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PI: Amb. Shahidul Haque, Professorial Fellow, SIPG, NSU & Co-PI:Shahreen Munir, IOM
The study aims to look into the impact of COVID-19 on migration and focus on the national migration context. The study will analyze the effect of the pandemic on the socio-economic dynamics of migrants and their families and delve into broader aspects of migration data, human rights and migrants’ vulnerabilities, gender aspects and so on. It also aims to suggest ways and means to better govern migration in Bangladesh.
The objective of this research was to understand the perception on social cohesion of both the host and Rohingya communities. Besides, how various local, national and international media had been playing a role in representing the nature of social cohesion was also explored as this can have a tremendous impact(s) (both positive and negative) among the host and refugee communities.
PI: Professor Salahuddin M Aminuzzaman, Advisor, SIPG
The purpose of this research is to conduct a comparative study of the SDGs’ implementation in the South Asian countries particularly in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
PI: Professor Salahuddin M Aminuzzaman, Advisor, SIPG, Research Associate: Md. Parvez Hasan Yousuf
The proposed policy paper will make an overview of the context, content of the CHT Peace treaty, and the pace and state of its implementation. The paper would also explore the development implications of the accord.
PI: Dr. M. Mahfuzul Haque, Associate Professor
The purpose of the study is to examine the role of the digitization process of DGHS in the health management system in Bangladesh, particularly in planning, allocating resources and improvement in quality services.
The study attempted to explore and assess the legal, policy, and institutional and nature of the political-economic factors that tend to affect the overall implementation and overall quality of the performance of the Public Financial Management (PFM) system in Bangladesh. It also made an institutional overview of the Public Financial Management system in Bangladesh and assessed the efficacy and structural processes of the PFM.
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The objective of this research was to understand how the COVID-19 has impacted the lives and livelihood of the female garment workers, we will carry out comprehensive empirical research taking holistic and intersectional view in mind and propose some policy recommendations for the Bangladeshi government, owners, and other stakeholders to address the health and wellbeing and livelihood issues of the female garment workers in Bangladesh.
This is a voluntary survey conducted by Academics from the University of Bergen, Norway in partnership with Tribhuvan University, Nepal; North South University, Bangladesh, and University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The purpose of this survey is to collect public opinion on the best way of managing COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia. The survey will be used for academic and research purpose only. All data and responses are anonymous. There is no correct or incorrect answer. Respondents are requested to choose the answers based on their own experiences and judgment. The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete. South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) of North South University is administering a nationwide survey on citizen’s trust in public and political institutions of Bangladesh, in the context of COVID -19. The project is funded by NORAD under PGS project. The main objectives of the survey are to map and diagnose public sector dysfunctions of the country and to assess the satisfaction level of citizens towards different service delivery organizations as well as political and administrative institutions in the time of pandemic. The sample size is 1800-2000. The survey is conducting in 20 district of Bangladesh.
State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) phase III is conducted for the third time as the regional study to measure the level of citizens’ perception on democracy – democratic practices, norms, and practices. The South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh is a partner organization in conducting the research. Lokniti-CSDS, Delhi of India provide the financial and technical support on training and administering survey instrument, The survey used the standard Global Barometer instrument followed by country-specific questions. The survey was cross-sectional with a targeted population of 3000.
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The Governance and Trust survey is a regional research project conducted in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The major objective of the research is to map and diagnose public sector functions/dysfunctions of these countries. The survey is basically a perception study to assess the satisfaction level of citizens towards different service delivery organizations as well as political and administrative institutions. The governance and trust survey is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) under the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED) Project. Similar survey have been administered in all three countries with country-specific questions in 2014 and 2009. In third wave (2020) of this survey the sample size was 2,500 for Bangladesh from 20 districts of 8 divisions.
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A research financed by ADSP (Asian Displacement Solutions Platform) on refugee education in South East Asian and South Asian countries shows that these countries have no/extremely limited legislative and policy frameworks enabling and regulating the provision of education for refugees. The research was conducted between December 2019 and March 2020 in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nepal, and Thailand. Common challenges with education in these countries are lack of certification and access to public examinations, high turnover of teachers and minimal compensation, security and safety issues faced by the students and teachers, lack of data on refugee children, resilience and adaptability of community towards refugee education, community based schools are not recognized, lack of funding, lack of teachers and shortage of funding for community-based schools, and overcrowded classrooms indicating a lack of child friendly learning environment in the mainstream schools etc.
This project seeks to track factors influencing the flow of international funding for climate change adaptation (part of what is referred to commonly as “climate finance”) from the international/donor level to the levels of local management and implementation. More specifically, the project addresses relationships among climate finance, prospective impacts of climate change on peoples’ lives and livelihoods, and peoples’ perceptions of often-complex social and political linkages between climate finance and climate change impacts.
The project team, from the Development Economics Research Group (DECRG), American University in Washington and the North-South University in Dhaka, offer a strong combination of survey and sampling design experience and substantive expertise on climate vulnerability, international migration, and the assessment of political and other drivers of public attitudes.
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Administering the same questionnaire that was used in 2009, a follow-up study was conducted on citizen’s trust in public and political institutions in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in 2015 under the NORAD funded PGS project. Similar survey instruments have been administered in all three countries except a few country-specific questions. The main objectives of the survey are to map and diagnose public sector dysfunctions of the countries and to assess the satisfaction level of citizens towards different service delivery organizations as well as political and administrative institutions. The sample size was 2,800 for Bangladesh, 2,400 for Nepal and for Sri Lanka 1,800. The data collection of all these 3 countries has been completed and individual country report, as well as cross country report, will be published soon.
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State of Democracy in South Asia (SDSA) phase II which was conducted in 2014 is a regional study to measure the level of citizens’ perception on democracy – democratic practices, norms, and practices. With financial and technical support from Lokniti-CSDS, Delhi, India on training and administering survey instrument, MPPG Program at NSU, Dhaka, Bangladesh acted as a partnering organization in conducting the research. The survey used the standard Global Barometer instrument followed by country-specific questions. The survey was cross-sectional with a targeted population of 3000.
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The citizens’ charter survey was carried out in Bangladesh and Nepal simultaneously during November 2009 – February 2010. It was a household questionnaire survey with 1,000 sample size measuring citizen responsiveness and service delivery at city corporations and municipal levels in Bangladesh. The study covered only urban areas in 4 City Corporations-Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi, and 4 Pourashabhas- Narayanganj, Gazipur, Satkhira and Sherpur.
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This survey was carried out in 2009 in Bangladesh and Nepal to assess the level of citizen’s trust towards different public and private institution and services. This study covered 2,000 households and the method was a personal interview with a person who is 18 or above in a household. After selecting 21 districts from 6 divisions (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, and Sylhet) and deciding the number of interviews from a district, the sample was again divided on the basis of Upazila (or sub-district), and respondents were randomly selected from households from 43 Upazilas. The study measures citizens’ trust on public institutions, citizen responsiveness, quality of governance and perspective on politics.
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