Addressing
Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh – the Case of Monga:
The World Bank, Bangladesh and Data Analysis and
Technical Assistance and Data Analysis and Technical Assistance, ONGOING
At present, DATA is conducting the baseline survey for a
longitudinal study titled “Addressing Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh: The
Case of Monga, 2008-2009” under a contract from the World Bank. This round
of surveys will cover a 125 village census and 2,375 household sample
surveys now during monga period. There will be two more rounds of the survey
during post-monga and pre-monga period respectively to provide a better
understanding of the causes of the occurrence and persistence of Monga,
which would also have implications for broader understanding of extreme
poverty in Bangladesh; implications for policy, including proposals for
pilot interventions, to help relevant actors such as the government, the
NGOs, and the donors to mitigate Monga. The funds for this work are coming
from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) trust fund.
The survey has both a household level and a community level
questionnaire. The survey has households belonging to the Monga-prone
greater Rangpur districts (Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari,
Rangpur) with the sampling frame being representative of the diversity of
the region. For example, the survey would cover the various agro-ecological
zones of the region, include households on river banks and away from it,
include mainland households as well as char-land households. In addition to
Monga area households, there are sample from non-Monga area households in
the northwestern Bogra district. At the household and intrahousehold
level, the questionnaire covers modules on household demography, family
events, membership in credit program, agricultural production, animal
production, land ownership and land rental transaction, ownership of other
assets as well as monitory savings, food and non-food consumption
expenditures, credit lent and borrowed, gifts and remittances received or
given, social capacity and attitudes among men and women, and incidence of
sickness and nutritional status. In order to cover seasonal variations in
income consumption, indebtedness, nutritional status and savings, the survey
will be administered in three rounds on the same set of households and
communities.
Secondary
Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project (SEQAEP), Baseline survey:
The World Bank, Bangladesh and Data Analysis and
Technical Assistance, ONGOING
DATA Services:
A comprehensive child, household, community, and school-level
household baseline survey is ONGOING in a sample of IDA (and GoB) funded
areas.
After one year the proxy means testing (PMT) component is
implemented in the 60 randomly chosen IDA-funded upazilas, the same baseline
sample will be re-surveyed. Given that we will have a baseline survey before
any project intervention and several rounds of follow-up surveys, randomized
phasing-in of treatment, and a control group which will remain as control,
we can use a range of econometric analysis for the impact evaluation.
DATA Services includes the following:
Baseline and Follow-up Household census and household
sample survey:
- Establishing A census of all households which has included
basic demographic and education information of all household members in the
sampled villages/ cachment area.
- Administering a detailed household questionnaire following
to a subset of households with children of secondary school going age from
the household census.
Baseline and Follow-up Child sample testing:
- Administering numeracy and literacy
tests based on national curriculum and internationally comparable for the
children in the sample households (including out-of-school children).
Baseline and Follow-up School Survey:
A detailed school-level questionnaire will be administered to
a sample secondary schools after completing the household census and sampled
household survey.
Information will be collected on enrollment, class
performance, school infrastructure, availability of inputs, flow of funds,
school management committee, parental and community involvement, and teacher
characteristics. A math and language competency test will be given to
pupils. Furthermore, there might be an observational module during class to
assess quality of teaching..
The baseline survey will be fielded before project
implementation and the baseline survey will be resurveyed after project
implementation.
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Strengthening
Dairy Value Chain Project, CARE Bangladesh (Baseline survey): CARE
Bangladesh, IFPRI and
and Data Analysis and Technical Assistance, ONGOING
Overall objectives:
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To design the monitoring and
evaluation system/framework for the project
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To design the baseline framework
and conduct the baseline research accordingly
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Conduct mid-term evaluation of
the project at the end of the second year
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Conduct the impact
assessment of the project
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Fuel Subsidies to the Poor Bangladeshi
Farmers (Phase I & II):
(March 2008 –
August 2008: On going),
The World Bank, Bangladesh Institute of Development
Studies and Data Analysis and Technical Assistance
Overall objectives:
The overall objective of the study is to
determine the impact of the increase of the price of inputs on farmers and
of the intended diesel subsidies and to assess
options of institutional mechanism for delivering the subsidies to farmers.
