Bangladesh and Gender
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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Search BRIDGE's database of gender-focused material
- The BLDS gender collection
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Search for the latest gender-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Issues for donor co-ordination in support of gender equality: building national ownership and leadership
- OECD Development Centre, 2002
- This guide presents a series of case studies examining the experience of sector wide programs in education, health and agriculture. It offers advice on how to ensure that a sector wide approach: contributes to ov...
- Collection of papers examining livelihoods in rural Bangladesh
- K A. Toufique; C Turton / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002
- This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UK This...
- Can distance learning encourage more women in Asia to participate in higher education?
- A. Kanwar; M. Taplin / Commonwealth of Learning, 2001
- The document presents a number of case studies exploring women's participation in higher education. It is noted that a number of factors have traditionally hindered women's education at this level and that distance education can addre...
- Safety nets and opportunities in South Asia
- N. Kabeer / Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This paper aims to review literature on social protection measures in the context of India and Bangladesh. It explores whether some of the lessons learned from responses to vulnerability lend themselves to the notion of 'investment' i...
- Women in Asian fisheries
- The WorldFish Center, 2001
- This site contains documents from all speeches held at the symposium. Papers include: women in Asian fisheries: a generalist's perspective The role of networks in addressing research and development issu...
- Measures for eliminating gender imbalances in export-oriented garment industries.
- P. Paul-Majumder; A. Begum / Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
- The study uses survey data from 1990, 1993 and 1997 to evaluate how the employment of women in export-oriented industries exploits the “comparative advantages of their disadvantages.” It evaluates gender differences in condi...
- Educating girls to delay marriage in Bangladesh
- Population Council, USA, 2000
- In order to address the issue of education is Bangladesh being affordable only for the wealthy. This paper comments on incentive programmes by the government and assesses the effects of these programmes on the lives of boys and girls....
- WBB Trust – Work for a better Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi research, policy analysis, and advocacy organisation focusing on health issues
