BRAC: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of advocacy project of UNFPA through the Ministry of Religious Affairs
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Evaluation of advocacy project of UNFPA through the IEM unit of family planning directorate
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Evaluation of advocacy for reproductive health education and services for garment factory workers
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Gender barriers to tuberculosis control: fade-out or in? key findings and recommendations from the preliminary analysis
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Environmental assessment of the poultry sector of BRAC's ultra poor programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)This study aimed to conduct an environmental assessment of the poultry sector of 'Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/ Targeting the Ultra Poor Program (CFPR!fUP)' program of BRAC. Special focus was given to ... -
BRAC's microfinance canvass: financial services and strategic linkages
(BRAC, 2002-12)The poor are a diverse group with diverse livelihoods, needs and potential, which change over time due to lifecycle, new opportunities and external shocks. This diverse and dynamic reality of poor peoples' lives forms ... -
Appropriate management options of medical waste for developing countries (the case of Bangladesh and Thailand)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-04)The primary goal of this research was to formulate appropriate environmental management options for medical waste in developing countries. The purpose was to improve the health conditions of the people and environmental ... -
Adaptation of Kangaroo Mother Care for community-based application
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-01)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 ... -
Microfinance in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna chars: the context, the providers and way forward
(BRAC, 2002-03)Informal financial sources dominate the financial landscape of the char areas in ways distinct from the mainland areas of rural Bangladesh. Microfinance in the char areas has not even scratched the surface of the first ... -
Combining targeting methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: some preliminary findings from BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme
(BRAC, 2002-09)Since January 2002, BRAC has started a new program targeted at the extreme poor, called, 'Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor' (CFPR/TUP). This Programme seeks to challenge the frontiers ... -
Asset-ing the extreme poor: experiences and lessons from a BRAC project
(BRAC, 2002-05)The Jamalpur Flood Rehabilitation Project (JFRP) was designed to provide flood rehabilitation to women who were not targeted in the previous ECHO/NOVIB/BRAC flood rehabilitation project of 1998/1999, in which, mainly ... -
Women in sericulture: a case of BRAC
(BRAC, 1999-08)BRAC is a Bangladeshi non-government development organization working with mainly the rural poor women. Its twin objectives are alleviation of poverty and empowerment of women. The sericulture programme of BRAC as part ... -
Skilled attendance at delivery in Bangladesh: a strategy development tool
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)SAFE study aimed to provide new knowledge on the identification, implementation and evaluation of effective, affordable and equitable strategies to increase Skilled Attendance at delivery in developing countries. It was ... -
Neonatal death: any role for development interventions?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-09)Objective: The study aimed to explore whether or not the women focused development interventions have any effect on neonatal death. Methods: The qualitative research method was used. Case study of cases (died within 28 ... -
Women in carp pond cultivation: a case of BRAC
(BRAC, 1999-08)This is a case study on 106 female fishermen who made success in increasing their household income with the help of BRAC provided services. Fish cultivation was found to be highly correlated with many factors such as ... -
Why some VO members do not benefit from RDP intervention: a panel study of ten selected cases
(BRAC, 1999-09)The Rural Development Programme (RDP) of BRAC provides a comprehensive service to poor women incorporating awareness building, training, savings generation, credit disbursement and income generating activities. The Second ... -
Level and determinants of pregnancy care in developing countries: the case of Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)This study explored the current state of pregnancy care in Bangladesh using data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey (1999-2000), based on a nation-wide representative sample. Data were collected from women ... -
Changing health-seeking behaviour in the context of development interventions: experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)It is generally assumed that socioeconomic development interventions will enhance the-material and social capacities of the poor who are disenfranchised to prevent ill health, and to seek appropriate and timely care. ... -
GO-NGO relations: the BRAC experience
(BRAC, 1998-04)
