Series No. 14
Small Groups and Performance of Village Organizations in Rural Development Programme of BRAC |
| Mohammad Rafi, Shah Asad Ahmed, SM Alamgir Hossain, Md Fazlul Haque, Tapon Kumar Dus |
| June - 1999 |
| To maintain discipline and efficiency of the RDP village organizations (VO), small groups are formed. The VOs as part of the small groups are expected to carry out number of responsibilities. The objectives of this study were to investigate 1) the status of small groups; 2) the extent to which the small groups contribute to the performance of VOs; and 3) the causal mechanisms that helped/hindered the performance of VOs.... |
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Series No. 12
Prevalence of anaemia and intestinal parasites in a rural community of Bangladesh |
| SM Ziauddin Hyder, Sadia A Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R Chowdhury |
| September - 1998 |
| This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of anaemia among males and females in a typical rural community in Bangladesh.... |
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Series No. 11
Women, workload and the women's health and development programme: are women overburdened? |
| Kaosar Afsana, Syed Masud Ahmed, Maliha Mayeed, Rita Das Roy, Fazlul Karim |
| August - 1998 |
| This study investigated whether different activities of Women's Health and Development Programme (WHDP) overburdened the participating women.... |
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| Rural Study Series 7-10 |
| Reserach and Evaluation Division |
| December - 1995 |
Issue 7. "Rural Women in Poverty Alleviation: Six Case Studies"
Issue 8. "Continuation of Education of BRAC’s Non-Formal Primary School Graduates in Formal Schools"
Issue 9. "Evaluation of Community Participation in a Maternal and Child Health Programme Setting in Rural Bangladesh"
Issue 10. "Antenatal Care Service Coverage Through Village Based Centres: A Close Observation"
The Rural Study Series is a modest venture for dissemination of BRAC research studies concerned with various aspects of rural development in Bangladesh. Poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, particularly of the disadvantaged women are the two major goals of BRAC.... |
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Rural Study Series 6
A Tale of Two Wings: A Tale of Two Wings Health and Family Planning Programmes in an Upazila in Northern Bangladesh |
| BRAC Research and Evaluation Division |
| May - 1985 |
| Bangladesh is committed to attaining Health for All by the year 2000. The Upazila Health Complex, supported by union level subcentres and domiciliary health and family planning activities, are the major vehicles through which the government wants to achieve this goal. Several non-governmental organisations, including BRAC, have come forward to help achieve the goal... |
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Series No. 5
Ashram village: An analysis of resource flows |
| BRAC Reserach and Evaluation Division |
| August - 1980 |
| This study is the second of BRAC’s village micro-studies undertaken in the process of training a group of BRAC staff in the essentials of observational research. This kind of research was initiated with a view to gaining a systematic understanding of the social system that operates in the rural areas of Bangladesh and that underpins the resource structure of the village.... |
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Rural Study Series 4
Peasent perceptions: Law |
| Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC |
| June - 1980 |
| Finding out the target groups thinking on various issues obviously best assesses these needs. The Peasant Perception series has analyzed the target groups’ viewpoint on credit, famine and sanitation. This study is an attempt to ascertain their perceptions about the law.... |
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Rural Study Series 3
Peasent perceptions: Famine, credit needs and sanitation |
| Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC |
| May - 1980 |
| Studies on ‘Famine’ and ‘Credit Needs’ under the Peasant Perceptions Series were first published in mimeographed forms in 1985 and the copies were distributed to development planners, administrators and researchers. Inspired by their appreciations, a printed form of the studies was introduced in 1991... |
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Rural Study Series 2
The Net: Power Structure In Ten Villages |
| BRAC Research and Evaluation Division |
| February - 1980 |
| During the Emergency Relief Programme conducted in drought affected areas in 1979 BRAC workers had the opportunity to come into very close contact with the landless and disadvantaged members of the rural community. From discussions with them much valuable information was obtained about the manner in which people occupying positions of authority utilized their advantageous positions... |
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| Ashram village: An analysis of resource flows |
| Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC |
| January - 1980 |
| Although the resource structure in the rural areas of Bangladesh is still based primarily on land, there are gradual trends to diversify into other forms of resource utilization... |
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