Name of the member

Designation

Reporting status

Publication (No.)

Work completed (No.)

Work in progress (No.)

Seminar/ Workshop (No.)

Others (No.)

Abu Ahmed Abdullah

RD

Reported

0

0

1

0

2

Mahmudul Alam

SRF

Reported

1

0

1

2

0

Atiur Rahman

SRF

On leave

Rita Afsar*

SRF

Reported

4

2

1

2

4

Pratima Paul Majumder

RF

Reported

4

5

6

4

10

Anwara Begum

RF

Reported

0

7

2

2

3

Zulfiquar Ali

RF

Reported

0

2

6

6

2

Harunur Rashid Bhuyan

RA

On Leave

Nehraz

RA

Reported

0

1

2

1

2

Total

9

17

19

17

23

List of issues under study:

Education and Development

PRSP-MDG linkages

Gender Issues

Social Safety Net

Health Rights and Development

Problems of Urbanization

Worker’s Rights

Social Inequality

Education and Poverty linkage

Migration and Poverty

Women Empowerment

National Budget

Reproductive Health

Employment Generation

Chronic poverty

 

Abu Ahmed Abdullah
Research Director
Progress Report for the period from 11/2004 to 16/11/2005
 

1.

Publication:

None

2.

Work completed:
None
 

3.

Work in progress:

i)

Working on a book tentatively titled “Contribution to the Study of Bangladesh Economy and Society”. Two components are ready for circulation.

4.

Seminar/ Workshop:
None

5.

Others:

i)

Member, Publication Committee.

ii)

Member, PCC

Mahmudul Alam
Senior Research Fellow
Progress Report for the period from 11/2004 to 16/11/2005
 

1.

Publication:

i)

‘Secondary Education Sub-sector in Bangladesh: Performance, Challenges and the Way Forward’ (co-author) published in Abu Ahsan and A.S. Abbasi (eds)  Education in a Rapidly Changing World: Focus on Bangladesh Center for Social Science and Public Policy Research, IUB, Dhaka, April, 2005.

2.

Work completed:
None
 

3.

Work in progress:

i)

Responsible for chapters on finance (public & private) and management aspects; involved in overall planning in Education Watch 2005, Secondary Education Sub-sector in Bangladesh: Status and Challenges, sponsored by CAMPE, Dhaka.

4.

Seminar/ Workshop:

i)

Key resource person in the workshop on ‘Evaluating Basic Education Project in Developing Countries’ for the Midlevel personnel of  the Japanese Educational NGOs, held in Tokyo, 16^th -17^th March, 2005; and Osaka 19^th-20^th March, 2005.

ii)

Resource person in the national workshop on people’s Report on MDG by CAMPE, Samunnay and Manusher Jonny held in National Press Club Dhaka, on 3^rd September 2005.

Dr. Rita Afsar
Senior Research Fellow
Progress Report for the period from 11/2004 to 16/11/2005
 

1.

Publication:

i)

The ‘Indian Ocean Connection’: Migration from the Indian Subcontinent to Western Australia, in R. Wildings and F. Tilbury (eds) A Changing People: Diverse Contribution to the State of Western Australia, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Office of Multicultural Interests (IOM), Perth, Western Australia: 196-209, 2004.

ii)

Dynamics of Poverty, Development and Population Mobility: The Bangladesh Case, in Asia Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 19(2): 69-91. 2004.

iii)

Bangladeshi Women’s Entry to Overseas Manufacturing Sector: New Signals and Policy Paradigm, Feminist Review, 77: 175-179. 2004.

iv)

Conditional Mobility: Migration of Bangladeshi Female Domestic Workers, in Shirlena Huang, Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Noor Abdul Rahman (eds), Asian Women as  Transnational Domestic Workers, Marshall Cavendish Academic, Singapore National University, Singapore. 2005.

2.

Work Completed:

 i)

Mapping and Measuring Social Capital in Rural Bangladesh, A report prepared under Social Capital Component of BIDS study sponsored and funded by IRRI-PETRRA, Dhaka. 2004.

 ii)

Women, Gender and Labour Migration and Remittances: South Asia, for publication as a part of the Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture to be published by Brill Academic publishers, The Netherlands. 2005.
 

3.

