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Fighting arsenic at the grassroots: experience of BRAC's community awareness initiative in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
The study evaluates the arsenic mitigation project of BRAC in raising awareness of arsenic poisoning in rural
communities in Bangladesh. Data came from selected project villages in south-western Bangladesh. Comparison
villages ...
Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's experience with the ultra poor programme (TUP working paper -3)
(BRAC, 2004-09)
This paper describes and draws lessons from the experience of engaging village elite in
support of the ultra poor through the Gram Shahayak Committees (GSC), as part of
BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme. The paper addresses the ...
Rebuilding lives after the Tsunami: exploring the livelihood status of BRAC's beneficiaries in Sri Lanka
(BRAC, 2006-03)
BRAC Sri Lanka started rehabilitation and livelihood support programme for the tsunami-affected
people about 6 months after the disaster. Though the programme components include
a range of rehabilitation and livelihood ...
Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)
This report presents a detailed description of development of assessment tools for the
evaluation of students' learning achievement on the basis of 53 terminal competencies
specified by the National Curriculum and Textbook ...
Improving in-house medical waste management: a pilot research
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-12)
BRAC has undertaken a pilot project on improving in-house medical waste management in
collaboration with three selected hospitals (Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Institute of Child Health
and Shishu Shasthya Foundation, and one ...
Level and determinants of pregnancy care in developing countries: the case of Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-11)
This study explored the current state of pregnancy care in Bangladesh using data from the
Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey (1999-2000), based on a nation-wide representative
sample. Data were collected from women ...
Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2007-09)
Bangladesh is known for its microfinance outreach. However. the density of microfinance is
not evenly distributed. The poorer region, specially the northwestern part of Bangladesh has
long been underserved by the ...
Early childhood development: child -to-child approach
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-03)
In Bangladesh, programs for children up to five years have been
directed to ensure their survival, physical growth and good health. There is no nation
wide structured program that addresses the cognitive, emotional, and ...
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. ...