| A Study on Job Satisfaction and Retention of BRAC University Faculty Members |
| Ahmed Tareq Rashid, Ferdous Jahan |
| March - 2006 |
| This study aims to find out what attracts faculty to join BRAC University (BU), analyze issues related to job satisfaction, and reasons for their leaving the university. The target population consists of the existing full-time as well as dropout faculty members... |
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| Voices of the youth: Findings from youth consultation in Bangladesh |
| Tariq Omar Ali, Nuzhat Imam, Raihana Karim, Nasheeba Selim |
| February - 2006 |
| This report is a synthesis of “youth voices” from consultation meetings carried out with twenty-three youth groups by the authors in four parts of Bangladesh – Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi and Sylhet... |
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| Popular Expectations of Government: Findings from Three Areas in Bangladesh |
| Tariq Ali, Naomi Hossain |
| February - 2006 |
| This paper presents findings from research into expectations of government, based on focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and urban Bangladesh. The research was designed to help improve our understanding of the political constraints shaping public policy with respect to poverty.... |
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Slum Eviction and Experiences of the Slum Dwellers: A Close Observation
In Bangla |
| Mamun-ur-Rashid. Supervised by: Shahaduz Zaman |
| December - 2005 |
| This study aimed to explore the social and economic dynamics that led to and followed the eviction of Kalyanpur basti, home of some 1,675 families, demolished in December 2003... |
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| Building Positive Attitudes Towards Gender Equality: A Baseline Survey of Gender Quality Action Learning |
| M Abdul Alim, Ahmed Tareq Rashid |
| December - 2005 |
| The study aims to find out the pre-intervention status on knowledge, perception and attitude of rural people towards gender relations... |
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| Women's Bargaining Power and Extreme Poverty- An Exploratory Study of Gendered Relations of Women in the Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) Programme |
| Sohela Nazneen, Nasheeba Selim |
| November - 2005 |
| This paper explores whether poor women’s (who are part of the CFPR/TUP programme) agency within the household structure changes with the change in their economic positioning in the household. It examines possible links between asset gained through the programme and how women’s economic power shifts in the household, which may in turn increase their bargaining power in the household.... |
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| A Study on BRAC’s Palli Shamaj |
| Ahmed Tareq Rashid, Md. Abdul Alim |
| September - 2005 |
| Palli Shamaj is a ward-level organization consisting of representatives from several village organizations of BRAC and outside poor members. The study aims to depict a regional density mapping of geographical distribution of Palli Shamaj and their activities and the number of elected Palli Shamaj members in union parishad elections. Data were collected from 9,440 Palli Shamaj from 55 regions of BRAC.... |
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| Is social capital the missing link? An exploratory study of Gram Shahayak Committee effectiveness |
| Karishma Huda, Sabeel Rahman, Catherine Guirguis |
| March - 2005 |
| This exploratory study aims to assess the quality and effectiveness of the social linkages fostered by BRAC between ultra-poor women and the village elite. In particular, this study examines the issues surrounding the Gram Shahayak Committees (GSC) established to complement the Targeting Ultra Poor Programme.... |
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| An approach towards communications and change: How communications can build social capital for the ultra poor |
| Jenevieve Mannell, Arvid Chowdhury |
| February - 2005 |
| BRAC’s Advocacy and Human Rights Unit (BAHRU) has developed a social communications programme that goes beyond traditional approaches of marketing communications. The goal of the programme is long -term – to improve the situation of the ultra poor through increased awareness and mobilisation of the community.... |
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| Gender and good governance issues in local government of Bangladesh: A Baseline Report of Extension Phase |
| M Shahadat Hossain Siddiqee |
| December - 2004 |
| The focal objective of BRAC Social Development Program is to strengthen women’s socio-political assets through promoting awareness of social, political and economic issues..... |
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