Work in Progress:

 i)

Compiling and editing all the papers that I received while assuming the responsibility of the Convener of the Panel on Rural Livelihood and Social Capital: The Case of Bangladesh and South Asia, held under the auspices of the 18^th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 6-9 July.
 

4.

Workshop and Seminar:

 i)

Internal Migration and Pro-Poor Policy in Bangladesh: A Briefing Paper, presented at International Conference in China: Maximizing the Benefits of Internal Migration for Development Guangzhou, China, 23-25 February. 2005.

 ii)

Health Issues and Health Politics in Bangladesh, paper presented at the International seminar on Health and Responsiveness, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 9-11 June. 2005.
 

5.

Others:

 i)

Division Chief, Human Resource Development Division.

 ii)

Advisor, Editorial Committee of Coalition for the Urban Poor (CUP), Newsletter, Nagar Darpan.

 iii)

Member, Technical Advisory Committee for Research into Arsenic in the Food Chain Arsenic policy Support unit, DPHE and DGHS Dhaka.

 iv)

Executive Committee member of Nari Uddyog Kandro, Dhaka
 

Dr. Pratima Paul-Majumder
Research Fellow
Progress Report for the period 03/01/2005 - 16/11/2005

1.

Publication:

i)

ii)

 “Social, Economic and Health Insecurity Affecting Women’s Participation in the Labour Market and their Labour Productivity. Empowerment A Journal of Women For Women Vol. 12, 2005.

iii)

 “National Education Budget of Bangladesh and Empowerment of Women. Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha and Institute for Environment & Development 2005.

iv)

2.

Work Completed

i)

Construction of Gender Role in Bangladesh.

ii)

A Proposal on “Review of Current Resource Allocation to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs”, submitted to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, GOB.

iii)

Women in Poverty.

iv)

Role of Education Budget on Women's Empowerment.

v)

A Paper on Safety-net to be presented in the Seminar of BIDS on PRSP and the National Budget.
 

3.

Work in Progress:

i)

Gender Impact of Globalization.

ii)

Study of Factors Related Dowry in Bangladesh.

iii)

Study on Child Survivor.

iv)

The Gender Differentiated Effects of the Growth of Export-oriented Manufacturing: A Case of   the Ready-made Garment Industry in Bangladesh.

v)

Condition of Social Security in the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges from Gender Perspective.

vi)

4.

Workshop/Seminar:

i)

Presented a paper titled “Gender based discussion of workers’ rights in Bangladesh” in a "Conference on Human Rights and Governance Local and Global Perspective" held during January 16-18, 2005, organized by Manusher Janno (Promoting Human Right and Good Governance).

ii)

Presented a paper titled “National Education Budget of Bangladesh and Women’s   Empowerment” held during May 2005, organized by Bangladesh Nari Progoti Sangha (BNPS)

iii)

Presented a paper titled “Condition of Social Security in the Manufacturing Sector of Bangladesh: Challenges from Gender Perspective” held during June 20-22, 2005, organized by Women's Worlds-05 Korea.

iv)

Presented a paper in a seminar held during April 2005, organized by World Bank Washington.
 

5.

Others:

1.

Chairperson, Finance Committee, BIDS.

2.

Member, Publication Committee, BIDS.

3.

Editor, Bangladesh Unnayan Samiskha, BIDS.

4.

Member, SID Bangladesh Chapter.

5.

Advisor of Agribusiness Development Organization of Bangladesh (ADOB)

6.

Member, Bangladesh Economic Association.

7.

Member, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad.

8.

Member, Executive Committee, Nariuddog Kendra.

9.

Member, Executive Committee, Karmajibi Nari.

10.

Member, Executive Committee, Bangladesh Freedom Foundation

Dr.Anwara Begum
Research Fellow
Progress Report for the period January 2005 to 15 November 2005
 

1.

Publication:
None
 

2.

Work Completed:

i)

Write-up and final review of literature was completed for UNFPA funded project titled, "Promotion of responsible healthy reproductive and sexual behaviors among the adolescents".

ii)

Reviewed a paper for APJORD, titled, "Female Headed Households' Resources and Constraints: a study in Orissa".

iii)

Revised the paper on "Education for poverty reduction: challenges and achievements".
 

3.

