| Managing scaling up challenges of a programme for the poorest: Case study of Brac’s IGVGD programme |
| Imran Matin, Rabeya Yasmin |
| May - 2004 |
| In: CGAP/WB (ed), 'Scaling up poverty reduction: Case studies in Microfinance' |
| BRAC approaches microfinance as a key instrument to build ladders of opportunity for the poorest people, who tend to be left out. BRAC’s main point of departure from conventional thinking is that, although the poorest do need subsidy-based programs to supply their immediate food needs, microfinance can play a fundamental role in constructing a long-term, sustainable foundation for improving food security and livelihoods.... |
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| Fighting Arsenic: Listening to Rural Communities Willingness to Pay for Arsenic-Free, Safe Drinking Water in Bangladesh |
| A Junaid, BN Goldar, M Smita, M Jakariya |
| December - 2002 |
Water and Sanitation Program- South Asia
The World Bank |
| Arsenic contamination of ground water has adversely affected the access to safe drinking water sources for over 30 million people in Bangladesh. Alternative filtering technologies and development of different types of water distribution systems and sources are being proposed as possible solutions..... |
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| Anaemia and iron deficiency in women: Impact of iron supplementation during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh |
| S M Ziauddin Hyder |
| February - 2002 |
| Published by: Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden and Research and Evaluation Division, BRAC |
| Iron deficiency anaemia is a global public health problem that affects women in all stages of the reproductive cycle. Current iron supplementation strategies in public health settings have met with limited success.... |
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| Bangladesh: An intervention study of factors underlying increasing equity in child survival |
| Abbas Bhuiya, AMR Chowdhury, F Ahmed and AM Adams |
| August - 2001 |
In: Evans T. et al. (eds.), 'Challenging Inequities In Health: From Ethics to Action'
Oxford University Press |
| Through a collective effort of researchers and practitioners called the Global Health Equity Initiative (GHEI), a set of in-depth country studies and conceptual analyses on health equity were undertaken. The main findings of this effort are presented in this book with the central claim that issues of equity, or distributive justice, deserve primary consideration in health and social policy deliberations.... |
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| Counting the hills: Assessing development in Chittagong Hill Tracts |
M Rafi, AMR Chowdhury (eds)
University Press Ltd. |
| June - 2001 |
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| Very little was known about the various facets of the development process or of the obstacles to development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The signing of the Peace Accord between the Government of Bangladesh and the PCJSS in December 1997 has created a favourable atmosphere for the development of the region. This study by BRAC is one of the pioneering works to understand the development needs of the Chittagong Hill Tracts... |
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| Education Watch 2000:A QUESTION OF QUALITY:State of Primary Education in Bangladesh(Volume II: Achievement of Competencies) |
Samir Nath, AMR Chowdhury (eds)
Campaign for Popular Education and University Press Ltd |
| June - 2001 |
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| About 18 million of Bangladesh's 130 million populations, are in the primary school age (6-10 years) group. Nearly 80 percent of these children are now attending school. Some studies have raised questions about the quality of education imparted in the schools. This report presents results from a new study that looks at the quality aspect more comprehensively.... |
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| A question of quality: state of primary education in Bangladesh. Volume I Major findings: a synthesis |
AMR Chowdhury, RK Choudhury, Samir Nath, M Ahmed, M Alam (eds)
Campaign for Popular Education and University Press Limited |
| June - 2001 |
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| About 18 million of Bangladesh's 130 million populations, are in the primary school age (6-10 years) group. Nearly 80 percent of these children are now attending school. Some studies have raised questions about the quality of education imparted in the schools. This report presents results from a new study that looks at the quality aspect more comprehensively.... |
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| The Effect of Micro-Credit Programmes on the Reproductive Behaviour of Women in Rural Areas of Bangladesh |
| Abdullahel Hadi, Samir R Nath, AMR Chowdhury |
| June - 2001 |
In: Zeba Ayesha Sathar and James F Phillips (eds), 'Fertility Transition in South Asia'
Oxford University Press |
| This compendium of nineteen chapters, written by South Asia scholars and international authorities in the field of population, provides an overview of a range of issues surrounding fertility change in South Asia over the past decade.... |
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| Reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases in a rural area of Bangladesh: Insights for action from research |
| Hashima-E-Nasreen |
| April - 2001 |
| Masters thesis in Epidemiology, Department Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University |
| Since early eighties, the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a great public health concern in the world particularly in developing countries as it enhances the transmission of Human Immunodefficiency Virus (HIV). Besides, STDs can have serious consequences on reproductive health and well-being of both men and women. Both short and long term sequelae of untreated STDs cause profound biomedical, social and economic impact on individuals and communities. Thus the control of STDs is now recognized as a global priority .... |
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| Do poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequalities in health? The Bangladesh experience |
| AMR Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya |
| November - 2000 |
In: Leon and Walt (eds.), 'Poverty, inequality and health'
Oxford University Press |
| Poverty, Inequality and Health: An International Perspective raises new and critical issues about health inequalities. It is unique in that it provides the first truly international perspective on this problem, with contributions from the developed and developing world.... |
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