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Does wealth increase affect school enrolment in ultra-poor households: Evidence from an experiment in Bangladesh
(Practical Action Publishing, 2015-06)
Access to education is usually found to be highly correlated with household income and wealth. This correlation often instigates an expectation that increasing income of the poor households will lead to greater human capital ...
Assessment of procurement process of carriage rehabilitation project at Saidpur workshop implemented by Bangladesh railway based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI
(Brac University, 2018-11)
Government organizations has a significant share in the economic activities in the developing countries. Hence, establishing a specific structure of government procurement has become so important for a country like Bangladesh. ...
Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a lowand-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh
(BMJ Journals, 2020-12-17)
Research has shown that persons with disabilities require
greater sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and
services than persons without disabilities. However, this
need is often neglected in most of the ...
Rural Study Series
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 1995-12)
The Rural Study Series is a modest venture for dissemination of BRAC research studies
concerned with various aspects of rural development in Bangladesh. Poverty alleviation
and empowerment of the poor, particularly of ...
Improving personal income tax compliance in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-02)
This paper aims to examine the current scenario of personal income tax in Bangladesh and
ways to improve the compliance behavior of the potential and eligible taxpayers of the
country. In order to conduct the survey, a ...
McDonaldization without a McDonald's: globalization and food culture as social determinants of health in urban Bangladesh
(© Association for the Study of Food and Society 2013, 2013)
Bangladesh is one of the few developing countries where there is no McDonald's and yet the process of “McDonaldization” is in full progress. This paper explores the food consumption practices of a group of affluent ...
Patterns and trends in food consumption in poor urban and rural households in Bangladesh: the field survey results
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)
The economic impact of E-commerce
(BRAC University, 2005)
E-commerce has a significant impact on business costs and productivity. E-Commerce has a chance to be widely adopted due to its simple applications. Thus it has a large economic impact. It gives the opportunity for “boundary ...
Women focused development intervention reduces neonatal mortality in rural Bangladesh: a study of the pathways of influence
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)
Background: There has been a substantial reduction in hazard of childhood death in
Bangladesh over the last decade. The reduction was much greater in case of infants
whose mothers participated in the development program. ...
Poverty reduction and MDG localization: a case study of the IGVGD Programme in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2007)