More specifically,
a study shall be undertaken to understand the following and make
recommendations based on them for options for institutional mechanisms.
- Determine the impact on farmers following the increase
in the prices of energy and fertilizer as well as the increase in the
price of rice
- Identify the characteristics of the small and marginal
farmers that are more likely to be affected by the increase in price
Provide policy
options, based on international experience and the results of the study for
determining the target groups and modalities of disbursement
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Labor Migration As An Intervention: Mitigating Severe Seasonal Deprivation
in North-Western Bangladesh (3
Round survey), (May
2008 – December 2009: On going), The University of Sydney, Australia and
Data Analysis and Technical Assistance
Rapid Survey
for Food Price Impacts:
The purpose of this work
is to field a short household and community survey to a national sample of
Bangladeshi households and conducting analysis on the data, to provide
insights on key issues related to the impact of high rice prices in
Bangladesh, particularly on the poor.
The survey will be
conducted with the understanding that rapid data collection and analysis are
critical to get a better understanding of the short-term impact of food
price rises which can be timely support to the Government and all donors who
would like provide aid to mitigate the impact and help households cope with
the shock.
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Quality of Secondary School
Madrasa Education in Bangladesh, funded by the World Bank, 2007-2008,
Data Analysis and Technical Assistance limited (DATA)
DATA has just completed a nationally
representative education survey titled “Quality of Secondary School Madrasa
Education in Bangladesh”, in 2007-2008, under a World Bank contract. This
survey includes school census that covers all types education institutes
including formal and non-formal education and religious education
institutes, school surveys, Alyah Madrasa and Quomi Madrasa surveys, TIMSS
test for 8th grader students, background information and anthropometric
measurement of those students who were being tested, background information
of teacher who taught English and Mathematics to those students in earlier
grades, students’ evaluation by the English and Mathematics teachers
household census of the community followed by a comprehensive household
survey of sample households with achievement tests and Raven’s test of
secondary school-age children in the households. Gender disaggregated
information has been collected wherever it was meaningful.
This survey covered 12 districts, 24
upazila, 48 unions and 96 villages that came from all 6 divisions of
Bangladesh. In total, 24,841 households were surveyed in the village census,
2,400 households in the household survey; Raven’s and cognitive tests were
administered to 3,343 school going children from the household sample and 96
community survey; 2,229 education institute in the school census; 403
secondary school survey; 515 English teacher’s survey and 413 Mathematics
teachers survey. . In addition to the aforementioned surveys, the data
include students test scores. Tests were administered to 9,436 eighth-grade
students attending the secondary schools, Alyah and Quomi madrasa from the
secondary school sample. The tests were standard TIMSS, English and General
Knowledge tests, designed to assess the quality of education received by
students. The test score data have the advantage of a large sample that
relate to teachers evaluation, school characteristics, as well as a number
of welfare indicators of the households of students who took the tests and
their anthropometric measurement.
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Relative Efficacy of Food and Cash Transfers in
Improving Food Security and Livelihoods Of The Ultra-Poor In Bangladesh,
Funded by WFP, International Food Policy Research Institute (May 2006 –
June 2007), Data Analysis and Technical Assistance limited (DATA)
The study has been designed to
“establish the relevance of food and cash in enhancing food security of the
ultra-poor, especially of women and children, in a sustainable fashion
through overall improvements in livelihoods.” The study will look at how far
cash and food and/or their combination are effective and relevant in
promoting the goal of WFP Country Program 2007-2010 ‘achieving MDGs by
improving ultra poor households’ food security, nutritional well-being and
livelihoods.’
