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Micro-credit programs, women's empowerment and change in nuptiality in Bangladesh villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Although the fertility impact of micro-credit and women's empowerment programs has received increasing attention
in recent years, the role of credit-based income generating programs on nuptiality in traditional communities ...
Impact of non-formal primary education on women's autonomy and socialisation in rural Bangladesh: evidence from BRAC villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-10)
This paper investigates the impact of non-formal primary education programme of BRAC on
women's autonomy and socialisation. The study was conducted in 87 villages in Manikganj district
of central Bangladesh. The data ...
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 ...
Women's control over productive assets: role of credit-based development interventions
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-05)
An assessment on the performance of BRAC nursery seedlings with special emphasis on Amrapali
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-06)
The study examined the performance of the three kinds of seedlings of BRAC
nurseries named Amrpali, lemon, and guava. Interview was taken from those
buyers who bought those seedlings from BRAG. A total of 153 buyers ...
Evaluation of Environmental Awareness Training of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-12)
The role of NGOs to improve food security in Bangladesh: the BRAC perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
Bangladesh is one of the worst food insecure nations in the world today. This paper looks into
some food security issues of the poor, the most food insecure group, particularly with respect to
the role of non-governmental ...
An evaluation of BRAC village organisations: focusing on selected indicators
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-03)
1. The study was based on a conceptual premise that BRAC's credit-plus approach not only helps
improve economic condition of the rural poor by disbursing loan, but its group formation,
conscietisation, skill training and ...
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 ...
Indirect technique for estimating life expectancy from limited data set of BRAC female members
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-12)
This paper aims to construct the complete life table (L T) from limited data set of the
female members of BRAC village organizations (VO) using the INDEPTH (International
Network for the continuous Demographic Evaluation ...