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To produce or not to produce: tackling the tobacco dilemma
(BRAC, 2002-04)
This study seeks to look into the economics of tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh. At tire macro level, tire importance of tobacco farming has been declining. However, a survey conducted on 300
tobacco farmers in 19 villages ...
Enrolment at primary level: gender difference disappears in Bangladesh
(International Journal of Educational Development, 2002-03)
In the recent past, there have been a number of new initiatives to improve the access to primary education in many developing countries. Such initiatives, which came from the public, private and non-governmental (NGO) ...
Dimensions and dynamics of microfinance membership overlap – a micro study from Bangladesh
(Small Enterprise Development, 2002-06)
The microfinance market of Bangladesh is getting rapidly crowded. In certain areas there is also quite high incidence of households taking loans from a number of microfinance providers. Why is this happening? How does it ...
Building community based arsenic mitigation response capacity in four upazilas of Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-06)
BRAC in collaboration with DPHE and 'UNICEF implemented the project entitled "Building
community based arsenic mitigation response capacity" during July 2001 to June 2002 in four
upazilas named Barura, Haimchar, Bahanga, ...
Promoting knowledge of sexual illnesses among women in Bangladesh: can non-governmental organizations play a role?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
BRAC's Daycare Center: notes from non-participant observation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-08)
This non-participant observation study on BRAC's day care centre for the toddlers (started in 1997, located
near the BRAC head office and run by GRC of BRAC) was done to see the existing condition of the center
and how ...
Cost-effectiveness of community health workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002)
Objective To compare the cost-effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) programme run by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which uses community health workers (CHWs), with that of the government TB programme ...
Beneficial effects of a woman-focused development programme on child survival: evidence from rural Bangladesh
(Social Science and Medicine, 2002-11)
This paper reports results from a prospective study of the impact of a woman-focused development programme on child survival in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. The programme was targeted to households owning less than ...
Neonatal death: any role for development interventions?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-09)
Objective: The study aimed to explore whether or not the women focused development
interventions have any effect on neonatal death.
Methods: The qualitative research method was used. Case study of cases (died within
28 ...
Shalish and role of BRAC federation
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002-01)
The study aims to investigate the relationship between the federation and village shalish.
Data were collected through qualitative method from federation members and the village
heads participated in shalish. Members ...