Following researchers from IFPRI were involved in this
project:
Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Senior
Research Fellow, FC ND, IFPRI
Dr. John Hoddinott, Senior Research Fellow, FC ND,
IFPRI
Dr. Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, FC ND, IFPRI
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Study on “The Long-term Impact of Anti-Poverty
Interventions in Bangladesh”, International Food Policy Research Institute
(October 2006 –
June 2007), Data Analysis and Technical Assistance limited
(DATA)
Together with the International Food Policy Research
Institute, we are conducting a study that will examine the factors that have
enabled some households to improve their well-being, factors that have made
some people’s life conditions decline, and factors that contribute to some
people’s remaining in poverty. As a secondary objective, we are also
interested in finding out how development interventions have affected
people’s well-being. Surveys are going on.
Following researchers from IFPRI and other Institutes
were involved in this project:
Dr. Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, FC ND,
IFPRI
Dr. Robert Blauch, IDS, University of Sussex, UK
Dr. Peter Davis, University of Bath, UK
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Qualitative Study on “The Long-term Impact of
Anti-Poverty Interventions in Bangladesh”, International Food Policy
Research Institute, IDS at the Sussex University and the University of Bath
(March 2007 –
September 2007), Data Analysis and Technical Assistance limited
(DATA)
Together with the International Food Policy Research
Institute, IDS at the Sussex University and University of Bath, we are
conducting a study that will examine the factors that have enabled some
households to improve their well-being, factors that have made some people’s
life conditions decline, and factors that contribute to some people’s
remaining in poverty. As a secondary objective, we are also interested in
finding out how development interventions have affected people’s well-being.
Surveys are going on.
Following researchers from University of Bath and other
Institutes were involved in this project:
Dr. Robert Blauch, IDS, University of Sussex, UK
Dr. Peter Davis, University of Bath, UK
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Qualitative Study on “Collective Action, Assets, and
Vulnerability: The Gendered Impact of Collective Action in Bangladesh”,
International Food Policy Research Institute, Collective Action and Property
Rights (CAPRi) and University of Bath (September 2007 –
January 2008), Data
Analysis and Technical Assistance limited (DATA)
Together with the International Food Policy Research
Institute, Coleective Action and Property Rights and University of Bath, we
are conducting a study that will examine the factors that have enabled some
households to improve their well-being, factors that have made some people’s
life conditions decline, and factors that contribute to some people’s
remaining in poverty. As a secondary objective, we are also interested in
finding out how development interventions have affected people’s well-being.
Surveys are going on.
Following researchers from University of Bath and other
Institutes were involved in this project:
Dr. Agnes Quisumbing, Senior Research Fellow, FC ND,
IFPRI
Dr. Peter Davis, University of Bath, UK
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Baseline and End–Cycle Outcome Monitoring Survey of
WFP Country Programme (June 2007 –
November 2007), WFP Bangladesh
This study is to develop the concept of Result Based Management (RBM),
which will enhance WFP capacity to better track their performance in terms
of impact. The objective of the M&E Strategy is to monitor results at both
output (process) and outcome levels. The process monitoring is undertaken on
a continuous basis while the outcome monitoring takes place on a periodical
basis particularly at the beginning, mid and end of the programme cycle.
This study covers the baseline study for new country program (NCP 2007 –
2010), the outcome assessment study covers the country wide VGD program and
it also covers the VGD cash grant program in Chittagong hill tracts.
Following researchers from WFP and DATA were involved
in this project:
Dr. Firdousi Naher, department of economics, Dhaka
University
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
Md. Zobair, DATA
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Baseline Study of Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC)
Project in Bangladesh, the World Bank, International Food Policy Research
Institute (January 2006 – August 2006) , Data Analysis and Technical
Assistance limited (DATA)
Under a World Bank contract, the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in collaboration with Data Analysis and
Technical Assistance (DATA) conducted a baseline study for an evaluation of
the Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROSC) project in Bangladesh. The
baseline study has been specifically designed to permit a scientific and
rigorous evaluation of impacts of the ROSC project through follow-up
studies.
