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23 January 2015
Grievance Redress Mechanisms in Bangladesh
Published by: GSDRC
The rapid literature review identifies literature on types of grievance redress mechanisms (GRM) in Bangladesh.
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1 January 2015
Bangladesh: Year 3 Findings from the Life in a Time Of Food Price Volatility Study
In 2014, Bangladesh has been placed at the 142nd position among 187 countries on UNDP Human Development Index, progressing upwards by one place from 2013. Bangladesh has also been placed among 18 countries making the fastest progress in human development for year 2014 by the UN (UNDP Human Development Index, 2014). According to the International Food Policy Research Institute’s report, Bangladesh is among the countries that “saw the largest improvements” in Global Hunger Index 2014 (Prothom Alo, Oct 13, 2014).
Publication
10 December 2014
eHealth and mHealth initiatives in Bangladesh: A scoping study
Published by: Springer
BACKGROUND: The health system of Bangladesh is haunted by challenges of accessibility and affordability. Despite impressive gains in...
Report
30 November 2014
The Food Riots That Never Were: The Moral and Political Economy of Food Security in Bangladesh
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The green revolution and the global integration of food markets were supposed to relegate scarcity to the annals of history. So why did thousands of people in dozens of countries take to the streets when world food prices spiked in 2008 and 2011?
Journal Article
30 September 2014
Reciprocity, Distancing, and Opportunistic Overtures: Women’s Organisations Negotiating Legitimacy and Space in Bangladesh
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
By focusing on three different national level women's organisations in Bangladesh, this article looks at how the movements have used...
Publication
29 September 2014
Something is Better than Nothing: Political Party Discourses on Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh
The paper analyses the discourses on women’s empowerment among the three main political parties in Bangladesh: the Awami League (AL),...
Publication
7 August 2014
Logistics Performance and Trade: an Analysis of India’s Trade in Intermediates with Bangladesh and Thailand.
In this study, the objective is to empirically explore the role of logistics in enhancing production linkages through trade in intermediate products. Two case studies of trade in intermediate goods are undertaken: (i) India’s export of textile yarn to Bangladesh; and (ii) India’s import of air conditioning equipment from Thailand.
Working Paper
30 June 2014
What are the Factors Enabling and Constraining Effective Leaders in Nutrition? A Four Country Study
Published by: IDS
Leadership has been identified as a key factor in supporting action on nutrition in countries experiencing a high burden of childhood undernutrition. This study of individuals identified as influential within nutrition in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and India examines why individuals champion nutrition policy, of their countries.
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Informal Work and Wellbeing in Urban South Asia: Who Succeeds, Who Fails and Under What Conditions?
This study proposes an exploration of the determinants of wellbeing for informal workers living in informal settlements across a diverse set of urbanising localities in Bangladesh and India. We will present empirical evidence on what patterns and gradations of wellbeing success and failure are emerging for women and men engaged in informal work and living in informal settlements.
Report
19 March 2014
Exploring the Potential and Limits of the Resilience Agenda in Rapidly Urbanising Contexts
Published by: IDS
More than half the world’s population now live in urban areas. In developing countries, these areas will become home to almost all of the projected 50 per cent population growth that will occur between now and 2030, swelling urban populations by a further 1.3 billion by 2030 and 2.5 billion by 2050 (GMR 2013).
