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Budget for the poor? But does it reach the poor?

June 9, 2013

This Op-ed was published in bdnews24.com on 9th June 2013 Author: Ashiqun Nabi Poverty reduction has always been a core development priority of Bangladesh. The current government, as well as…

Young Adda (Dhaka-1)

June 7, 2013

Under the ‘Youth Manifesto’ program, IID organised a roundtable session with eminent youth representatives at Attin Café, Banani, Dhaka. The consultation session brought together existing and potential youth networks. In…

Budgeting during uncertainty

June 7, 2013

This Op-ed was published in bdnews24.com on 7th June 2013 Author: Syeed Ahamed It was the last of the budgets; it was the first of budgets—last for the incumbent regime,…

Financing the budget for 2013-14: the enhanced ‘state’ factor

June 7, 2013

This Op-ed was published in bdnews24.com on 7th July 2013 Author: Md. Ashiq Iqbal The honourable Finance Minister has just placed the budget for 2013-14 fiscal year before the parliament.…

Evaluation of “Connecting Schools” Program of British Council

April 7, 2013

British council’s “Connecting Classrooms” program links Bangladeshi schools with schools in UK to facilitate partnership and learning. IID has evaluated this program through a sample audit to measure and compare…

Findings Revealed from Access to Information 2nd Phase Evaluation

February 13, 2013

The most common and profitable services at UISCs regrettably have little to do with the primary goals of the UISCs- this was the finding from an evaluation of Access to…

Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness of NGOs through Capacity Building on Information Communication Technology (EEE-NGO-ICT) IID

EEE NGO ICT Evaluation

December 31, 2012

“Enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness of NGOs through Capacity Building on Information Communication Technology (EEE-NGO-ICT)” is a project of D.Net, through which D.Net has provided hands on training to a total…

IDS Team Visits IID

December 15, 2012

A team from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, made a visit to IID during November 20–December 15, 2012. The IDS team carried out an evaluation…

3rd Right to Know Day Celebrated

September 27, 2012

‘Unwillingness of the people to question national policies has now become one of the major obstacles to the execution of RTI act in our country’- noted by Mr. Syeed Ahamed,…

“National curriculum and text board producing traditional and impractical textbooks”

September 5, 2012

Rasheda K Choudhury, former adviser to the caretaker government, termed textbooks of National Curriculum and Text Board traditional and impractical in comparison with competitive progressive education at an Undialogue on…

ICT Services in Agriculture, Health and Education can Empower Rural People

July 31, 2012

During November 2011 and July 2012, IID assisted Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) for the SASEC Information Highway Project to formulate and implement ICT related national strategies and to develop human…

IID Capacity Building Workshop

July 19, 2012

IID arranged a 2 day in-house capacity building workshop for all it’s staffs at BRAC CDM, Savar from 18th and 19thJuly, 2012. The workshop focused on research communication and policy…