Conducted by: Wajid Hasan ShahResearch Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)Executive Summary:Small and medium enterprise (SME) financing in Bangladesh is witnessing many problems. While access to financing is among the major highlighted issues for SMEs, issues such as lack of...

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Research Team: Mohammad Yunus, Senior Research Fellow, Kazi Ali Toufique, Senior Research Fellow, Nazneen Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow and Moogdho Mim Mahzab, Research Associate. Sponsor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Through Development & Training...

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Study Team: Monzur Hossain (Team Leader), Kazi Iqbal, Tata Zafar The present study is conducted to evaluate the impact of Nuton Jibon project, a program for livelihood development of the poor and hardcore poor households, which was initiated in 2007 and previously known as Social Investment...

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Team: Mustafa K. Mujeri, Monzur Hossain, Tahreen Tahrima ChowdhuryThe Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was established in 1974 with the primary focus on providing training to the bank officials in Bangladesh in order to strengthen and update their skill. BIBM has extended primary...

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Sponsoring Agency: Japan International Cooperation AgencyPeriod of Study: May 23, 2012-15 January, 2013Status of the Study: CompletedAbstract: Recent world developments have put jobs at the center of the policy debate. The World Bank’s World Development Report 2013 aims to improve our...

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IntroductionBangladesh govt. spends substantial amounts of money on health services; nonetheless, dissatisfaction is frequently expressed over the performance and quality of these services. The main purpose of the present study is to assess the governance issues in the health sector which adversely...

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Team: Dr. Monzur Hossain (Team Leader), Dr. Badiul Alam MajumderSponsor: UNDPThe key component of this study is to conduct a survey to collect information on the baseline indicators on governance, development plans and budget of Upazilas as well as citizen’s perception towards governance and...

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Study Director: Dr. Monzur HossainOther Team Members: Dr. M. K. Mujeri, Dr. Zaid Bakht, Dr. Zulfiqar AliSponsor: UNDPTime period: May 2013-July, 2013In order to support four Parliamentary Standing Committees (PSC) on the oversight of budget implementation, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies...

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Kazi Ali Toufique, BIDSProf. Nesar Ahmed, Bangladesh Agricultural University, MymensinghThis study made an attempt to broadly answer the following questions in the context of Bangladesh fisheries:1. What are the specific policy barriers in fisheries that are hindering the growth of the sector?2....

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The Atlas was produced jointly by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and UNICEF Bangladesh under a tripartite agreement between the three organizations. The main purpose of the Atlas is to promote evidence led equity based policy on children...

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