BRAC: Recent submissions
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Socioeconomic differentials of the members of BRAC Gonokendra Patltagar
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002-06)This study aimed to document the socioeconomic background of the members of BRAC Gonokendra (community-based library). to identify why some members did not avail its services and why some members of the Management Committee ... -
Status of BRAC graduates in secondary schools: an exploratory investigation
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002-10)This study aimed at examining the status of BRAC graduates in formal secondary schools. Three hundred and twenty BRAC graduates from 20 NFPE schools who were transferred to grade VI in formal schools in 1999 were chosen ... -
Achievement of competencies of the students of BRAC non-formal primary schools
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Socioeconomic impact of BRAC Schools
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002)BRAC, one of the largest NGOs in Bangladesh, stru1ed the Non-formal Primary Education (NFPE) programme to help achieve its twin objectives of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor. BRAC firmly believes that the ... -
Time distribution in different teaching-learning activities in BRAC schools
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002-08)This study aimed to explore different teaching-learning activities in BRAC schools, distribution of time in different activities and its relationship with students learning achievement. The study was done in 30 fifth ... -
Education Watch 2001 : renewed hope daunting challenges
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002)The Education Watch came into existence in 1998. The first report of the Watch titled Hope not Complacency: Stale of Primary Ed11cation in Bangladesh was published in 1999. The main purpose of this report was to look ... -
Employment and wage status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report looked into the employment status of the ultra poor and factors affecting the extent of employment. Findings showed that 92% of the households were with economically active population. Majority of the rest ... -
Demographic and social characteristics of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report aimed to understand the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the ultra poor. Analysis of data clearly showed that the ultra poor households were smaller in size than the rural average. One-third ... -
The educational status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report describes the state of education of the ultra poor by considering four indicators namely: net enrollment rate of children between 6-10 years of age, adult and household literacy rates, educational status of ... -
The process of poverty and the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report focuses on the poverty process - how they become poor, the reasons for their falling into poverty. Poverty is multi-causal. On average 1.7 causes were identified by the respondents. Major causes of poverty ... -
The extreme poverty in Bangladesh: an overview
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)By reviewing existing literature this report focuses on methodological issues related to the identification of ultra poor in Bangladesh. According to different statistics up to 40% of the rural poor in Bangladesh remains ... -
Changes in socio-economic condition of Ex-VGD women: a review report
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Literature review of women's empowerment
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NGOs and village impacts: a case study of perceptions
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Sustainability assessment of BRAC's rural development programme: a pilot study
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-09)This is a pilot study on the sustainability of BRAC Rural Development Prgoramme (RDP). As because of the short duration (I) the sustainability of social and economic aspects of RDP VOs and (2) the sustainability of AO ... -
NGOs and village impacts: a case study in Badhair Union
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Measuring the dynamics of BRAC's contribution to employment generation
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-09)This study explores the areas of employment /types of job created through BRAC activities and estimates the actual achievements of BRAC in terms of numbers and/ or person-years of employment generated. BRACpaid full-time ... -
Hybrid rice adoption in Bangladesh: a socio-economic assessment of farmers' experiences
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)The study aimed at finding the farm-level adoption pattern, differential performances, relative profitability and constraints to adoption of two hybrid rice varieties viz., Alok 6201 and Sonar Bangia (CNSGC 6). These ... -
BRAC's contribution to gross domestic product of Bangladesh
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-07)This paper estimates the contribution of BRAC programmes to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh. BRAC's contribution to GDP of Bangladesh has been divided into four components. These are 1) Value added in BRAC ... -
Listening to the "Extreme Poor": IGVGD participants speak on their success
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-07)Those dealing with the issues of poverty and development have recently acknowledged the heterogeneity of the poor. The extreme poor rest on the other side of this poverty spectrum. Women in the extreme poor households ...
