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Changing Village

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): Governance and Politics, Skills and Jobs, Social Transformation, Climate Change, Digitization, Economic Development, Gender Justice

Impact Assessment of BRAC’s Disability Inclusive Ultra-Poor Graduation (DIUPG) Programme

Status: Ongoing

Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD, Narayan C. Das, PhD, Sheikh Touhidul Haque, PhD, Semab Rahman

Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation

Economic Empowerment of Women Clients through a Gender Transformative Microfinance Program (GTMF)

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Maheen Sultan, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Marjan Hossain

Topic(s): Social Transformation, BRAC Programs, Gender Justice

The State of Learning in Bangladesh

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD, Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Marjan Hossain, Hossain Zillur Rahman

Topic(s): COVID-19, Social Transformation, Education

The Social Life of Masks

Status: Completed

Researcher(s): Shahaduz Zaman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil, Faruq Hossain

Topic(s): COVID-19, Social Transformation

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Journal Article

Menstrual hygiene management in flood-affected Bangladesh: addressing socio-cultural barriers, infrastructure gaps, and policy responses

Publisher: Frontiers in Public Health

Date: 2025

Author(s): Al-Mamun, Md.; Kalam, Abul; Karim, Md. Zawadul; Alam, Marufa; Khan, Tauhid Hossain

Topic(s): Climate Change, Gender Justice, Social Transformation

Working Paper

Group versus Individual Coaching for Rural Social Protection Programs: Evidence from Uganda, Philippines, and Bangladesh

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): Economic Development, Social Transformation, Gender and Social Development

Working Paper

Protecting Women’s Family Rights in a Minority Community: Hindu Family Law Reform in Bangladesh

Publisher: Institute of Development Studies

Date: 2025

Author(s): Sultan, Maheen; Roy Nath, Shravasti; Rabbi, Abu Sayem; Islam, Mohaiminul

Topic(s): Gender and Social Development, Gender Justice, Social Transformation

Journal Article

What pushes males to marry underage girls? Demand-side insights of child marriage from northern Bangladesh

Publisher: Journal of Public Health

Date: 2025

Author(s): Islam,Md. Karimul; Barua, Proloy; Ahmed, Md Shakil

Topic(s): Cities, Gender and Social Development, Social Transformation

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Challenges in the Distribution of School Stipends in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Field Survey

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2025

Author(s): Matin, Imran;  Islam, Ashik Sufi; Tamim, Sheikh Arman

Topic(s): Education, Social Transformation

Working Paper

গ্রামীণ সংস্কৃতির পালাবদল (Changing Rural Culture)

Publisher: BIGD

Date: 2025

Author(s): Shatil, Tanvir; Zaman, Shahaduz

Topic(s): Governance and Politics, Social Transformation

Report

Qualitative Study on BRAC DIUPG: Findings from Early Stage

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

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22 October 2025
মাধুরী গোস্বামী ও তাসলিমা আক্তার

“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 শৃঙ্খলা যখন শারীরিক বা মানসিক শাস্তিতে পরিণত হয়, তখন তা শিশুকে নানাভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত করে। শারীরিক শাস্তি দিলে শিশুদের আত্মবিশ্বাস কমে যায়, তাদের শেখার আগ্রহ নষ্ট হয়, এবং তাদের মানসিক স্বাস্থ্যের ওপরও মারাত্মক প্রভাব পড়ে।

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2 September 2024
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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21 December 2023
Anwesha Bhattacharya, Erik Jorgensen, Urvi Naik, Aruj Shukla, and Charity Troyer Moore

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.

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27 November 2023
Shravasti Roy Nath and Taslima Aktar

BIGD’s study in Hazaribagh, Bangladesh, sheds light on the use of veils by 10-14-year-old girls as a protective measure against harassment, revealing the intersection of societal norms, patriarchy, and child labour challenges.

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12 October 2023
Md. Karimul Islam and Md. Kamruzzaman

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.

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13 July 2023
Rabeena Sultana Ananna and Madhuri Goswami

In a world driven by monetary transactions and material pursuits, there are individuals who willingly dedicate their time, skills, and energy to non-paid work. But, what motivates these volunteers to engage in unpaid work, when the pressures of earning a living and fulfilling personal needs loom large?