The baseline study was designed for the evaluation of
the ROSC project in future, information were gathered at the level of
household, community and LCs. The information collection approach involved
combining quantitative surveys and qualitative semi-structured interviews
and focus group discussions. This mixed method of data collection provided a
rich pool of data and analytical power that would not be available with any
of these methods on their own. Gender disaggregated information has been
collected wherever it is meaningful.
The baseline report presented the findings of
quantitative and qualitative analyses of gathered information. Descriptive
as well as multivariate analyses (e.g., determinants of enrollment) of
quantitative data have been carried out.
Following researchers from IFPRI were involved in this
project:
Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
Mr. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Impact Assessment study
of WFP’s Rural Road Maintenance Program (RRMP) in Chittagong Hilltracts, WFP
- Bangladesh (November 2005 – April 2006), Data Analysis and Technical
Assistance limited (DATA)
WFP required an impact survey to assess the condition
of three districts of the Chittagong Hill-tract’s programme area after three
years of the programme period. This study was a case control study to
compare the impact with the baseline condition of the participants of the
Chittagong Hill Tract’s area. This study was conducted in all three
districts of Chittagong Hilltracts. DATA surveyed 240 sample households
distributed in these three districts. Since the study was a case control
study, among 240 households 120 households are program beneficiary and the
rests are non-beneficiary households. The survey collected information on
household composition, schooling, literacy, land holding pattern, Employment
and labor sale, self-employment, social assistance, income from agriculture,
NGO participation, savings and credit, asset and sales and loss of assets,
non-food expenditure, food expenditure, Child feeding behavior, training,
housing, hygiene and sanitation, dietary intake, morbidity etc.
Following researchers from DATA were involved in this
project:
Dr. Durgadas Bhattacharjee, University of Dhaka, DATA
Dr. M. Khairul Hossain, University of Dhaka, DATA
Mr. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
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Advisory work on Technical Assessment of Impact
Assessment Survey on NMT Ban
(August – October 2005), the World Bank, Bangladesh
The purpose of this
assignment is to assist DTCB supervise implementation of this assignment and
ensure quality outputs. The consultant will work closely with the DSM impact
evaluation team and provide real time technical guidance on specific issues
of survey design, sampling frame, implementation and analysis. The
consultant will also liaise closely with the World Bank technical team on
critical issues that may require adjustments in the original approach
outlined in the TOR. Specifically, the consultant will review the
evaluation team’s methodology and proposals, and advise the on the
following:
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The analytical framework and detailed work plan for conducting
an impact evaluation.
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Key indicators to be measured.
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The sampling methodology and sample
frame for the survey to ensure adequate representation of project areas
and non-project areas (control). The control group is represented by
residents along Rokeya Shahrani (an arterial corridor broadly parallel to
Mirpur Road). This task will require determining the appropriate
sample and control areas for statistical viability in the impact analysis.
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Ensuring that the survey instruments are administered in a way that (i)
is comparable to the previous survey and (ii) provides the necessary
information to address the main questions of the impact evaluation. The
consultant will also participate in pilot testing the instrument in
the field for questionnaire flow, questions’ ordering and content [and
effective translation]. Any proposed revisions to the questionnaire will be
shared with the Bank for review and comments as soon as possible after the
field test.
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Guidance to the survey team on implementing field work and
ensuring high data quality (e.g. appropriate training of enumerators,
quality control mechanisms)
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Guidance on analysis once the data has been collected.
Following researchers from WFP and DATA were involved
in this project:
Dr. M. Khairul Hossain, University of Dhaka
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Baseline and End–Cycle Outcome Monitoring Survey of
WFP Country Programme (April – July 2005), WFP Bangladesh
This study is to develop the concept of Result Based Management (RBM),
which will enhance WFP capacity to better track their performance in terms
of impact. The objective of the M&E Strategy is to monitor results at both
output (process) and outcome levels. The process monitoring is undertaken on
a continuous basis while the outcome monitoring takes place on a periodical
basis particularly at the beginning, mid and end of the programme cycle.
