BRAC: Recent submissions
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Impact assessment of BRAC's human rights and legal education training
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)The huge training investment of BRAC calls for an answers to the questions -- what is the impact of the training on BRAC programs and on its recipient? This study endeavors to answer these questions. As a part of this ... -
Effects of BRAC's development inputs on women's lives
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-10)The BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project consists of two phases of research, analysis and interpretation over a 6-year project cycle. Initiated in 1992, research in Phase I (1992- 1995) involved a large cross-sectional ... -
Small groups and performance of village organizations in rural development programme of BRAC
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) fonns the village organizations (VO) by formulating their objectives precisely and by laying out explicitly the activities within it that the members comprising it need to carry ... -
Initial Environmental Examination (IEEE) of BRAC dairy and food project
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Eradicating extreme poverty in Bangladesh: national strategies and activities
(Brac University, 2013-04)Although Bangladesh has achieved fairly steady economic growth, as of 2011, almost half of its population still lived in extreme poverty. As a result, the Government of Bangladesh and its development partners have recently ... -
Household violence against women in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-03)The prevalence of household violence against women is high in Bangladesh. Poverty, illiteracy and religious values are usually blamed for such violence. This report assesses the prevalence and determinants of violence ... -
Gender and environment framework/ agenda
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Environmental awareness in rural Bangladesh: levels and differentials
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-01)This report assesses the level of environmental awareness in the rural communities of Bangladesh. Findings reveal that nearly half of the people were aware about the change of environment and its implications although ... -
Beneath the shadows of the BRAC Centre slums of Mohakhali
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-07)This exploratory slum study looked at the demographic, socio-economic, health related, educational, and political characteristics of the slum dwellers living around the BRAC Centre. The study was conducted from April to ... -
Backlash against posters of BRAC's human rights & legal education program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)The Human Rights and Legal Education program of BRAC was initiated with the assumption that if the legal awareness of its clients was raised they would be able to protect themselves· from illegal, unfair or discriminatory ... -
Environmental compliance of BRAC microfinance enterprises: an assessment
(BRAC, 2013-04)BRAG is concerned about environmental aspects in its development programmes. In this backdrop, a cross-sectional comparative study was designed to assess environmental performance in BRAG microfinance enterprises. Total ... -
Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?
(BRAC, 2013-04)Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term randomized control trial of a programme that simultaneously provides assets and training to ... -
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 ... -
Manual on environmental awareness training
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-11) -
Role of education in reducing child labour: a case from rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)This article examines the hypothesis that formal education of children and their parents plays a major role in reducing child labour. Data are generated from a representative sample survey of 3,809 children aged 10-14 ... -
Level, pattern and socio-economic determinants of enrollment informal schools of the graduates of BRAC's education programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)BRAC has been operating two models of primary education for the children of poor households in Bangladesh since 1985. After graduation from BRAC schools, these children enroll in formal schools for further education. ... -
Initial environmental examination of BRAC programs: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, sericulture
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Impact of BRAC's non formal education programme in raising life skills knowledge among females of rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)The objective of this study is to assess the role BRAC's education programme on life skills knowledge among its graduates. Data were collected from Watch, in three rural unions of Manikganj district where BRAC has been ... -
Impact assessment of BRAC's human rights and legal education training
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997)The huge training investment of BRAC calls for an answers to the questions -- what is the impact of the training on BRAC programs and on its recipient? This study endeavors to answer these questions. As a part of this ...
