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Combating a deadly menace: early experiences with a community-based arsenic mitigation project in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)Bangladesh is facing the problem of arsenic poisoning in drinking water. Around 27% of the tubewells, which supply drinking water to most of the population, have arsenic concentrations above the government of Bangladesh ... -
Community participation in improving Non-formal Primary Education in Bangladesh: a BRAC experience
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Comparing changes in basic competency, literacy and enrolment of children in Matlab between 1992 and 1995
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-08)In 1995, three year after the baseline survey and initiation of the BRAC-ICDDR'B Joint Research Project in Matlab, a follow up survey was carried out to explore changes in the areas of education. These included enrolment, ... -
Compensating the affected persons of Mohakhali Flyover in Dhaka
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Competencies achievement of BRAC NFPE students improving
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-06)Competency achievement of the students of BRAC non- fonnal primary schools at the end of their primary cycle was assessed and reported in this article. Four cohorts of students were considered and brought under assessment ... -
Completion report on verification and refinement of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) project in selected areas of Bangladesh (SP 36 02)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2004-06)The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) was first developed in the 1980s in Madagascar by Fr. Henri de Laulanie, which offers unprecedented opportunities for improving rice production without dependence on high cost ... -
Continuation of BRAC non-formal school graduates of 1995 in formal school education
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2000-05)The education programme of BRAC not only provides quality basic education to its learners it also put emphasis on their enrolment in formal schools for further education. The Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC ... -
Demographic and socio-cultural consequences of international migration in rural Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-10)This research examines demographic and socio-cultural consequences of south-north migration in the south at the family-level Using data from a nationally representative sample survey of 1,030 families in Bangladesh, the ... -
Determining performance indicators and developing tools for evaluating BRAC Gonokendra Pathagar (Library)
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-07)This study aimed at determining major performance indicators as well as developing tools for evaluating BRAC's Gonokendra Pathagars (community-based libraries). Twelve performance indicators have been determined. A format ... -
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 ... -
Development of standardized achievement tests for BRAC NFPE Schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995)Measurement of learners' achievement in schools continues to be a great concern to educational administrators, teachers and guardians. Learner's status in the school, his/her future endeavors and many other personal ... -
Differentials of the immunization program in rural Bangladesh and the issue of userfee
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998)This study investigated some aspects of the sustainability of the immunization program by exploring the association between immunization coverage and price affordability with some selected socioeconomic variables in rural ... -
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 ... -
Domestic violence against women: does development intervention matter?
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-03) -
Early marriage, bride price and the practice of dowry in Bangladesh villages
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-04)This study estimates the incidence and correlates of early marriage and the practice of dowry in rural Bangladesh. Data for this research came from Watch, a surveillance system of BRAC covering 70 villages in I 0 regions ... -
Education for empowerment: a note on BRAC's Human Rights and Legal Education Programme (HRLEP) at Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996)This study attempts to address selected aspects of BRAC's Human Rights and Legal Education Programme (HRLEP) in Matlab Thana. HRLEP at Matlab began in January 1996 through training of the members of village organizations ... -
Education Watch 2001 : renewed hope daunting challenges
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2002)The Education Watch came into existence in 1998. The first report of the Watch titled Hope not Complacency: Stale of Primary Ed11cation in Bangladesh was published in 1999. The main purpose of this report was to look ... -
Effectiveness of field methods for detecting Arsenic between 0 and 100 ppb in Bangladesh ground water
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Effectiveness of teachers training in BRAC schools
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-03)The study attempted to evaluate the newly designed training module for teachers who are teaching English in class three, four, and five of BRAC NFPE schools. With the knowledge of BRAC graduates' relative weakness in ... -
Effects of BRAC's development inputs on women's lives
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-10)The BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project consists of two phases of research, analysis and interpretation over a 6-year project cycle. Initiated in 1992, research in Phase I (1992- 1995) involved a large cross-sectional ...