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Relationship between democracy and development: Evidence from Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-09)
The paper examines the effect of democracy on the development outcomes of Bangladesh for the period 1972 to 2016. It analyzes both the long-run relation and the direction of causality using the Vector Error Correction Model ...
Cost-benefit study on implementing village courts in union parishads of Bangladesh
(Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2016)
Justice is considered an important element of public service in any state. Apart from the formal system of justice in Bangladesh, two types of rural justice systems are prevalent amongst the rural community: Non-rural ...
What influences adolescent girls' decision-making regarding contraceptive methods use and childbearing? a qualitative exploratory study in Rangpur District, Bangladesh
(© 2016 Public Library of Science, 2016)
Background: Bangladesh has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in South Asia. Child marriage is one of the leading causes of pregnancies among adolescent girls. Although the country's contraceptive prevalence rate is ...
Judges as legislators: benevolent exercise of powers by the higher judiciary in Bangladesh with not so benevolent consequences
(© 2016 Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 2016)
Recently in Bangladesh, there is a discernible (albeit rare) trend of the Supreme Court passing directives to the government for making laws for redressing specific wrongs or addressing some issues of public importance. ...
A Review of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh: the millennium development goal era and beyond
(© 2016 MDPI AG, 2016)
Arsenic contamination in drinking water has a detrimental impact on human health which profoundly impairs the quality of life. Despite recognition of the adverse health implications of arsenic toxicity, there have been few ...
Paradox of change in women’s capabilities: Case of two villages in Bangladesh
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-08)
The paper seeks to understand why women’s capabilities and outcomes significantly vary in two apparently similar contexts characterized by prosperity, international migration and religiosity. By analyzing the data from two ...
Public procurement auditing in Bangladesh: current state and challenges
(BRAC University, 2016-08)
Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi, Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016-11)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi (S. Paratyphi) are two gram negative bacilli, responsible for enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid, respectively). Both of the fever, ...
Exploring the opportunities of a balloon-satellite in Bangladesh for weather data collection and vegetative analysis
(© 2016 IOP Publishing, 2016)
For a third world country like Bangladesh, satellite and space research is not feasible due to lack of funding. Therefore, in order to imitate the principles of such a satellite Balloon Satellite can easily and inexpensively ...
Retreat for senior citizens in Sreemangal, Sylhet
(BRAC University, 2016)
It is expected that Bangladesh, in addition to four other countries in the Asian region,
will be home to majority of the elderly population of the world within the next three
decades. Likewise, decrease in mortality ...