Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development): Recent submissions
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An assessment of road safety knowledge of drivers and community: An impact evaluation of the project intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2015-12)The endline study was undertaken by the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. Highlighting the aim of BRAC's road safety program of achieving zero fatal road accidents, the existing community-centric knowledge was ... -
Cost-benefit study on implementing village courts in union parishads of Bangladesh
(Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)Justice is considered an important element of public service in any state. Apart from the formal system of justice in Bangladesh, two types of rural justice systems are prevalent amongst the rural community: Non-rural ... -
The costs and benefits of digitization of land records via simplified application process
(Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)Bangladeshis are closely connected to the land for their livelihood, social norms and economic activities. Hence, for the development of Bangladesh, land administration and management needs an effective system. In this ... -
Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
(Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), 2016-04)The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) ... -
Electronic public procurement in Bangladesh: Bangladesh priorities
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016)An efficient public procurement system in a country is essential for effectual public investment and economic growth. However, in developing countries like Bangladesh, public procurement is plagued with various inefficient ... -
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 ... -
Women’s representation in the Union Parishad: Local Governance Program Sharique-III
(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 ... -
System of rice intensification in rural Bangladesh: adoption, diffusion and impact
(International Growth Centre, 2016-02)The main objective of this study is to understand the network characteristics and incentive mechanism for successful adoption and diffusion of the system of rice intensification(SRI). The researchers examine whether ... -
Paradox of change in women’s capabilities: Case of two villages in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-08)The paper seeks to understand why women’s capabilities and outcomes significantly vary in two apparently similar contexts characterized by prosperity, international migration and religiosity. By analyzing the data from two ... -
The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)Does population growth induce or depress economic growth? Or, does economic growth encourage or discourage population growth? This is a long-existing debate which has sustained throughout the centuries. This paper investigates ... -
Relationship between democracy and development: Evidence from Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)The paper examines the effect of democracy on the development outcomes of Bangladesh for the period 1972 to 2016. It analyzes both the long-run relation and the direction of causality using the Vector Error Correction Model ... -
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 ... -
Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2016-10)Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program of BRAC implements two interventions for the ultra-poor: a grant-based support package for specially targeted ultra-poor (henceforth ... -
Towards employability and better livelihood: An evaluation of BRAC’s skills development initiative
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2016-10)BRAC initiated Skills Training for Advancing Resources (STAR) as a pilot project in 2012 with the aim to provide skill development opportunities to urban youth for securing better employment. Several rounds of quantitative ... -
Assessment of road safety awareness and knowledge among drivers and community people: A baseline study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2016-12)The baseline study was initiated by the Research and Evaluation Division at BRAC, highlighting the aim of BRAC's road safety program to achieve zero fatal road accidents. To understand this dynamic of road accidents with ... -
Medical expenditure and household welfare in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-10)The reliance on heavy out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure for medical care leads to households getting trapped into a vicious cycle of poverty. In Bangladesh, private health care expenditure accounts for almost 64% of total ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Need assessment of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017-08)There has been a continued influx of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) across the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar since 25 August 2017. As a consequence, the large numbers of people (FDMN) have unexpectedly ... -
How can It be a problem if you need them both? Women juggling paid and unpaid care work in Tanzania
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-09)The paper summarizes the findings of a mixed-method research that was carried out in Tanzania as part of the "Balancing Unpaid Care Work and Paid Work: Successes, Challenges and Lessons for Women’s Economic Empowerment ...
