| Study on the first phase of the 100-Day Employment Generation Programme |
| BRAC-RED, NFPCSP and BU-BDI |
| March - 2009 |
BRAC-RED partnered with National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Project (NFPCSP) and BRAC Development Institute at BRAC University to carry out an appraisal of the 100 Days Employment Generation Programme of the Government of Bangladesh through an evaluation of its first phase and the preparation for the assessment of the impact of the entire programme...
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| An Assessment of a Tsunami Warning in South-East Bangladesh |
| Sakiba Tasneem, Moushumi Chaudhury |
| December - 2007 |
| This research aims to look at household responses to a tsunami warning that took place in south-east coastal areas of Bangladesh on 12 September 2007... |
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| Mid-Term Evaluation of BRAC-Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP)-III: Livelihoods of Coastal Char Dwellers |
| Proloy Barua |
| December - 2007 |
| This study was undertaken to explore the socioeconomic status of coastal char (polder) dwellers as a benchmark estimates for the BRAC-CDSP-III (Char Development and Settlement Project).... |
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| Impact Evaluation and Client Satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project |
| Proloy Barua, Munshi Sulaiman |
| September - 2007 |
| BRAC Northwest Microfinance Expansion (NWME) project was initiated in 2002 to increase outreach in that region. Though the impact of microfinance is well established among the practitioners, this study was initiated to investigate whether microfinance expansion in that region had any effect on the well-being of the beneficiaries.... |
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| Analytical Documentation of the Artificial Insemination Programme of BRAC |
| Proloy Barua |
| April - 2006 |
| This paper carries out an analytical documentation of BRAC's Livestock Artifical Insemination Programme with a view to understanding the achievements and challenges that the programme faces from the perspectives of various programme stakeholders and its competitors.... |
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| Rebuilding Lives after the Tsunami: Exploring the Livelihood Status of BRAC’s Beneficiaries in Sri Lanka |
| Munshi Sulaiman |
| March - 2006 |
| BRAC Sri Lanka started rehabilitation and livelihood support programme for the tsunami affected people about 6 months after the disaster. Though the programme components include a range of rehabilitation and livelihood supports, this study focused only on the grant and loan receivers.... |
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| Financing SMEs and its Effect on Employment Generation: A Study of Brac Bank’s SME Lending |
| Mehnaz Rabbani, Munshi Sulaiman |
| June - 2005 |
| Financial and development assistance designed specially for small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh is a new and upcoming trend. This paper looks at the performance of small and medium enterprises that have received loans from Brac Bank with a focus on employment generation.... |
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| Sector Scan of TUP Enterprises: Identifying Determinants of Sustainability |
| Safeena Alarakhia, Proloy Barua |
| March - 2005 |
| A key objective of the CFPR-TUP programme to assist the ultrapoor is the development of sustainable livelihoods, through the transfer of assets and skills to specially targeted ultrapoor members for income generation.... |
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| Delivering inclusive microfinance with a poverty focus: Experiences from Brac |
| Imran Matin |
| October - 2004 |
| Reading discourses right is important. The discourse around microfinance has been and is being shaped by interplay of ideas and forces, and it is important that we understand these dynamics and their implications for a poverty and social performance-centric microfinance future.... |
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| Struggling TUP Members: Lessons from Case Studies |
| Imran Matin, Marufia Noor, Abu M Shihab |
| October - 2004 |
| Learning from stories of cases where things did not go as planned can be very instructive to get a more comprehensive understanding which can help us improve.... |
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