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Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1991)
As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since ...
Adaptation of Kangaroo Mother Care for community-based application
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-08)
Objective: Working with a multi-disciplinary team of Ecuadorians, Bangladeshis and Americans, we developed a simple protocol for community-based implementation of kangaroo mother care (CKMC) that does not require birth ...
Differentials of the immunization program in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)
This study investigated the association of immunization coverage with some selected
socioeconomic variables in rural Bangladesh. It was conducted in 75 villages in I 0 areas of
five administrative divisions. The eligible ...
GQAL: from rhetoric to reality
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)
BRAC's Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) Progranune was initiated in 1994 to
improve the quality of programmes with village women and to improve the quality of
. gender relations within BR.AC. In its first year of ...
Competence of the programme organizers in antenatal care an issue of the quality of care
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-04)
Political commitment of immunization Programme in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
Credit programme, women's autonomy a reproductive behaviour evidence from BRAC villages, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
This paper investigates the role of women's autonomy on their acceptance of contraceptive
method in 87 BRAC villages in Manikganj district of Bangladesh. Data for this study were
obtained from 1995 sample survey of married ...
Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status
indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership
on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...
Impact of BRAC on community health networks: a village study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-07)
Mere health service provision may be unable to bring about the desired impacts on health
outcomes. Such outcome impact is mediated by changes in health seeking behavior
underpinned by changes in health kr!Owledge, attitude ...
Involving the other half: male perception of BRAC's health program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-07)
In July 1991, BRAC integrated its diverse health activities into the newly
established Women Health and Development Programme (WHDP). But as men
play a key role in making decisions in deferent spheres of women's life, ...