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Developing, Testing, and Scaling Up a model of Citizen Engagement in Public Procurement

Public procurement affects virtually all aspects of our lives—health, education, economic opportunities, and quality of life. About a third of government budget, or roughly $16 billion, is spent on public procurement. Of this, $13 billion is spent on the procurement…

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Developing, Testing, and Scaling Up a model of Citizen Engagement in Public Procurement
Bringing in the Right Players in Policy Research: The Case of the Economics of Tobacco Taxation in Bangladesh?

Bringing in the Right Players in Policy Research: The Case of the Economics of Tobacco Taxation in Bangladesh?

Context: A Country with a High Burden of Tobacco World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that globally seven million people die from tobacco use every year. Tobacco is associated with a number of serious, and often fatal, diseases: it may cause…

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Jan 70

BIGD-IGC-GED Webinar | Coping with COVID-19: The Case of Bangladesh

View the report here Bangladesh’s 8th Five Year Plan (8FYP) is set to go into effect in July 2020, and the parliamentary session on the National Budget for FY2020-21 begins at the end of the week.  To adjust for the...

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Jan 70

Macroeconomic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences beyond the spread of the disease itself. In the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment, it has forced governments worldwide to implement large-scale containment measures, such as limiting economic activities to...

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Jan 70

BIGD Digital Inclusion Series (Episode 3): Last Mile Experience of Mobile Financial Services During COVID-19

View the webinar deck here The proportion of Mobile Financial Services (MFS) account holders have been significantly increasing worldwide, but the COVID-19 pandemic globally has encouraged people to use online and mobile channels for their daily financial activities more than...

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Jan 70

Report Launch: Livelihoods, Coping, and Recovery During COVID-19 Crisis (Phase II)

Webinar Deck | Report Nearly seven months have elapsed since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Bangladesh. It has become evident by now that the pandemic and its impact is going to last much longer than we...

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Jan 70

Launching of Strategy Primer: The Future of Digital in Bangladesh

Powerpoint Slides | Strategy Primer | Digital Readiness Assessment Bangladesh has been experiencing a digital transformation as well as sustained economic growth. Pockets of production are revolutionized by new technology; we are anticipating progress, but certainly not overnight. Against the...

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Jan 70

PPRC-BIGD Rapid Response Research Phase III: Poverty Dynamics and Household Realities Part 1

View the powerpoint slides here One year into the Covid-19 pandemic, the poor across Bangladesh are still struggling with their livelihoods and facing emerging vulnerabilities, like mounting debt and dwindling savings. Specially, the situation of the urban slum dwellers is...

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Jan 70

Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) organized a three-day international conference titled Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges from 20 to 22 June 2022 at the BRAC Center Inn Auditorium, Dhaka. Researchers, practitioners and policy actors from around the...

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