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Effect of BRAC's rural development programme on calorie consumption: evidence from Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)
This report describes the association between calorie consumption and socioeconomic status indicators and examines the effect of BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) membership on per capita daily calorie consumption. ...
Cost-benefit analysis of BRAC's sericulture programme
(BRAC, 1998-12)
The Sericulture Programme of BRAC is one of the most ambitious among BRAC sector
programmes. Since 1992 BRAe has gone through a large scale expansion of the plantation
programme. Major components of the programme are: ...
Environmental awareness in rural Bangladesh: levels and differentials
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-01)
This report assesses the level of environmental
awareness in the rural communities of Bangladesh.
Findings reveal that nearly half of the people were aware
about the change of environment and its implications
although ...
An analysis of the situation of community schools in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-12)
Contributing towards a strengthening of the government's Universal Primary
Education Programme- Education For All- by the year 2000, has been one of the
important aims of BRAC education programme. To materialize this aim ...
Learning achievement of the students after completion of grade five from BRAC schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-11)
The Non-Formal Primary Education (NFPE) programme of BRAC introduced class four
and five to its curriculum to mesh with the formal primary education. BRAC launched
this primary education programme in its 1000 schools ...
Socioeconomic development and human well-being: seasonal survey on nutrition: first round
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-12)
BRAC/DPHE/UNICEF collaboration on community-based Arsenic response
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999)
The severity of the problem of arsenic in ground water in Bangladesh is now well
recognized. 97% of the population relics on ground water for drinking and cooking
purposes and it is estimated that half of the country may ...
A note on the performance of RDP (1996-'98)
(BRAC, 1999-04)
Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1991)
As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since ...
Main Findings reports of the RDP impact assessment study
(BRAC, 1995-02)
Introduction
The 1993-94 Impact Assessment Study (lAS) of the Rural Development Programme
(RDP) has been carried out by BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division, with
consultancy assistance from the Centre for Development ...