Browsing Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Issue Date
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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 ... -
The political economy of urban space: land and real estate in Dhaka City
(BRAC University, 2012-07) -
Climate change finance and governance: Bangladesh perspectives
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Internationalization of the Renminbi: theory and evidence
(BRAC University, 2012-08)We investigate the possibility of the Chinese currency, Renminbi (RMB), becoming a dominant international currency. Using a qualitative analysis of the volume of trade and financial transactions, especially cross-border ... -
Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: A randomized control trial evaluation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-12)The world’s poorest people lack both capital and skills and are trapped in low return occupations. However, whether their economic lives can be transformed by programs which attempt to tackle both constraints by providing ... -
Exploring the causes and process of becoming child domestic worker
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-01)The study aimed to explore the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households with and without Child Domestic Workers (CDW), and explore the causes and process of becoming CDWs in Bangladesh. Both quantitative ... -
Promoting & embedding voice mechanisms for accountable governance: concepts, tools and practices
(BRAC University, 2013-03) -
Democratic transition in Bangladesh: challenges towards consolidated democracy
(BRAC University, 2013-03) -
Geo-politics, democratization and external influence: the Bangladesh case
(BRAC University, 2013-03)Bangladesh’s strategic importance is enormous as it is located at the heart of two very important regions of the globe and might turn out to be a hub in South and Southeast Asia. Recognizing the country’s strategic ... -
Access to water in urban poor settlements: addressing crisis through good governance
(BRAC University, 2013-04) -
Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-04)Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term Randomized Control Trial of a program that simultaneously provides assets and training to the ... -
Improving tax compliance in Bangladesh: a study of Value-Added Tax (VAT)
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Access to urban basic services and determinants of satisfaction: a comparison by non-slum and slum dwellers in Dhaka city
(BRAC University, 2013-06)Dhaka has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades. However, the city’s infrastructure and basic utility service provisions lag behind its physical expansion making it one of the least livable cities in the world. ... -
Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
(BRAC University, 2013-06)Bangladesh has made significant stride as far as women empowerment is concerned reflected in various gender indicators. However, the country’s progress has seen less satisfactory in one particular area and that is domestic ... -
Institutional approach to anti-corruption: an evaluation of the Anti Corruption Commission in Bangladesh
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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. ... -
Democratic consolidation in Bangladesh: a reality check
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Primary education in Bangladesh: policy transfer, external influence and national ownership
(BRAC University, 2013-07)This paper aims to explain and analyze how external influence works to transfer the policy agenda from the international practices in the country’s primary education sector and assess the national ownership in the context ... -
How do intra-household dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from Brac’s “targeting the ultra poor” program in Bangladesh
(International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2013-12)Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals’ ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions that target ...
