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BRAC Research: Annual Report 2005
(BRAC, 2006-05)
Morbidity and poverty measuring economic burden of illness requiring inpatient services
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2006-12)
Severe illnesses may have important consequences for the poor in terms of the costs of
treatment they have to bear and income erosion effects of those illnesses. The resulting
depletion of wealth may also transmit poverty ...
Socioeconomic and regional disparity in the utilization of reproductive health services in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
Although the health care system has significantly expanded in Bangladesh during the last two decades,
the health status of the population has remained very poor because .of the uneven distribution of health
services. ...
Workshop proceedings of imp-act thematic group meeting on understanding the wider impacts of microfinance
(BRAC, 2002-03)
The proceedings brief the outcomes of the third Imp-Act thematic group meeting on
understanding the wider impacts of micro finance (MF) as a part of the three-year Global
Impact Assessment Project funded by Ford Foundation. ...
Publlc service delivery in education: the BRAC experience
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)
BRAC, a non-governmental development organisation in Bangladesh, has been working
for the socio-economic advancement of the poor, especially the women and children. It
has long experience in providing basic public health ...
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 ...
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 ...