ongoing Research
Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditure and its Determinants in Bangladesh
Despite improvements in many health indicators throughout the last few decades globally, providing access to affordable healthcare remains a substantial challenge in many low- and middle-income countries including Bangladesh. Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment...
Economic Burden of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
During the past few months, the global community is facing significant challenges for novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern and finally declared a global pandemic. With a population of over 160...
Impact of CoVID-19 on SMEs and Their Workers: Understanding the Dynamics of Impact and Coping Strategies
It has been almost four months since the first COVID-19 patient was identified in Bangladesh on March 3, 2020. As of June 30, the officially reported number of cases and deaths rose, respectively, to 145,483 and 1,847 (WHO, 2020). The numbers of new cases and deaths are still on rise and there is no...
Impact Analysis on Development Program for Improving the Living Standard of Bede Community
Although Bede community comprises only a small part of the total population of Bangladesh, this particular group of population has been identified as a neglected and underprivileged group since the colonial period. It has been imperative now to bring people who fall prey to the victim of societal...
Impact Analysis on Development Program for Improving the Living Standard of Underprivileged Community
Underprivileged group of population has been identified as a neglected group since the colonial period. It has been imperative now to bring people who fall prey to the victim of societal discriminations, under the mainstream of society and to involve them in the overall development of the country by...
Impact Analysis on Development Program for Improving the Living Standard of Hijra Community (IADPILSHC)
Hijra community is a very small portion of the total population of Bangladesh, who are generally neglected, trampled and mistreated in the society. According to a preliminary survey conducted by the Department of Social Services (DSS), the number of Hijras in Bangladesh is around 12,000. They are...
Agricultural Transformation, Food Security and the Second Green Revolution: Strategic Directions
Over the last 3 decades Bangladesh has largely transformed itself from a chronically food-deficit country to one more or less sufficient in rice, the main staple. While the population of the country has more than doubled, the output of rice has risen from nearly 11-12 mn mt to 34-35 mn mt now i.e.,...
Assessment of the Social Action Projects of "Platforms for Dialogue (P4D)" Programme of the British Council in Bangladesh
The British Council in Bangladesh is implementing a three-year programme titled “Platforms for Dialogue (P4D): Strengthening Inclusion and Participation in Decision Making and Accountability Mechanism in Bangladesh” in partnership with the Cabinet Division of the Government of Bangladesh funded...
Comprehensive Nationally Representative Panel Data Generation
In contrast to the existing studies, the present study will draw upon the largest nationally representative panel dataset available so far for rural Bangladesh. It will build upon a panel dataset that already exists, with a sample of 6300 households drawn from 180 villages from all over Bangladesh....
Lessons from Development Interventions: Rigorous Impact Evaluation of Selected Development Interventions in Key Areas (e.g. Nutrition, Health, Education, etc.)
Running Head: Evaluation of the School Feeding Program (SFP) in BangladeshAlmost every country in the world has a national School Feeding Program (SFP). It reaches around 368 million children annually and 18(49) percent children in low income (upper-middle income) countries receive some sort of SF....