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Role and impact of directly elected woman members on Union Parishad - a case study of two upazilas
(BRAC University, 2006-09)
Developing a computational grammar for Bengali using the HPSG formalism
(BRAC University, 2006)
This paper describes the first phase of developing a computational grammar for Bengali using the Head- Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) formalism.
The HPSG formalism is a highly developed framework that combines ...
Rapid assessment survey of current sanitation immunization and contraception status in selected unions
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-11)
e-Bulletin February 2006
(BRAC University, 2006-02)
N-gram based statistical grammar checker for Bangla and English
(Center for research on Bangla language processing (CRBLP), BRAC University, 2006)
This paper describes a statistical grammar
checker, which considers the n-gram based analysis of words and POS tags to decide whether the sentence is grammatically correct or not. We employed this technique for both Bangla ...
Collaborative lexicon development for Bangla
(BRAC University, 2006)
This paper addresses the issue of building a Bangla lexicon with a collaborative effort through stand alone application and web based interface. The words in the lexicon will be annotated with a combination of tags addressing ...
Governance and the media
(BRAC University, 2006-12)
Using both secondary literature on the media and primary data collected via in-depth interviews with a diverse range of government officials, journalists , academics , researchers, law makers, NGO representatives , social ...
BRAC Research: Annual Report 2005
(BRAC, 2006-05)
A tale of two wards: political participation and the urban poor in Dhaka city
(BRAC University, 2006-12)
This paper is based on research conducted by a research team including Ashrafuzzaman Khan , Omar Faruq Siddiki and Md. Bayazid Hasan of RED , BRAC . The author is grateful to professor Nazrul Islam of Centre for Urban ...
Morbidity and poverty measuring economic burden of illness requiring inpatient services
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-12)
Severe illnesses may have important consequences for the poor in terms of the costs of
treatment they have to bear and income erosion effects of those illnesses. The resulting
depletion of wealth may also transmit poverty ...