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Around half the population of Bangladesh live below the poverty line; the governance framework largely follows colonial traditions where public institutions in Bangladesh are sorely inadequate for formulating and carrying out pro-poor action plans. In this scenario, BDI has embarked upon several research initiatives focusing on generating pressure for government to reform at local, national, and judiciary levels. These include:
- Election Research
- Social Accountability at the Local Level
- Food Security for the Ultra Poor (FSUP)
Core Approaches
Underlying these initiatives are some core approaches:
- Evaluating how best to create and implement mechanisms of citizen engagement in local government so that poor people can exercise control over local institutions and government resources.
- Generating knowledge on the efforts of poor and marginalised groups to define and claim their rights through an analysis of their relationships with existing institutions.
- Finding methods of extending access to justice for the poor.
Team members
Mirza Hassan
Lead Researcher, BDI
Ferdous Jahan
Lead Researcher, BDI
Contact
Ferdous Jahan
Lead Researcher, BDI
jahan@bracu.ac.bd