Following researchers from WFP and DATA were involved
in this project:
Mr. Ezaz Nabi, WFP
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Urban-Rural Linkages Study in Bangladesh
(November 2004 – June 2005), IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA. Financed by the
Care - Bangladesh.
This study tries to examine the impact of
infrastructure and the food value chain on the livelihoods and migration of
landless households, women and girls in the Northwestern Region.
Following researchers from IFPRI and the University of
Dhaka were are involved in this project:
Dr. Maximo Torero, IFPRI
Dr. Shyamal Chowdhury, IFPRI
Ms. Taniya Sharmeen, Dhaka University
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Evaluation of WFP School Feeding Programme
(July
– December 2004), Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and
Policy, Boston, USA. Financed by the WFP - Bangladesh.
This study is a follow up of a baseline survey
conducted in June-August 2002, prior to the implementation of the SFP. In
July-September 2004 a follow up survey was conducted in the same schools.
One urban area that originally was included among the control schools turned
out, at the time of follow up, to have been given the SFP; this area was
therefore excluded from the follow up survey, and a replacement upazila
selected (but the schools in this replacement turned out to be
non-comparable to the other sampled schools). In addition to replicating
the data collection from baseline, the follow up survey included information
on SFP implementation, teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the programme
and use of the food, and qualitative information from parents, government
officials, and SMC members about their attitudes toward the programme.
Following researchers from Tufts FSNSP are involved in
this project:
Dr. Beatrice L. Rogers, Tufts FSNSP
Ms. Jennifer Coates, Tufts FSNSP
Mr.
Tufts FSNSP
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Mid-Cycle Outcome Monitoring Survey of WFP Country
Programme (July – October 2004 ), WFP Bangladesh
This study is to develop the concept of Result Based Management (RBM),
which will enhance WFP capacity to better track their performance in terms
of impact. The objective of the M&E Strategy is to monitor results at both
output (process) and outcome levels. The process monitoring is undertaken on
a continuous basis while the outcome monitoring takes place on a periodical
basis particularly at the beginning, mid and end of the programme cycle.
Following researchers from WFP and DATA were involved
in this project:
Mr. Ezaz Nabi, WFP
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Dynamics of Microfinance Institutes in Bangladesh
(March – November 2004), IRIS Center, University of Maryland, USA. The
study was funded by the World Bank, Washington, USA
This is a smaller-scale survey on microfinance
competition in the same 120 villages as those were visited in 1994. This is
a community level follow up survey to understand microfinance situation in
Bangladesh. This survey examines the dynamics of microfinance institutions’
competition in Bangladesh.
Following researchers from University of Maryland and
the World Bank are involved in this project:
Dr. Gazala Mansura, the World Bank
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Developing Poverty Measurement Tools
(February –
August, 2004), IRIS Center, University of Maryland, USA. The study was
funded by the USAID, Washington DC, USA.
This study hoped to make it
possible to measure the proportion of very poor clients amongst the
recipients of microenterprise services. The study was also to recommended
tools to be efficient means of evaluating the poverty level of the
households. The study’s priority was to recommend tools that can serve both
purposes in a practical and cost-effective manner.
In order to determine which
tools most accurately indicate poverty, the tools and indicators was
field-tested in this study. A key component of the field tests was the use
of an acknowledged standard such as the expenditure module of the World
Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), against which simpler and
more cost-effective tools was measured. While the expenditure module of the
LSMS would be far too expensive and time-consuming to be a practical tool
for microenterprise programs, it was played a critical role in assessing the
accuracy of simpler tools.
The survey has developed a
composite tool of existing tools and indicators, which were tested against
the LSMS benchmark to determine which questions and types of tools are most
accurate.
Following researchers involved in this project:
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Cash Transfer Study in Bangladesh
(June 2003 –
October 2003), The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA.
This is a study to understand the mechanism of
transferring cash to beneficiary level and the problems of supply side.
