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A documentation on BRAC's Shastho shebika: exploring the possibilities of institutionalisation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-10)
Shastho shebikas (SS) are health cadres, selected from BRAC's Village Organisations
(VO). They are the nucleus of BRAC health programmes and are trained in preventative,
promotive and curative aspects of health. As the ...
Changing health-seeking behaviour in the context of development interventions: experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
It is generally assumed that socioeconomic development interventions will enhance the-material
and social capacities of the poor who are disenfranchised to prevent ill health, and to seek
appropriate and timely care. ...
Sector scan of TUP enterprises: identifying determinants of sustainability
(BRAC, 2005-03)
A key objective of the CFPR-TUP programme to assist the ultra poor is the development of sustainable
livelihoods, through the transfer of assets and skills to specially targeted ultra poor members for income
generation. ...
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 ...
Combining methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: lessons from BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme (TUP working paper -2)
(BRAC, 2004-08)
This paper aims to assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting
strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty
Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aims ...
Hybrid rice adoption in Bangladesh: a socio-economic assessment of farmers' experiences
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
The study aimed at finding the farm-level adoption pattern, differential performances,
relative profitability and constraints to adoption of two hybrid rice varieties viz., Alok
6201 and Sonar Bangia (CNSGC 6). These ...
Self-report and test discrepancy evidence from national literacy survey in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-11)
This paper aims to explore the discrepancy between self-reported and test based literacy
estimates. The Education Watch national literacy survey data of 2002 were used to do so,
where literacy status of a nationally ...
The proposed James P. Grant School of Public Health: a pre-feasibility study
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2001-09)
Risk factors of violent death in rural Bangladesh, 1990-1999
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003)
Role of local elites and village level sanitation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2005-12)
This study aimed to explore the role of local elites and associated factors that prevent or
promote sanitation facilities to the poor. The study was conducted in five communities of tive
villages of Nilphamari and ...