BRAC has become one of the largest indigenous NGOs in the world since its beginnings in 1979. This book contains an overview of BRAC programmes in credit, education, health, and agricultural extension work with poor communities, and how BRAC is organised. It includes: * The Bangladesh context and im...
Shahnaj Parveen, Ingrid‐Ute Leonhäuser
Although women constitute about half of the Bangladesh population, their social status especially in rural areas remains very low. Rural women belong to the most deprived section of the society facing adverse conditions in terms of social oppression and economic inequality, a visible majority of the...
Abdul Rehman, Luan Jingdong, Imran Hussain
The basic objective of this paper is to determine and analyse the province-wise literacy rate in Pakistan and its impact on the economy. Pakistan belongs to those nations who have the world's worst literacy rate, which is the main reason for its slow agricultural growth and sluggish economy. In this...
Sarah Salway, Sonia Jesmin, Shahana Rahman
Drawing on survey and ethnographic data, this article presents empirical evidence regarding the impact of work participation on poor women's lives in urban Bangladesh. Working for pay is common among poor, married women in Dhaka and working women commonly make an important contribution to household ...
Asmaa Abdullah, Sondra Zeidenstein
Description of how rural women in Bangladesh villages are being integrated into the development process in order to achieve rural development goals. The 1st section describes relevant aspects of the lives of rural women as they perceive them and focuses on how these women determine their priorities ...
Raisuddin Ahmed, Mahabub Hossain
Katy Gardner
1. Discordant developments: an introduction 2. Histories of connection: colonialism, migration and multinationals 3. Material Connections: Resources and Livelihoods in Duniyapur 4. Our Own Poor: Social Connections, 'Helping' and Claims to Entitlement 5. Claims of Partnership and Ethical Connection :...
Sidney Ruth Schuler, Farzana Islam, Elisabeth Rottach
This article explores the changing dimensions of women's empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women's empowerment, and describes findings from a rece...
Naomi Hossain, Mick Moore
Summaries The Bangladeshi national elite are distanced from and unthreatened by poverty and the poor. Medium-term solutions to poverty, resting on a belief in the importance of ‘increasing awareness’ through education, rather than in direct public action, are favoured. The poor are viewed as homogen...
Nurudeen Abu
A bstract . The Grameen (grameen means rural) Bank of Bangladesh has innovated a mechanism under which credit can be provided to the poorest of the poor on a group liability basis instead of any collateral. Based on this principle, over the last decade, the bank has been successfully operating with ...
Anne Marie Goetz
Managing Development in Women's Interests The Research and Its Context Gender, Poverty and Credit Programmes for Women in Bangladesh Pioneers or Outlaws? A Profile of Women Development Agents Local Heroes? How Field Workers Determine Policy Outcomes Managing Organizational Change The Gendered Organi...
R. Radhakrishna, Kalanidhi Subbarao, S. Indrakant, C. Ravi
No AccessWorld Bank Discussion Papers12 Aug 2013India's public distribution systemA national and international perspectiveAuthors/Editors: R. Radhakrishna, K. Subbarao, S. Indrakant, C. RaviR. Radhakrishna, K. Subbarao, S. Indrakant, C. Ravihttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-4090-5SectionsAboutPDF (0.3 ...
Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Shams El Arifeen, Md. Abdullah Al-Mamun, Shusmita Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh urban population is expected to overtake rural population by 2040, and a significant part of the increase will be in slums. Wide disparities between urban slums and the rest of the country can potentially push country indicators off track unless the specific health and nutriti...
Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar, Iftekharul Huq, Biva Arani Mallik
Street food vending is a prevailing and distinctive part of a large informal sector in Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. The paper attempts to gain insight into the business of street food vendors: highlight the problem areas and identify some key factors that positively affect their sales reve...
Geoff Wood
The article argues that explanations of problematic governance are institutional rather than organizational and have their roots in the deep structures of society. Bangladesh is used as an exemplar for such analysis, deploying the notion of the institutional responsibility square comprising four ins...