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Development and human security in Asia: an analysis from human rights and cultural relativism point of view
(BRAC University, 2015-10)
This paper attempts to discuss the conflict between the liberal doctrine of Universal Human Rights
and cultural relativism from the view point of development and human security in Asia. Using the
Universal Declaration ...
An assessment of road safety knowledge of drivers and community: An impact evaluation of the project intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2015-12)
The endline study was undertaken by the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. Highlighting the aim of BRAC's road safety program of achieving zero fatal road accidents, the existing community-centric knowledge was ...
Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania
(2015-10)
The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ...
Factors influencing the performance of a public private partnership in the digital services sector
(https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/factors-influencing-the-performance-of-a-public-private-partnership-in-the-digital-services-sector/, 2015-11)
The paper empirically investigates the performance of a Public-Private-Partnership initiative to spread public digital services in Bangladesh. The government established digital centres, run by two-member private entrepreneurial ...
Sea level rise and coastal flooding in urban area: the case of Chittagong City Corporation
(BRAC University, 2015-10)
Sea level rise differs among coasts across the globe due to inherent differences in physical settings
and human activities. Projection on relative changes in the sea level is important to understand
the possible impacts ...
An evaluation on Bangladesh agribusiness development project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2015-10)
The rural economy of Bangladesh is largely occupied by primary agricultural activities resulting in low-productivity of inputs and unemployment of rural labour. Due to limited soil productivity, the possibility of escalating ...
Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Indexing the performance of Bangladesh in achieving the MDGs
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-11)
The study evaluated the performance of regions in Bangladesh, both across divisions and districts, in their attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Based on the data from the Multiple Cluster Survey and applying ...
Economic growth, poverty and inequality revisited
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2015-09)
The paper inspects the dynamics of economic growth, poverty and income inequality in different countries over time. The experience with economic growth and inequality show that both absolute and relative inequalities in ...