Browsing by Subject "Community"
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Bangabandhu Square Rajshahi
(Brac University, 2020-05)Bangabandhu Square is essentially a cultural center and complex that is aimed to serve the residents and students of a community in Rajshahi. The complex is planned to be established in the area of Talaimari in Rajshahi ... -
Community economic development ultimately ensures social development
(BRAC University, 2008)Community Economic Development (CED), a North American perspective which focuses on creating employment, income maintenance, empowering powerless and poor people, business development, sharing ownership, and government ... -
Do poor people’s dreams ever come true? Educational Aspirations and Lived Realities in Urban Slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Springer Link, 2022-02)Bangladesh has made progress in advancing adolescent girls’ education, but there remain substantial evidence gaps around age and gender differences in motivations, retention, and access to education for adolescents living ... -
Evaluating community ORT programmes: indicators for use and safety
(© 1986 Oxford University Press, 1986)Community-based oral rehydration programmes to reduce diarrhoea-related mortality have been initiated in many developing countries in recent years. However, to date few evaluation studies have been carried out on these ... -
The experience of engaging in occupation following stroke: a qualitative meta-synthesis
(© 2013 British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2013)Introduction: A meta-synthesis is a means of extracting data from multiple qualitative studies about the same topic, re-analysing the findings and bringing them together as a collective whole. Data from six qualitative ... -
An in-depth discussion on the volunteer activities among the Rohingya Communities
(Brac University, 2020-09)The purpose of the report is to have an in-depth discussion of the volunteer activities among the Rohingya communities. Secondary data have been used to categorize the volunteer type according to their incentive payment. ... -
An institute of emendation and training for Juveniles, Joypurhat
(Brac University, 2022-01)Juveniles are the resource for building and moving for any nation of the world but juvenile delinquency become an obstacle towards the development of both global and national. The immense rise of juvenile delinquency ... -
Is the BDP ultra-poor approach working? Survey of some key issues
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2007-05)Though BRAC’s CFPR/TUP is the specialized program for the ultra-poor, it is observed that a good portion of its microfinance clients are also very poor and require special attention. Moreover, some of the poorer households ... -
Learning through community service: Bangladesh perspective
(BRAC University, 2008)This paper discusses the need to practice “Service Learning” as an effective way of learning for the university students in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a very fertile land to practice service learning which advocates volunteer ... -
The lived experience of older adults'occupational adaptation following a stroke
(© 2013 Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2013-02)Background/aim: Following a stroke, individuals' abilities may not match the demands of their environment and occupations, resulting in compromised occupational performance. The process of adaptation can enable adjustment ... -
Probin Nibash
(Brac University, 2020-05)‘Probin Nibash’ located in Donokandi region of Sylhet Sadar Upazila would place perfectly as it is in a serene area and is located further away from the city bustle. This care home aspires to ensure the well-being of senior ... -
Redesigning the Azimpur colony: housing complex for government employees Azimpur, Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2018)Housing in Dhaka, in the most crowded urban communities in the world has turned out to be more a need than desire. Due to economic reasons, Dhaka is as of now with shortage of grounds for giving home to its tenants. Thus, ... -
Revisiting group dynamic and legal rights
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-11)BRAC Human Rights and Legal Services Program (HRLS) was initiated to form the ward-based Legal Rights Implementation Committee (LRIC) comprised of 19 members to ensure justice for the vulnerable women of the community. The ... -
Rural women participations in community development activities of Shan State in Myanmar: case study in Pekhon township area
(BRAC University, 2019-07)The purpose of the study is to explore the reasons role and challenges of rural women’s participation in community development activities of Shan State in Myanmar. Throughout the history of Myanmar, especially in Shan ... -
Sensitizing communities to eliminate discrimination and violence against women: An assessment of Brac’s intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-06)The project titled "Sensitizing communities on CEDAW" was a part of the Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) program implemented in Gazipur to sensitize people about CEDAW to prevent violence against women and sexual ... -
Using change rankings to understand poverty dynamics: Examining the impact of CFPR/TUP from community perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-09)Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially among the poorest. In this ... -
Who trusts others? community and individual determinants of social capital in Bangladesh?
(BRAC University, 2013-07)This paper presents new evidence on the individual and community specific determinants of social trust using data from 96 villages in Bangladesh, a country with high levels of institutional corruption and poor governance. ... -
বাতায়ন : breathing space within extreme urban density
(BRAC University, 2018)Mogbazar intersection is one of the busiest nodes in Dhaka. Amid extreme urban density and a multitude of socio-economic issues, the introduction of fly-overs without much consideration of the area itself introduced further ...
