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Occurrence, distribution and time-trend of arsenic in ground water of Jhikorgachha, Jessore, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)In order to assess the arsenic concentration change over time, water from a total of 246 tubewells Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district were tested using atomic absorption spectrophotometer in two different periods ... -
Opening new schools under current admission procedure: problems and options
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)Using data from a representative cluster survey, the author concludes that the possibility to open new BRAC schools under current admission procedure would be difficult because of the lack of adequate number of children. ... -
Out of school children in the tea gardens and ethnic minority communities
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-11)Although many countries in the world have moved from compulsory primary education to compulsory secondary education and many increased the duration of primary and basic education from 4-5 years to more than six years, ... -
Overseas migration and the well-being of those left behind in rural communities of Bangladesh
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Participatory research methods and gender data base Bangladesh country paper
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-05)Application of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) in rural development as well as in agricultural sectors is quite recent in Bangladesh and most of the PRAs are conducted by NGOs. The review of participatory researches ... -
Perception of adolescent girls about their well-being
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-02)This qualitative study was initiated to explore adolescent girls' perceptions about wellbeing. A part of the BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project on health and well-being, the study was done purposively in two villages ... -
Performance and effectiveness of School Management Committees (SMC) of BRAC schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)The study examined the School Management Committees of NFPE schools. With the knowledge of supposed ineffectiveness of the committees, the goal was to find out what practices could be reinstated, or what could be done ... -
Political commitment of immunization Programme in Bangladesh
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Prevalence and correlates of the risk of Sexual violence within marriage in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)Sexual violence against women has never been new in history. What is new is to discover that this kind of act is wrong and has direct impact on women's health. Using data from a nationally representative sample of 500 ... -
Proceedings of the seminar on situation of the elderly in Bangladesh: what do we know?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-08)There is a growing tendency of world's elderly (60 years and above) population and concentrating in the developing countries. By the year 2025, 72% of the world's elderly (858 million) population will be living in the ... -
Progress of basic competencies, literacy and enrolment of children in Matlab: re-visiting baseline villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000)The Assessment of Basic Competency (ABC) test was administered under BRAC ICDDR, B Joint Research Project to explore the progress of enrolment, basic competency and literacy of children during the seven years period ... -
Protest of pro-Islamists against NGO operations: a study of Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh
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Publlc service delivery in education: the BRAC experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)BRAC, a non-governmental development organisation in Bangladesh, has been working for the socio-economic advancement of the poor, especially the women and children. It has long experience in providing basic public health ... -
Quality of baseline data: the case of PRIME project
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002-12)This study attempted to assess the quality of baseline data of the Primary Initiative in Mainstream Education project of BRAC Education Programme coliccted through census done by locally recruited interviewers. A sample ... -
Quality with equity: the primary education agenda
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Reaching primary education at the doorstep of the poor: the BRAC experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-10)It is a review paper on BRAC education programme. Starting with a description of the country context of the initial days of the programme it describes how the programme was developed and implemented, and expended throughout ... -
Readership survey: the case of a research compendium in Bangla
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-01)Nirjash, a research compendium in Bangla, is published primarily for BRAC field staff. After three years of its publication it was felt essential to conduct a readership survey on its usefulness, accessibility and readability. ... -
Reasons behind discontinuation of BRAC teachers in Non-Formal Primary Education programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-06)This study aimed at examining the reasons of discontinuation of NFPE teachers. To achieve the objective, 259 dropped out and 252 in-service teachers were interviewed from two former NFPE regions through a semi-structured ... -
Recent financial crisis in BRAC and the rule of rumors
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Regional variation and changes in competencies of BRAC graduates and their enrollment status in formal schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-02)This study aimed at examining the regional variation and changes in basic competency and enrolment rate of BRAC graduates. This is a secondary analysis of Nath's study on assessing the level of basic competencies of BRAC ...