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Presentation on Bangladesh Case

27 August 2024
Experience from ADB’s BRT Project in Dhaka

[VIDEO] The Impact of COVID-19 and Government Lockdown on Children’s Schooling, Time Use and Marriage Timing in Rural Bangladesh

17 November 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the poor in developing countries is increasingly becoming a matter of concern. The poor seem more vulnerable to the COVID-19 infection given a congested and unhygienic environment, and its insufficient treatment in a poor medical system. Not only these direct…

[VIDEO] Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self- Learning at the Right Level

17 November 2020
This paper investigates the effectiveness of a globally popular method of self-learning at the right level in improving learning outcome — the cognitive and non-cognitive abilities — of disadvantaged pupils in a developing country, Bangladesh. Using a randomized control trial design, we find…

[VIDEO] Nudging by Beauty: Improving Women’s Health1 Decisions and Well-being in the Field

17 November 2020
Health interventions often show limited effectiveness in influencing behavior as they fail to take into account the choice architecture. To shed light on how to improve health interventions, we evaluate a unique intervention in rural Bangladesh that highlights the importance of health, hygiene,…

City-wide inclusive sanitation: WaterAid’s experience

11 June 2020
This presentation provided an overview of WaterAid’s approach, including (i) WaterAid’s framing of citywide inclusive sanitation (CWIS); (ii) town-wide modeling: the experience in Sakhipur, Bangladesh; (iii) research and influencing to address the working conditions of sanitation workers (global…

WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response

9 June 2020
In this presentation, WaterAid shared their response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, specifically in the eight countries they work in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. Given the changing dynamics of the pandemic, WaterAid has taken a…

Socially Inclusive Development Through Off-grid Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems

23 April 2019
This presentation discusses Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) water pumping system, a reliable and clean energy solution to address the energy-water-food nexus.

How an Innovative Self-Learning Program Improved Primary Education Results in Bangladesh

6 November 2018
Learn how an innovative self-learning program improved primary education results in Bangladesh. This presentation shares results achieved after the KUMON learning method was introduced to disadvantaged primary schools situated in Bangladesh’s low-income communities.

Public-Private Partnership Led Improved Fecal Sludge Management Services in Faridpur Municipality, Bangladesh

28 September 2016
This presentation provides a brief situational analysis of the state of fecal sludge management in the municipality of Faridpur in Bangladesh. A business proposal was created to improve the system on a large scale adopting service level agreements with private sector service providers.

Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services

19 May 2015
This video features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna WASA (Bangladesh). The exercise is part of a knowledge sharing initiative called Water Operators Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific, established by…