Browsing BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) Archive by Title
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Evaluation of the WFP assisted wheat-soya blended (WSB) food supplementation on nutrional status
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-06)Wheat soya blended (WSB) food was distributed ~ong 74,000 'poorest of the poor' households in 5 highly flood-affected districts in Bangladesh under an agreement signed in May 1999 between BRAC and World Food Programme. ... -
Experiences gained in tackling the arsenic disaster: final report on arsenic mitigation project in Sonargaon and Jhikorgachha
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-06)This report describes the experiences gained in the "action research on community-based arsenic mitigation project" implemented by BRAC in Sonargaon and Jhikorgachha upazilas of Bangladesh. The project was implemented ... -
An exploratory study of selected NGO health centers in Bangladesh
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Exploratory study on BRAC's NGO cooperation project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)BRAC embarked on an NGO Cooperation Project to enhance efficiency of the small and medium NGOs in effective micro-finance management vis-a-vis augmentation of micro-finance activities for poverty alleviation. The newly ... -
Exploring changes in the lives of BRAC women: a gender perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-10)This qualitative study conducted (to explore the changes in ideology, attitudes and aspirations of the rural women involved with BRAC Village Organizations (VO) with "- respect to gender equity.' Being a part of BRAC-ICDDR,B ... -
Exploring changes in the lives of the ultra poor: an exploratory study on CFPR/TUP members
(BRAC, 2004-09)Since January 2002, BRAC has started a new experimental programme for the ultra poor called, 'Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor' (CFPRffUP). This programme targets the ultra poor who ... -
Exploring reasons of variation in target achievement in sanitary latrine construction under school sanitation programme of BRAC WASH
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009-06)Since 2007 BRAC's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme has been promoting construction of sanitary latrines with water source and waste management provision at the girls' secondary educational institutes in 150 ... -
Exploring the current status of sanitary latrine use in Shibpur Upazila, Narsingdi District
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Exploring the perception of different stakeholders regarding BRAC pre-primary schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-12)BRAC began piloting its pre-primary school program with 40 schools in 1997. The number of ongoing pre-primary schools stands at 950 at present. Another 484 schools have already been closed. The present study is based on ... -
Exploring women’s perception on birth process through body mapping
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-09)To explore women's perception on birth process 'body mapping' exercise was conducted with three different categories of rural women; trained traditional birth attendants (TBA), untrained TBAs and women who had never ... -
The extreme poverty in Bangladesh: an overview
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)By reviewing existing literature this report focuses on methodological issues related to the identification of ultra poor in Bangladesh. According to different statistics up to 40% of the rural poor in Bangladesh remains ... -
Facilitated access to health facilities for treatment of illnesses experiences of the ultra poor households in the CFPR/TUP Programme
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Factors affecting mortality and disbursement of insurance benefits to female members of BRAC village organization
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2001-01)BRAC has been implementing multi faceted programmes such as rural development programme, education prograrnme, health and nutrition programme for poverty alleviation. The core of rural development programme IS the fom1ation ... -
Factors affecting performance of the ethnic minority students in secondary schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-12)BRAC started working with secondary education through its post primary basic education program since 2001. After piloting in 20 schools BRAC is now operating this program in 250 schools of which 175 have different ... -
Factors affecting the performance of delivery centre
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2011-08)The study aimed to measure the performance of delivery centres (DC) and explore the factors related to performance of DCs. Data were collected using qualitative methods during December 2009 - January 2010 from six DCs ... -
Factors contributing to change in the occupation of BRAC household heads
(BRAC, 1998-09)This paper aims to explore the underlying reasons of BRAC household heads getting involved in farm and non-farm sectors, the nature and extent of change in their occupation between 1993 and 1996 and contribution of BRAC ... -
Factors influencing utilization of Manoshi delivery centers in urban slums of Dhaka
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2009-12)BRAC introduced Manoshi - a community-based maternal, neonatal and child health initiative in urban slums of Bangladesh in 2007. Community delivery centers were established to provide appropriate management of delivery ... -
Family size preferences among Matlab couples
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Features of loan disbursement at matlab RDP during 1992-1995
(BRAC, 1996)BRAC's credit programme forms the core of the Rural Development Programme (RDP), itself the central programme of BRAC's development interventions. In the context of the BRAC - ICDDR,B Joint Research Project in Matlab, ... -
Female-headed households and the ultra poor in Bangladesh
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This report focuses on the magnitude of FHHs among the poorest and examines their socio-economic profile to highlight the distinction between FHHs and the entire sample. Female-headed households (FHHs) are of two types: ...