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27 November 2022
Maisha Fairuz

I interviewed Rehana (pseudonym) on a rainy day in mid-September. It was a muggy and mundane afternoon, as mundane as Rehana’s life would be as I was thinking.

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8 November 2022
Touhidul Islam

A t-shirt with a colourful illustration from the famous Bengali detective novel Feluda or a Kamij with a verse by poet Jibananda Das printed on it—young people wearing clothes with eye-catchy visuals has become a frequent but not so common sight in Dhaka.

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7 September 2022
Raihana Sayeeda Kamal and Sadia Chowdhury

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.

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31 August 2022
WEE-DiFine Team

The WEE-DiFine team is grateful to each of our peer reviewers for their time and contributions to our proposal review process! As a gesture of gratitude, we are listing the names and institutional affiliations of each individual that completed a peer review for WEE-DiFine during our third request for proposals.

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Nov '25

Knowledge-Sharing: British Academy Bilateral Research Chairs Project

9:00 am Shah Suja Hall, Ocean Paradise Hotel & Resort, Cox's Bazar

"The Education Research in Conflict and Crisis: Bilateral Research Chairs" project aims to generate and promote the use of new, operationally and policy-relevant evidence on “what works” to deliver education to children affected by...

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Jun '25

Enhancing Livelihoods for Youth with Disabilities: Evidence from the STAR+ Programme Impact Evaluation

9:00 am BRAC Centre

On June 17, BIGD and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) co-hosted a knowledge-sharing session titled "Enhancing Livelihoods for Youth with Disabilities: Evidence from the STAR+ Programme Impact Evaluation." The...

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Oct '23

Workshop | Poverty Transitions and Social Protection: Experiences of and Attitudes Towards Urban Poverty

10:00 am Amari Dhaka

A workshop on Poverty Transitions and Social Protection: Experiences of and Attitudes Towards Urban Poverty, was organized by BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University, in collaboration with the Institute of...

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Sep '23

Responses to Social and Political Impact of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: What do we know so far?

4:00 pm BRAC Centre Conference Room

BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) hosted a roundtable discussion on Responses to Social and Political Impact of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: What do we know so far? on September...

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Sep '22

A talk by Michael Carter, Distinguished Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis

3:00 pm BRAC Centre Inn Meeting Room -1

BIGD arranged a talk session with Professor Michael Carter, Distinguished Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis on September 6, 2022. He talked about his research based on a five-year RCT in...

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Oct '22

Seminar on Engaging Youths in Shaping Bangladesh’s Future in a Transforming World

3:00 pm BRAC University Auditorium

As the world faces an array of overlapping and interlinked challenges, layers of uncertainty are added to people’s lives and years of progress made in human development are reversed.  Dangerous planetary pressures, sweeping societal...

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Jun '22

Featuring Women’s Economic Empowerment & Digital Financial Services (WEE-DiFine) at the International Conference on Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

2:00 pm BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium

BIGD’s WEE-DiFine Initiative was featured at the International Conference on Digitalization and New Frontiers of Service Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges. Speakers presented WEE-DiFine’s objectives and portfolio, foundational...

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Feb '22

WEE-DiFine Webinar – Supporting Applicants: Breaking Down Barriers to Success in the RFP Application Process

8:00 pm Webinar

  Click here to view the presentation slide deck (PDF) Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine)  is a research initiative aimed at generating a comprehensive body of evidence on the causal impact...

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May '21

Adolescent Experiences in Chittagong and Sylhet: The Adolescent Student Programme and COVID-19 Impact

6:30 pm Webinar

Adolescent Experiences in Chittagong and Sylhet Divisions - Baseline: PowerPoint Slides | Report  Adolescents' Experiences of COVID-19 in Chittagong and Sylhet: PowerPoint Slides | Report A recent study conducted among...

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Apr '21

WEE-DiFine Webinar Series Part 2: Developing Competitive Proposals

8:00 pm Webinar

Women’s Economic Empowerment and Digital Finance (WEE-DiFine) is a research initiative aimed at generating a comprehensive body of evidence on the causal impact of digital financial services on women’s economic empowerment. Based at...

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