BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) exists to create insights and evidence for more effective policy and practice for better development and governance outcomes, especially for the poor and vulnerable, through on-the-ground, rigorous research and capacity building.
BIGD has embarked on a Rapid Research Response (RRR) to COVID-19 with a special focus on the lives and livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable people in Bangladesh.
Microfinance, a ground-breaking idea for providing access to finance to the poor, was first introduced and developed in Bangladesh in the 1970s. Since then, it has spread all over the […]
The ready-made garments (RMG) sector is by far the most important contributor to the economy of the country, amounting to 15 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employing […]
COVID-19 is forcing us to discover alternative ways of doing things; qualitative field research, which traditionally calls for close interaction between researchers and their populations of interest, had to be […]
