Research Reports (2011): Economic Studies, Vol

Where NGOs go and do not go?

Mallick, Debdulal; Nabin, Munirul H. (BRAC, 2011-05)

We aim to investigate the role of output market imperfections in constraining the microfinance programme to mitigate credit market imperfections. We develop a model in which output market imperfections increase operating ...

Sustaining health: the role of BRAC's community health volunteers in Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Uganda

Reichenbach, Laura; Shimul, Shafiun Nahin (BRAC, 2011-09)

This study fills an important gap in current understanding about a critical aspect of BRAG's health programmes - the financial sustainability of the community health volunteers (commonly referred to as Shasthya Shebikas ...

Promotion of improved cookstove in rural Bangladesh

Arif, Tahmid; Ashraf, Anik; Miller, Grant; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushflq; Akter, Nasima; Ali, ARM Mehrab; Sarkar, MA Quaiyum; Hildemann, Lynn; Dey, Nepal C; Rahman, Mizanur; Dwivedi, Puneet; Wise, Paul (BRAC, 2011-05)

This study aimed to explore the factors affecting the promotion of improved cookstove (ICS) to replace traditional stove and hence to combat indoor air pollution (lAP). The study was conducted in 58 randomly selected ...

Lives and livelihoods on the streets of Dhaka city: findings from a population-based exploratory survey

Ahmed, Syed Masud; Hossain, Shamim; Khan, Antora Mahmud; Islam, Qazi Shafayetul; Kamruzzaman, Md. (BRAC, 2011-03)

BRAC has long been working to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social injustice. In recent years, BRAC has extended its activities to include the urban poor population ...

Economic and social analysis of primary education in Bangladesh: a study of BRAC interventions and mainstream schools

Ahmad, Alia; Haque, lftekharul (BRAC, 2011-11)

Bangladesh has achieved significant progress in enrolment in primary schools including gender parity. Currently, two major problems are dropout before completing primary education and poor quality of education with low ...

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

Das, Narayan C; Shams, Raniya (BRAC, 2011-07)

Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR), an innovative approach to address extreme poverty, was launched in 2002 in rural Bangladesh. Evaluation of the first phase of the programme revealed that livelihoods ...

Agricultural practice and its relation to poverty and food security in selected river basins in Bangladesh: a situation analysis

Ghosh, Shyamal C; Rahman, ANM Mahfuzur; Raza, Wameq A (BRAC, 2011-08)

Poverty and food security in the context of Bangladesh has become a major concern over time. While efforts have been intensified to increase crop yield through increased land use, using inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, ...