Three programmes, RMP, PESP and VGD have been taken into account in order to
assess the efficiency of existing Cash Transfer models in Bangladesh.
Following researchers from the World Bank and DATA were
involved in this project:
Dr. Carlo del Ninno, World Bank
Dr. Shaikh Samsuddin Ahmed, Dhaka University –
Consultant to DATA
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Social Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education
System in Bangladesh (June 2003 – September 2003), IFPRI, Washington
D.C., USA. Financed by the World Bank, Washinton D.C.
This is a study to assess the Primary School Stipend
Program and Female Secondary School Assistance Program. Six different
surveys have been conducted to asses the program. The surveys are following:
a) Census; b) Household survey; c)Primary school and Madrasa survey; d)
High school and Madrasa survey; e) achievement test for class 5 and class 9
students in the school; and f) Qualitative survey on a subset of the sample
area.
Following researchers from IFPRI and DATA were involved
in this project:
Dr. Akhter Ahmed, IFPRI
Ms. Taniya Sharmeen, Dhaka University – Consultant to
DATA
Md. Zobair, DATA
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Retail Shop Survey on Processed Food Items, (May
– June 2003), Embassy of the United States of America, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
This is a study to assess demand and supply side of the
processed food market in Bangladesh, issues regarding import of the
processed food and its cost. Surveys have been conducted in Dhaka,
Narayangonj and Chittagong region. The surveys collected information on
product name, brand name, packing type, volume, price per unit, sell per
week, country of origin, importer/ distributor’s name, etc. Data has been
collected from 24 departmental stores of different region. Collected data
has been entered and the delivered to the USDA authority in Bangladesh.
Following researchers from USDA and DATA were involved
in this project:
Dr. Sayed Sarwar Hussain, Foreign Agriculture Service,
USDA
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Food Aid Leakage Study in Bangladesh (October
2002 – April 2003), IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA. Financed by multi donor
agency including EC, USAID, WFP, etc., the study was managed by WFP.
This study was one of the most challenging one due to
the sensitivity of the study and the time constraint. DTA had to do 17
different surveys to capture the complete scenario of the food aid
distribution in Bangladesh. The survey was both in beneficiary level and the
distributors’ level from Ship – Silo – CSD – LSD – UP.
A complete census of 48 villages have been done to get
the complete list of beneficiary and non-beneficiary households and to draw
the samples from the census. Survey interviewed beneficiary households as
well as non-beneficiary households Implementing NGOs, trainers of the NGOs,
implementing CBOs, managers of Silo/CSD/LSD, Chairman/Secretary of union
parishad, carying contractors. Survey collected information from food aid
recipient households about how much they are entitled and how much they are
getting from the distributors and there were surprise visits to the
distribution point and weighing by UNISCALE actually how much programme
participants are receiving. Survey also captured data on administration cost
of the program. All stakeholders are interviewed and covered in the study.
Following researchers from IFPRI, BIDS, DATA and other
collaborators are involved in this project:
Dr. Akhter Ahmeed, IFPRI
Dr. Sajjad Zohir, BIDS
Dr. Shahidur Rashid, IFPRI
Dr. Monohar Sharma, IFPRI
Mr. Khliquzzaman, Master Mariner
Dr. Sayedur Rahman. Rajshahi University
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
Mr. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Baseline study on EC –
WFP assisted Routine Maintenance Project (EC – RM), WFP - Bangladesh
(May – November 2002), Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy, Boston, USA
WFP required a baseline survey to assess the baseline
condition of program area, a sample of 10 districts of southern and northern
zones of Bangladesh have been selected. This study was a case control study.
We surveyed 240 households in 10 districts. Among 240 households 120
households are program beneficiary and the rests are non-beneficiary
households. We collected information on household composition, schooling,
literacy, land holding pattern, Employment and labor sale, self-employment,
social assistance, income from agriculture, NGO participation, savings and
credit, asset and sales and loss of assets, non-food expenditure, food
expenditure, Child feeding behavior, training, housing, hygiene and
sanitation, anthropometry, dietary intake, morbidity etc.
