents, their parents, and the communities aware of the social and legal ...

    • Understanding alternative dispute resolution for the rural women in Bangladesh: Some illustrations from BRAC HRLS rogram 

      Kundu, Debasish Kumar; Khan, Ashrafuzzaman; Samadder, Mrinmoy (2010-10)
      During the last decade, Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) gained enormous currency in the rural development arena as an informal justice institution in Bangladesh, and BRAC’s HRLS Program has contributed in the domain ...

    • Beyond dropout: A study on BRAC Primary School 

      Khan, Ashrafuzzaman; Samadder, Mrinmoy (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-11)
      This study explored the reasons for dropout of students from BRAC primary schools. Data were collected in two phases through qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first phase, 681 schools were visited to find out ...

    • Integration of the ultra poor into mainstream development: How effective is CFPR? 

      Shams, Raniya; Mahmud, Sharif; Das, Narayan C (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-12)
      The paper aims to understand the dynamics of participation of the Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) members of Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) phase I in the financial market since their graduation from ...

    • Revisiting group dynamic and legal rights 

      Kundu, Debasish Kumar; Samadder, Mrinmoy; Naomi, Sharin Shajahan (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 ...

    • Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? empirical findings from Bangladesh 

      Kabeer, Naila; Mahmud, Simeen; Tasneem, Sakiba (Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)
      The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ...

    • The under reporting of women’s economic activity in Bangladesh: An examination of official statistics 

      Mahmud, Simeen; Tasneem, Sakiba (BRAC Development Institute (BDI), 2011-02)
      In Bangladesh, women are engaged in a variety of economic activities ranging from homestead based expenditure saving activities to outside paid work. However, women’s work always remains under-reported, especially women’s ...

    • Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: A randomized control trial evaluation 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan C; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Shams, Raniya; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-12)
      The world’s poorest people lack both capital and skills and are trapped in low return occupations. However, whether their economic lives can be transformed by programs which attempt to tackle both constraints by providing ...

    • Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan C; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-04)
      Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term Randomized Control Trial of a program that simultaneously provides assets and training to the ...

    • Exploring the causes and process of becoming child domestic worker 

      Chodhuary, Shuburna; Islam, Md. Akramul; Akter, Jesmin (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 ...

    • How do intra-household dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from Brac’s “targeting the ultra poor” program in Bangladesh 

      Das, Narayan Chandra; Yasmin, Rabeya; Ara, Jinnat; Kamruzzaman, Md.; Davis, Peter; Behrman, Julia A.; Roy, Shalini; Quisumbing, Agnes R. (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 ...

    • Gendered politics of inclusive development 

      Nazneen, Sohela; Mahmud, Simeen (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2014-05)
      Political settlement frameworks are gender blind. In this paper, we interrogate the nature of gendered political settlements through analyzing selected country cases studies of the gendered nature of political and policy-making ...

    • Economic growth, poverty and inequality revisited 

      Rahman, Sultan Hafeez; Mukhopadhay, Hiranya (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-09)
      The paper inspects the dynamics of economic growth, poverty and income inequality in different countries over time. The experience with economic growth and inequality show that both absolute and relative inequalities in ...

    • Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania 

      Buehren, Niklas; Goldstein, Markus; Gulesci, Selim; Sulaiman, Munshi; Yam, Venus (2015-10)
      The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ...

    • Impact of char development and settlement project on improving the livelihood of char dwellers 

      Raza, Wameq; Bhattacharjee, Anindita; Das, Narayan Chandra (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2011-01)
      The Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) was a joint initiative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of Bangladesh to achieve sustainable livelihood development of coastal char ...

    • Group norms and the Brac village organization—enhancing social capital baseline 

      Qayum, Nayma; Samadder, Mrinmoy; Rahman, Rehnuma (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-04)
      As an NGO, BRAC adopts a holistic development approach centred on the Village Organization (VO), a group of female microfinance clients. In order to upgrade the VO integrity and norms, BRAC’s Social Development (SD) Program ...

    • Sensitizing communities to eliminate discrimination and violence against women: An assessment of Brac’s intervention 

      Alim, Md. Abdul; Ali, Rumana (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-06)
      The project titled "Sensitizing communities on CEDAW" was a part of the Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) program implemented in Gazipur to sensitize people about CEDAW to prevent violence against women and sexual ...

    • An evaluation on Bangladesh agribusiness development project 

      Shahed, Syeda Sitwat (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2015-10)
      The rural economy of Bangladesh is largely occupied by primary agricultural activities resulting in low-productivity of inputs and unemployment of rural labour. Due to limited soil productivity, the possibility of escalating ...

    • Factors influencing the performance of a public private partnership in the digital services sector 

      Abdallah, Wahid; Khan, M. Wasiqur Rahman; Prabhu, Jaideep (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 ...

    • Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Indexing the performance of Bangladesh in achieving the MDGs 

      Zaman, Nabila (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 ...