Study Team: Dr. Monzur Hossain (Team Leader) and Dr. M. Asaduzzaman Sponsor: Katalyst Social Development Foundation (SDF) has been implementing an ICT Pilot Project to establish rural telecenters in Jamalpur Sadar Upazila in Jamalpur district since 2011. The focus of the project is on the...

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Introduction and ObjectivesThe main purpose of the present evaluation is to assess the effect of the program intervention and to examine the impact of the program on the beneficiaries. The present research has been carried out based on a survey of 420 beneficiaries of Maternity Allowance Program and...

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Project Completion Report:  SANEI Rice Market Study (SRMS)Project Period: January 2011 – February  2012Funding Agency: South Asian Network of Economic Research Institute (SANEI)Report Title:Delinking of Local and International Prices: Exploring Competition in the Bangladesh Rice...

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Zulfiqar Ali, M Asaduzzaman, Bimal Kumar SahaMansur Ahmed, NehrazahmudApril 2012 Land is an extremely scarce natural resource in Bangladesh. The issue of land, its management and access to it is very important. It has several dimensions. Firstly, the problem of diversion of land (nearly 1% on...

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The present research has been carried out based on a survey of 420 VGD beneficiaries and 196 non-beneficiaries. The survey was conducted in 7 divisions of the country. From each division, the sample locations consisted of one district, two upazilas and four unions. The main purpose of the study is...

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Study Team: Monzur Hossain (Team Leader), Harunur Rashid Bhuyan and Paritosh Kumar RoyExecutive SummaryThe Local Government Division (LGD)has been implementing two flagship projects on local governance reforms, namely the Upazila Governance Project (UZGP) and the Union Parishad Governance Project...

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The indigenous and tribal people (ITPs) constitute a minority of marginalized population in Bangladesh. Their livelihoods are characterized by subsistence farming, insecurity of land tenure, high incidence of informality irrespective of whether employed in rural or urban areas, seasonal work and...

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Team members: Tahreen Tahrima Chowdhury and Abdul Hye MondalThe objective of this study is to assess employment outcomes of the graduates of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Bangladesh. The study will seek to: (i) assess occupation of TVET graduates in relation to their...

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Team Members: Kazi Ali Toufique and Ben Belton.The objective of this research is to produce two peer reviewed journal articles.Article 1 will use HIES data to provide an assessment of the changes in nutrient intakes in Bangladesh associated with changes in fish consumption over time. This will help...

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