Research Reports (2003): Social Studies, Vol – XXXII

 

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  • Indirect technique for estimating life expectancy from limited data set of BRAC female members 

    Gani, Md. Showkat; Chowdhury, AMR (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 ...

  • Publlc service delivery in education: the BRAC experience 

    Ahmed, Salehuddin; Nath, Samir Ranjan (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 ...

  • Gender and good governance issues in local government of Bangladesh: a baseline report 

    Gani, Md. Showkat; Sattar, M. Ghulam (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-12)
    The study mainly describes the pre-intervention situation of women leadership capacity in local government system of Bangladesh. Data came from the 16 upazilas (sub-district) of 4 districts in Khulna division, where the ...

  • Assessment of the skill training programme for employment of retrenched female garment workers 

    Gani, Md. Showkat (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-03)
    This study assessed the effectiveness of skill training programme of BRAC for re-employment of retrenched female garment workers (RFGW). Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 20 purposively selected RFGWs ...

  • An assessment of male attitude towards violence against women 

    Rafi, Mohammad; Banu, Dilruba; Alim, Md. Abdul; Akter, Shaheen (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)
    Violence against women is a global burden. In violence against women wives, mothers and daughters are battered, raped, verbally abused, neglected, deprived of human dignity and means to meet their basic needs. The cost ...