Following researchers from Tufts University and DATA
were involved in this project:
Ms. Soha Moussa, Tufts University
Mr. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Monitoring of the School
Feeding Program of USDA, Implemented by Land O’ Lakes (April 2002 to
March 2003), USDA, Washington
DATA worked as a monitor of USDA to monitor the USDA
School Feeding Program implemented by Land O’ Lakes in Jamalpur Sadar,
Sharishabari and Melandaha upazilas in Jamalpur District. This Monitoring
survey collected quantitative information on school infrastructure, School
management committee, enrolment, attendance, drop-out rate, teaching staff,
water sources, sanitation at the school, snacks provided in school feeding
program, short term hunger, community involvement in the management of
feeding program, etc. In this monitoring process, survey also collected
qualitative information on parents’ participation, students’ behavioral
changes due to the program, community perception and participation in the
program, teacher’s view to the program, etc. The survey is divided into four
rounds. The first round of the survey is baseline, second round of the
survey is follow up, third round of the survey is qualitative survey and the
fourth round of the surveys is final round.
Following researchers from DATA were involved in this
project:
Mr. Zahidula Hassan, DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
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Baseline study of WFP’s
Rural Road Maintenance Program (RRMP) in Chittagong Hilltracts, WFP -
Bangladesh (May – October 2002), Tufts University Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, USA
WFP required a baseline survey to assess the baseline
condition of three districts of the Chittagong Hill-tract’s programme area.
This study was a case control study. This study was conducted in all three
districts of Chittagong Hilltracts. DATA surveyed 240 sample households
distributed in these three districts. Since the study was a case control
study, among 240 households 120 households are program beneficiary and the
rests are non-beneficiary households. The survey collected information on
household composition, schooling, literacy, land holding pattern, Employment
and labor sale, self-employment, social assistance, income from agriculture,
NGO participation, savings and credit, asset and sales and loss of assets,
non-food expenditure, food expenditure, Child feeding behavior, training,
housing, hygiene and sanitation, anthropometry, dietary intake, morbidity
etc.
Following researchers from Tufts University and DATA
were involved in this project:
Ms. Soha Moussa, Tufts University
Mr. Zahidula Hassan, DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
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Seasonal (DRY) Survey of IFSP- Flood Proofing
Component (May 12 to July 12, 2001), IFSP – FPP, CARE – Bangladesh.
In this study DATA provided
inputs as a part of consultancy service to IFSP – FPP, CARE – Bangladesh on
the following issues:
Following persons form DATA
were involved in this study:
Md.
Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Food Insecurity Measurement and Validation Study
(March 15, 2001 to June 2003)
Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy (SNSP),
USA, Funded by USAID, FANta project
DATA conducted three rounds of survey in this study.
This survey provided baseline, midterm and an end-line data for World
Vision’s Food Security Enhancement Initiative as well as for Tufts SNSP
research on food security assessment. The first phase of the survey was
completed in early 2001 and was followed by an extensive analysis and
report-writing phase. The survey is concentrated in three geographic areas
of Bangladesh South region, North Region and South-central region. We
surveyed 200 households from each of the region.
The baseline survey had a total sample size of 600
households (300 intervention and 300 control households) from 30 clusters of
different areas of Bangladesh. The midterm survey had a total sample size of
125 households (all from intervention area) from 7 clusters of different
areas of Bangladesh.
The survey collected information on household
composition, schooling, land owned, Occupation/ source of income, asset
listing, non-food expenditure, food expenditure, anthropometry, 24-hour food
intake. A module was included that asked direct questions about both male
and female respondents’ experiences with food insecurity.
