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Globalising Southern Approaches to Reducing Extreme Poverty: Policy Adoption of BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor Graduation Program

Date: 2024

Author(s): Hashemi, Syed M.; Montesquiou, Aude de

Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation

Publisher: Development in Practice

Journal Article

Impact of COVID-19 on Celebration of Death, Mortuary, and Funerary Customs in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study

Date: 2024

Researcher(s): Rahman, Md Abdur; Islam, Md Redwanul; Chowdhury, Monidipa & 3 others

Topic(s): COVID-19

Journal Article

What I Say Depends on How You Ask: Experimental Evidence of the Effect of Framing on the Measurement of Attitudes

Date: 2024

Researcher(s): Bloem, Jeffrey R.; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur

Topic(s): Wee-DiFine

Publisher: Economics Letters

Working Paper

Being New Poor in Bangladesh: Coping Strategies, Constraints, and Trajectories

Date: 2024

Researcher(s): Nazneen, Sohela; Ahamed, Raihan; Aziz, Syeda Salina & 7 others

Topic(s): COVID-19

Publisher: Institute of Development Studies

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WEE-DiFine is a research initiative that seeks to generate a comprehensive body of evidence that addresses the impact of digital financial services (DFS) on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and the causal mechanisms between the two by funding rigorous research across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. The economic empowerment of women is a crucial development issue, which DFS has the strong potential to advance.

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Applied Research and Implementation Initiative (DigiDev)

The Applied Research and Implementation Initiative (DigiDev) during 2020-2023 will develop the organizational capacities of BRAC and BRAC International to integrate digital innovations into poverty programs. This will take place with support from BRAC’s Institute for Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC International’s Independent Evaluation Research Cell (IERC), BRAC Social Innovation Lab and BRAC USA, working closely with country and program teams across the BRAC family.

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2 September 2024

Thanking our Peer Reviewers for their Contributions to the WEE-Connect and WEE-DiFine Review Process

WEE-DiFine Team

This year BRAC Institute of Governance and Development launched back-to-back requests for proposals for the WEE-Connect and WEE-DiFine Initiatives, respectively. We received an impressive number of submissions to each! Peer reviews are the building blocks of the proposal review process and our reviewers have been nothing short of outstanding in lending their important insights and time to the success of our review process. As a gesture of heartfelt gratitude, here’s a list of the amazing peer reviewers who supported our 2024 review process!

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27 August 2024

Developing Solutions through Digital Financial Services Research: Spotlight on Maliha Rahanaz

Tasnuba Sinha and Kym Cole

A recipient of the Developing Solutions Scholarship from the University of Nottingham, Maliha Rahanaz's research focuses on development economics, women’s economic empowerment, migration, and education. She is currently involved in a project that investigates the role of digital financial services in enhancing the economic empowerment of female domestic workers in Bangladesh. BIGD's WEE-DiFine team sat down with Maliha and learned about her passion for research, her ongoing projects in Bangladesh, and much more.

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27 August 2024

Let’s seize the opportunity to further gender equity in Bangladesh

Maheen Sultana

As Bangladesh makes strides towards gender equity, significant gaps remain in ensuring all women benefit from progress. With recent shifts in policies and global support, there is a unique window of opportunity to address these disparities. This blog underscores the importance of seizing this moment to push for transformative changes that will make gender equity a reality for all women in Bangladesh.

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Multimedia

Are You Passionate About Making a Difference? MAGD Alumnus Khan Md. Nurul Amin NDC Shares His Story

Visual Documentary

Ten Years After Rana Plaza: Remembering, Learning, and Moving Forward

BIGD Holds Virtual Launch Event for Redesigned MA in Governance and Development (MAGD) Program

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Changing Village

This ethnographic study by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Brac University, explores the dynamic transformations in rural Bangladesh over the past three decades. Focusing on eight selected villages across the country, it aims to understand cultural, economic, and environmental changes through narrative inquiry. The study employs qualitative tools to gather comprehensive data, facilitating a deeper understanding of rural life.

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Adolescents in Urban Slums and Low-Income Settlements in Dhaka During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global crisis of unprecedented scale, both in terms of public health and the world economy. The world came to an economic stand-still, and the poor and vulnerable populations still bear the brunt. The COVID-19 crisis response has generally ignored adolescents as a separate group. This study explores how the crisis has affected adolescent education, livelihoods and psychosocial well-being.

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Multimedia

Are You Passionate About Making a Difference? MAGD Alumnus Khan Md. Nurul Amin NDC Shares His Story

Visual Documentary

Ten Years After Rana Plaza: Remembering, Learning, and Moving Forward

BIGD Holds Virtual Launch Event for Redesigned MA in Governance and Development (MAGD) Program

Studies

Changing Village

Adolescents in Urban Slums and Low-Income Settlements in Dhaka During COVID-19