7 October 2026
Women hold more than 1.4 million local offices in India, yet husbands often make the decisions. A Madhya Pradesh pilot tests training, peer networks, and women-only forums to change that.
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): James W. Khakshi; Farah Muneer; Saadman Faisal and Noriya Mahin Chowdhury
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Skills and Jobs
Status: Completed
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Topic(s): Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Climate Change, Digitalization, Economic Development, Gender Justice, Governance and Politics
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Sakib Mahmood, PhD and Md. Rakib Hossain
Topic(s): Economic Development, Gender Justice, Social Transformation
Status: Ongoing
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Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD; Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD and Md. Kamruzzaman
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Education, Gender Justice
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Narayan C. Das, PhD
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Social Transformation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan; Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD and Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Gender Justice, Social Transformation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD; Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD; Marjan Hossain and Hossain Zillur Rahman
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Education, COVID-19
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2026
Author(s): Al-Mamun,Md.; Hossain, Faruq; and Goswami, Madhuri
Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Humanitarian, Social Transformation, Education, Gender and Social Development, Care work
Publisher: International Journal of Educational Development
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Author(s): Bhowmik, Prataoy Kabya; Sonia, Khadija Akter; Selby, Katharine; Barua, Proloy; and Howard, Justine
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
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Author(s): Carew, Mark T.; Islam, Riana; Chowdhury, Soujannita; Shatil, Tanvir; Banks, Lena Morgan; Shakespeare, Tom; Kuper, Hannah; and Das, Narayan
Topic(s): Economic Development, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation
Publisher: Frontiers in Public Health
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Author(s): Al-Mamun, Md.; Kalam, Abul; Karim, Md. Zawadul; Alam, Marufa; and Khan, Tauhid Hossain
Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Justice, Social Transformation
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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; and Zizzamia, Rocco
Topic(s): Economic Development, Social Transformation, Gender and Social Development
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Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Roy Nath, Shravasti; Rabbi, Abu Sayem; and Islam, Mohaiminul
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Author(s): Islam, Md. Karimul; Barua, Proloy; and Ahmed, Md Shakil
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Author(s): Matin, Imran; Islam, Ashik Sufi; and Tamim, Sheikh Arman
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Education
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2025
Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir and Zaman, Shahaduz, PhD
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2025
Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir and Zaman, Shahaduz, PhD
Women hold more than 1.4 million local offices in India, yet husbands often make the decisions. A Madhya Pradesh pilot tests training, peer networks, and women-only forums to change that.
“ছাত্র আপনারে দিয়ে গেলাম, আপনি শুধু হাড্ডিগুলা ফেরত দিয়েন”—বাংলাদেশে শিক্ষকদের উদ্দেশ্যে অভিভাবকদের বলা একটি অতিপরিচিত বাক্য। এর পিছনে যে ভাবনাটি কাজ করে তা হল শিশুকে মূলত মারধর করেই শৃঙ্খলা শেখানো সম্ভব।
প্রতিটি বাবা-মা চান তাদের সন্তান সুশৃঙ্খল ও দায়িত্বশীল হোক, এবং জীবনের প্রতিটি চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলার জন্য প্রস্তুত থাকুক। কিন্তু বাস্তবতা হচ্ছে শারীরিক শাস্তি দিলে শিশুদের আত্মবিশ্বাস কমে যায়, তাদের শেখার আগ্রহ নষ্ট হয়, এবং তাদের মানসিক স্বাস্থ্যের ওপরও মারাত্মক প্রভাব পড়ে।
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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