Publications (Brac Institute of Governance and Development): Recent submissions
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The ‘fishnet approach’ to livelihood improvement in depressed basins: Evidence from BRAC’s Integrated Development Programme
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-02-27)The multidimensional nature of poverty renders comprehensive development efforts encompassing livelihoods, health, and education as well as communal support, essential for achieving equality in growth. Such an integrated ... -
Paradigm shift or business as usual? workers’ views on multi-stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-02-24)The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of stakeholders to take action to prevent future ... -
Lifting the lockdown: What are the options for low and middle-income countries?
(Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 2020-06-11)To limit the social, economic and psychological damage caused by strict social distancing interventions, many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are seeking to ease restrictions. However, it is unknown what a ‘safe ... -
Estimating catastrophic costs due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Bangladesh
(Atlantis Press, 2020-06-07)To eliminate TB from the country by the year 2030, the Bangladesh National Tuberculosis (TB) Program is providing free treatment to the TB patients since 1993. However, the patients are still to make Out-of-their Pocket ... -
Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 in low and middle-income countries: An options overview of community-based, non-pharmacological interventions
(Springer Link, 2020-08)In low and middle-income countries (LMICs), strict social distancing measures (e.g., nationwide lockdown) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are unsustainable in the long-term due to knock-on socioeconomic and psychological ... -
Assessing the water quality of canals in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
(Scientific and Academic Publishing, 2020-09-15)Environmental degradation related to hazardous pollutants from economic activity became a major concern in many rapidly developing mega cities of the global South. In this study, the level of selected parameters (pH, TDS, ... -
Exploring water consumption in Dhaka city using instrumental variables regression approaches
(Springer Link, 2020-09-24)This paper explores water consumption in Dhaka city for better understanding of its usage, and considers the implications of findings from distributive rationale. Using 459 household survey data collected by BRAC Institute ... -
An adaptive governance and health system response for the COVID-19 emergency
(Science Direct, 2021-01)In the absence of an efficacious and affordable vaccine, the current crisis of COVID-19 is likely to be a long drawn one for many developing countries. In Bangladesh, where the entire population is susceptible and strict ... -
The moral and political economy of the pandemic in Bangladesh: Weak states and strong societies during COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2021-01)As the Covid-19 pandemic spread in 2020, the government of Bangladesh ordered a lockdown and promised a program of relief. Citizens complied at first, but soon returned to economic and social life; relief proved slow and ... -
Finding out fast about the impact of COVID-19: The need for policy-relevant methodological innovation
(Elsevier, 2021-04)In this viewpoint we explore one joint research initiative in Bangladesh to illustrate how methodological innovations using mobile phone technologies and pre-existing survey databases can generate rapid and insightful data ... -
Demand for tobacco products in Bangladesh
(BMJ Journals, 2021-04-02)Tobacco tax increase is considered as one of the most effective means to reduce tobacco consumption and its consequences. An increase in taxes, which results in an increase in the price of tobacco products, reduces ... -
From over to optimal irrigation in paddy production: What determines over-irrigation in Bangladesh?
(Springer Link, 2021-04-22)This paper examines the level of optimal irrigation and the determinants of over-irrigation in paddy production since about three-fourth of freshwater withdrawal is used to irrigate paddy plants in Bangladesh. Cobb–Douglas ... -
A good mix against ultra-poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2021-07-13)Published in the Review of Developmental Economics, the existing evidence from the article shows that programs that provide grants to productive assets along with training to very poor women increase labor supply, earnings, ... -
Intersecting barriers to adolescents’ educational access during COVID-19: Exploring the role of gender, disability and poverty
(Elsevier, 2021-09)This article explores the social determinants of adolescents’ access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic in three diverse urban contexts in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Jordan. It provides novel empirical data from the ... -
A stepping stone approach to understanding harmful norms
(Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), 2021-02)Harmful social norms often persist despite legal and economic sanctions against them. Can the abandonment of a harmful norm be facilitated by the presence of a 'mildly harmful' alternative that may act as a stepping stone ... -
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 ... -
Analysing the glass ceiling and sticky floor effects in Bangladesh: Evidence, Eetent and elements
(Springer Link, 2021-08-16)This article was published in SN Business & Economics. With deep-seated gender imbalances prevalent in Bangladesh, it is compelling to understand how those women, who do manage to get employed, are faring in terms of equity. ... -
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 ... -
Resource Booklet CFPR-II Evaluation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2008-06)Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) is one of the relatively recent additions to BRAC’s long experience with development approaches. This experimental program was launched in 2002 with a complete package ... -
Making citizen’s charter effective in public organizations of Bangladesh: Rhetoric or reality? A study of department of immigration and passports
(The University of Bergen, 2011)Citizen’s Charter (CC), as a means of improving public service delivery, has become popular around the world since the 1990s. In order to change administrative rigidity and enhance the responsiveness of public organizations ...