Facebook commerce, or F-commerce, offers women an opportunity for self-employment. As one example, Nadia Rahman, a student and a painter, loves to sketch life and nature using sarees and kurtis (Bangladeshi tops) as canvases.

Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil, Khondokar Shakhawat Ali, Mirza M. Hassan, PhD, Syeda Salina Aziz, Asif Shahan, PhD, Rohini Kamal, PhD, Fariza Rahman
Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Climate Change, Digitization, Economic Development, Gender Justice, Governance and Politics
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Md. Karimul Islam
Topic(s): Digitization, Economic Development, Skills and Jobs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Md. Raied Arman
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Md. Shakil Ahmed, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD
Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Education
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Sakib Mahmood, PhD
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Skills and Jobs
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Tasfia Mehzabin
Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Cities, Climate Change, COVID-19
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19, Skills and Jobs
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD, Md. Shakil Ahmed
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: Development in Practice
Date: 2024
Author(s): Khan, Tahsina Naz; Bhattacharjee, Anindita; Das, Narayan; Hossain, Marzuk A.N.; Rahman, Atiya; Tabassum, Asma
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: Development in Practice
Date: 2023
Author(s): Gomes, Mohima; Jahan, Nusrat; Shatil, Tanvir; Tahsin, Nabila; Das, Narayan; Matin, Imran.
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Shafi, Yasin
Topic(s): Digitization, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Islam, Touhidul
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Jahan, Nusrat; Huq, Lopita; Arman, Md. Raied
Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Islam, Touhidul
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Antara, Iffat Jahan; Islam, Touhidul
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
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: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Ahmed, Md Shakil; Adiba, Afsana; Shatil, Tanvir; Tanchangya, Ratul; Das, Narayan
Topic(s): Education, Skills and Jobs
Facebook commerce, or F-commerce, offers women an opportunity for self-employment. As one example, Nadia Rahman, a student and a painter, loves to sketch life and nature using sarees and kurtis (Bangladeshi tops) as canvases.
Girls in the classroom of the BRAC branch office Photo: Afsana Adiba BRAC Branch Office, Dhaka Dokkhin, Sylhet, Bangladesh For the last two days, I have been meeting underprivileged youths who received, or are receiving, BRAC’s skills training of various...
The idea of distance learning is not new in Bangladesh. With the recent popularity of the internet, a large group of people are following this learning process. However, it is limited to privileged groups who have the resources to avail…
Photo: © Dominic Chavez/World Bank licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 With the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Bangladesh on 8 March 2020 and the initiation of a lockdown on 26 March 2020¹, the livelihoods of a significant number of...
Following the trajectory of global structures of inequality, the death and mayhem the pandemic has brought in its wake has locked down humans in their countries, cities, and homes. As the novel Coronavirus has spread rapidly, governments all over the...
Nazmeen (17), a mother of an 8-month old child, works at three different apartments in Mohammadpur as a housemaid. Married off at the tender age of 15, she had never completed her schooling and had to take on the heavy...
A child often dreams big, despite its circumstances, blissful and naive. That is why when we ask a poor child what it wants to be in life, we often get somewhat audacious answers like a pilot, a doctor, or a...
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Photo Credit: Zehad-Al-Mehedi BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)—in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Knowledge Initiatives, Bangladesh—hosted a three-day-long workshop on Thinking Qualitatively: Principles...
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BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, (BIGD), in partnership with the University of Cambridge, LUMS, and Azim Premji University, organized a workshop on “Young people and Work in South Asia” as a part of a new initiative to...
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View PowerPoint slides Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) have been jointly conducting a multi-phase study since April 2020 to capture the evolving health and...
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View the PowerPoint slides Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) has been jointly conducting a multi-phase COVID-19 Livelihoods and Recovery Panel Survey since April...
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Presentation by Dr Imran Matin | Presentation by Joydeep Sinha Roy UNESCO-UNEVOC celebrates World Youth Skills Day on 15 July every year to raise awareness about the importance of youth skills development. The United Nations...
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Presentation on Evidence from Bangladesh: Dr Imran Matin | Presentation on Global Evidence: Dr Rachel Glennerster BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) organized an online discussion on the implications and emerging...
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View the PowerPoint Slides here While the Bangladesh economy has largely recovered from the initial COVID-19 shock, the recovery has been uneven across industries. Its effect remains severe on the economic and psychological...
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View the webinar deck here Among the different sectors affected by COVID-19 in Bangladesh, the effects of this global pandemic have been particularly acute on small and micro-enterprises. As a part of our Rapid Research Response (RRR)...
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Webinar Deck | Report With lower startup costs and a broader reach, a growing number of entrepreneurs in Bangladesh have recently turned to the online retail market. A large percentage of these entrepreneurs are female who...
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View the webinar deck here The education system in Bangladesh has always struggled to provide quality education to nearly 40 million children enrolled in schools. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this learning crisis as all...
Publisher: Dhaka Tribune
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Humanitarian, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: New Age
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Education, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: The Daily Star
Date: 2025
Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Business Standard
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Financial Express
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs
Publisher: Daily Frontline
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Business Standard
Date: 2024
Topic(s): Gender Justice, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: Bangla Insider
Date: 2023
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: The Daily Star
Date: 2023
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: BDNews 24
Date: 2023
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation