Status: Ongoing
Topic(s): Economic Development, Wee-DiFine, Digitalization
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Proloy Barua, PhD, Prataoy Kabya Bhowmik, Khadija Akter Sonia
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economic Development
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Syeda Salina Aziz, Raihan Ahamed, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, Saklain Al Mamun, Rabeena Sultana Ananna, Suranjit Paul
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Climate Change, COVID-19, Economic Development
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil, Khondokar Shakhawat Ali, Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Climate Change, Digitization, Economic Development
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Md. Karimul Islam
Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Date: 2025
Author(s): Beam, Emily A.; Brune, Lasse; Das, Narayan; Dercon, Stefan; Goldberg, Nathanael; Haque, Rozina; Karlan, Dean; Khan, Maliha; Parkerson, Doug; Pople, Ashley; Sawada, Yasuyuki; Udry, Christopher; Zizzamia, Rocco
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Gender and Social Development, Economic Development
Date: 2024
Author(s): Adeeba, Tanjia Tasneem; Mohce, Tahasin Tasnim; Kamruzzaman, Md; Gomes, Mohima; Salam, Maisha Binte; Das, Narayan
Topic(s): Economic Development, Governance and Politics, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
Date: 2024
Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Islam, Rezaul M.
Topic(s): Economic Development
Date: 2023
Author(s): Roessler, Philip; Kumar, Tanu; Bhattacharya, Shreya; Carroll, Peter; Dulani, Boniface; Nielson, Daniel
Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Wee-DiFine
Date: 2023
Author(s): Arteaga, Julian; Carter, Michael; Hobbs, Andrew
Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Wee-DiFine
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): BIGD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD, Innovations for Poverty Action
Date: 2023
Author(s): Jahan, Nusrat; Mozumder, Tanvir Ahmed; Hsu, Sam; Arman, Md. Raied; Arif, Akmam Binte
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Jahan, Nusrat; Huq, Lopita; Arman, Md. Raied
Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
Date: 2023
Author(s): Nur, Jahid; Jabeen, Huraera
Topic(s): COVID-19, Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: Journal of International Development
Date: 2023
Author(s): Rahman, Atiya; Bhattacharjee, Anindita; Nisat, Rafia; Das, Narayan
Topic(s): Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Mobile financial services are reshaping remittances and creating new possibilities for Bangladeshi women in overseas labor. Surveying 2,500 migrant workers, we find that women using mobile money gain autonomy and confidence, supporting continued migration. Yet adoption is unequal—71% of men use mobile money versus 45% of women. Digital inclusion appears key to empowering women and improving migration outcomes.
BIGD conducted a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on BRAC’s pilot initiative, titled Progressing the Retail Sector by Improving Decent Employment (PRIDE). Based on the study, an article titled “The Effects of Job Training on Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Bangladesh”—authored by Afsana Adiba, Md. Shakil Ahmed, Narayan Das, Md. Karimul Islam, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, and Muhammad Shahadat Hossain Siddiquee—was published in the Journal of Development Studies. This blog summarizes the key insights from the article.
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!
Bangladesh’s financial inclusion strides, highlighted at the BIGD Conference, show a 21% rise in overall account ownership in the past decade. Despite progress, the gender gap widened to 20%, emphasizing the need for targeted efforts to empower women in the digital finance landscape.
Despite SHG ownership advantages, rural Chhattisgarh women still face barriers in actively engaging with digital financial services, as revealed by low DFS usage rates, prompting the need for further investigation.
Guest writer Kate Brockie reflects on Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize for her work on women’s labour force participation, and how Dr Goldin’s model relates to trends of women’s work in Bangladesh.
Caregiving is a crucial aspect of ensuring the wellbeing of persons with disabilities. However, due to several reasons including the absence of institutional arrangements and formal training on caregiving, the needs of persons with disabilities get little attention from policymakers and other stakeholders.
Do the people of Bangladesh truly believe they are free as citizens? Are they comfortable expressing their opinions on social media? A recent nationally representative survey offers valuable insights into the sentiments of Bangladeshi citizens regarding these questions.
Qualitative research finds that mobile phones serve as a gateway to accessing DFS and play a pivotal role in transforming Nigeria’s female domestic workers’ financial landscapes.
Creative qualitative methods can unveil aspects of participants’ financial lives that may be difficult to articulate in verbal interviews, such as nuanced contexts, details, and emotions. How effective are participatory research methods like photovoice as opposed to traditional quantitative survey methods?
9:00 am Milonpur (9th Floor), BIGD
BIGD organised the Bangladesh Economic Research Network's (BERN) Annual Dhaka Winter Conference in Economics, in collaboration with the Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB). The day-long conference brought...
10:00 am Dhaka, Bangladesh
The International Conference on Economic Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities will be jointly organised by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
11:00 am Milonpur (9th Floor), BIGD
On June 28, BIGD hosted an interactive discussion on the National Budget for FY 2025-2026. Following a presentation by Dr. Towfiqul Islam Khan, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speakers and participants...
9:00 am BIDS, E-17 Agargaon, Sher-e-Banglanagar, Dhaka 1207
The Annual Dhaka Winter Conference in Economics Research, hosted by Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in collaboration with Bangladesh Economic Research Network (BERN) and the Association for Economic and Development...
10:00 am Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Office of the Chief Economist for the South Asia Region of the World Bank—in collaboration with the Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice of the World Bank—and the BRAC Institute of Governance and...
4:30 pm Webinar
The Master of Arts in Governance and Development (MAGD) program at BIGD, Brac University, has been training promising policymakers in Bangladesh and beyond to become high-impact leaders since 2005. In 2022, MAGD was meticulously redesigned...
10:00 am BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium
BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) organized its international convening in 2023–"Making Digital Finance Work for Women." The two-day hybrid conference took place on 21-22 June 2023, where recent global research insights...
10:00 am BRAC Centre
Conference Day One: The conference’s opening day featured inspiring speakers who shared their expertise and insights. Dr Imran Matin, Executive Director, BIGD, emphasized the need for policies addressing inequality of opportunity and...
3:00 pm BRAC Centre Inn Conference Room (1st Floor)
The Global Findex Database 2021 Powerpoint Slides │ Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine) Powerpoint Slides While Bangladesh made great strides toward financial inclusion between 2014 and 2017, as measured...
10:00 am Webinar
Since 2011, the World Bank’s Global Findex Database has been the definitive source of data on global access to financial services from payments to savings and borrowing. The Findex data and its insights have driven numerous applications...
Publisher: Prothom Alo
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Economic Development, Humanitarian, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Cities
Publisher: Dhaka Tribune
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Gender and Social Development
Publisher: Dhaka Tribune
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economic Development, Gender and Social Development
Publisher: Protidiner Bangladesh
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economic Development
Publisher: Dhaka Mail
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economic Development
Publisher: VoxDev
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Climate Change, Economic Development, Gender Justice
Publisher: New Age
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Economic Development, Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Daily Star
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Economic Development, Governance and Politics, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Daily Star
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