Work in Progress:

i)

Write-up and final review of programs is in progress, for the UNFPA funded project, "Promotion of responsible healthy reproductive and sexual behaviors among the adolescents".

ii)

MDG Training Workshop to be held sponsored by World Bank Institute (Washington) and organized by BIDS, between 20 and 22 Dec. 2005.
 

4.

Workshop/Seminar:

 i)

Presented a paper on "Poverty Monitoring and MDG" at the MDG Training Workshop held by World Bank Institute (Washington) and BIDS between 19 and 21 June 2005.

 ii)

Presented a paper on "Education for Poverty Reduction: challenges and achievements",   (along with H R Bhuyan) for the National Budget 2004-2005 and PRSP, held on 29 May 2005, under the auspices of BIDS.
 

5.

Others:

Activities

1.

Prepared the ToR and submitted the Proposal on "Problems and constraints of pavement dwellers and ways of improving their conditions", to the Planning Commission.

2.

Involvement

1.

HRD Division Chief (a.i.) until August 2005

2.

Library Committee member

3.

Publication Committee member

 Zulfiqar Ali
Research Fellow
Progress Report (December 2004-November 2005)
 

1.

Publication:
None
 

2.

Work Completed:

i)

Spatial Inequality in Social MDGs: Trends, Profiles and Determinants, Paper presented at a seminar on “National Budget 2005-06 and PRSP” organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies held on 29 May 2005.

ii)

Getting Chronic Poverty onto Policy Agendas: Case Study on the Programme for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), Paper prepared for Overseas Development Institute, UK, January 2005.
 

3.

Work in Progress:

i)

Trends in Poverty and Social Indicators: An Update (with Sharifa Begum and Binayak Sen)

ii)

Recent Trends in Rural Bangladesh: Evidence from 64-Village Survey (with Quazi Shahabuddin and Sharifa Begum)

iii)

Natural Disasters, Risks, Vulnerability and Persistence of Poverty: An Analysis of Household Level Data (with Quazi Shahabuddin)

iv)

Are there Differences in Duration Poverty: Analyses of 64-Village Survey Data
 

4.

Seminars/Workshops Attended:

i)

Attended the partner’s workshop of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) organised by CPRC, IDPM, University of Manchester, UK held at Manchester during 24-27 October 2005.

ii)

Attended an International Workshop on 'Global Tobacco Surveillance and Health Professionals' organised by WHO South-East Asia Region Office held in Bangkok during 13-15 September 2005.

iii)

Presented a papers on ‘Spatial Inequality in Social MDGs: Trends, Profiles and Determinants’ in the seminar on “National Budget 2005-06 and the PRSP” organized by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, held on 29 May 2005.

iv)

Attended an International Workshop on 'Tobacco Control and Health Professionals' organised by WHO Headquarter held in Geneva during 24-29 April 2005.

v)

Attended an International Workshop on 'Wellbeing in Developing Countries’ jointly organised by ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD), University of Bath, UK and Khon Kaen University, Thailand held at Khon Kaen during 14-19 March 2005.

vi)

Attended a meeting on 'Wellbeing in Developing Countries’ organised by ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD), University of Bath, UK held at Bath during 15-16 December 2004.

5.

Other Involvements:

1.

Coordinator
BIDS Seminar Programme

2.

Member
Finance Committee, BIDS

Nehraz
Research Associate
Progress Report (December 2004-November 2005)

1.

Publication:
 None

2.

Work Completed:

i)

Completed an article entitled “Promises to Safe Motherhood: Women Health Rights Addressed in the National Strategy for Maternal Health”.

3.

Work in Progress:

i)

Finalizing the draft of the research report under the “Citizenship, Participation and Accountability” project, funded by IDS, Sussex University, UK under project director Mrs. Simeen Mahmud, Senior Research Fellow, BIDS.

ii)

Finalizing a Bengali article on Maternal Health Care in Rural Bangladesh, for the next Unnayan Shamikkha.

4.

Seminars/Workshops:

i)

Participated in the Sectoral Plan Workshop on Education Sector, arranged by UNFPA held at Academy for Planning Development, Nilkhet, Dhaka on 25-27 October, 2005.

5.

Other Involvements:

i)

Co-convener, Research and Publication Meeting.

ii)

Have been nominated for Fulbright Scholarship for the year 2006-07

iii)

Prepared, along with Dr Rita Afsar, a proposal on "Baseline Survey for the 7^th Country Programme of UNFPA".