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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 ...
The political economy of urban space: land and real estate in Dhaka City
(BRAC University, 2012-07)
Women’s empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa
(World Bank, 2018-12)
Women in developing countries are disempowered relative to their contemporaries in developed countries. High youth unemployment and early marriage and childbearing interact to limit human capital investment and enforce ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Need assessment of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2017-08)
There has been a continued influx of the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) across the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar since 25 August 2017. As a consequence, the large numbers of people (FDMN) have unexpectedly ...
The under reporting of women’s economic activity in Bangladesh: An examination of official statistics
(BRAC Development Institute (BDI), 2011-02)
In Bangladesh, women are engaged in a variety of economic activities ranging from homestead based expenditure saving activities to outside paid work. However, women’s work always remains under-reported, especially women’s ...
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 ...