Following researchers from Tufts University and DATA
were involved in this project:
Professor Dr. Patrick Webb, Tufts University
Ms. Jennifer Coates, Tufts University
Dr. Robert Houser, Tufts University
Mr. Zahidula Hassan, DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
Measuring Food
Insecurity at FANta
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IGVGD Participation Study, 1998-99 Cycle, an
activity of the World Food Programme (WFP) and BRAC (March 15 to August
31, 2001), In collaboration with Tufts School of Nutrition Science and
Policy (SNSP), USA and WFP - Bangladesh, Funded by WFP
Develop the questionnaire with a group of consultants
from Tufts SNSP, WFP and DATA. Pretest the questionnaire, train enumerators,
supervisors and coordinators according to criteria developed jointly between
DATA and Tufts SNSP. In conjunction with Tufts SNSP, DATA developed and
adhered to a study logistic plan and timeline for the completion of the
household survey. Surveyed a sample of 600 women, selected from a
preexisting database according to their various types of participation in
the 1998-99 cycle of the (IGVGD) program.
Finally DATA analyzed the data in collaboration with
Tufts FSNSP and prepared the report.
Following researchers from Tufts University and DATA
were involved in this project:
Professor Dr. Patrick Webb, Tufts University
Ms. Jennifer Coates, Tufts University
Mr. Zahidula Hassan, DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
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An Analysis of Projects for Food Security in
Bangladesh (February 1999 to May 1999), the World Bank
This study evaluated the question of how
community-based nutrition and food security programs should be implemented
in the proposed National Nutrition Project of the government of Bangladesh
with funding provided by the Wold Bank and other donors. We prepared the
report addressing this question and suggested policy options under
alternative scenarios. In order to make these assessments and policy
suggestions we conducted surveys on the current nutrition and food security
programs of the government and NGOs in different parts of the country. We
collected information from Thana Project Implementation Officer, private
poultry and cattle farms, local and national NGOs.
Following researchers were involved in this study:
Dr. Jim Levinson, Tuft University, USA
Dr. Carlo del Ninno, IFPRI
Mr. Kaafee Billah, DATA and Cornell University, USA
Ms. Snigdha Ali, DATA and Cornell University, USA
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Impact Study of Emergency Program on Arsenic
(July 1998 to October 1998), Tetrahedron, USA
Dhaka Community Hospital did an Emergency program for
developing awareness about Arsenic. In this study an evaluation is done on
this Emergency Program. Surveys are administered in the districts of
Chapainawabganj, Faridpur, Khulna, Chandpur, Narsingdi, Pabna and in
Narayanganj.
Following researchers were involved in this study:
DATA and Ohio State University, USA
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Credit and Women Study
(June 1998 to March
1999), MISEREOR, Germany
This study evaluated the impact of micro-credit
programs of selected NGOs on the welfare of the women under the programs.
The NGOs covered in the study are Dipshikha, MBSK, SPP and ASA. We used two
different survey techniques for the study: quantitative and qualitative. In
the quantitative survey we included 480 households having 120 households
from each NGO. The qualitative study covered 60 households. Information was
collected on Household composition, schooling, Land Income Generating
Activities owned and operated, crop production, post-harvest processing and
disposition of harvests, fish pond utilization, labor sale, self-employment,
livestock, credit, asset and sales of assets, non-food expenditure, food
expenditure, morbidity, prenatal/antenatal health care, contraception,
housing, hygiene and sanitation, nutritional knowledge and practices,
immunization, anthropometry, time allocation, dowry and gifts, women’s
empowerment and mobility, abusement, infra structure of the community,
school, health care facilities etc.
Following researchers were involved in this study:
Dr. Michael Bruentrup, Misereor, Germany
Ms. Shioban Gorman, Misereor, Germany
Dr. Fahmida Akhter, DATA
Ms. Sayyied Kabir, DATA
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Study on Household Coping Strategies after 1998
Flood in Bangladesh (1998), IFPRI, Dhaka Office;
This detailed household level survey addressing
question of how the rural households in the coping to the shock of the
devastating flood in 1998. The survey is divided into three rounds. The
first two rounds of the survey are sponsored by IFPRI and the third and
final round by the World Bank. Total 757 household are being interviewed.
The sample was distributed over 7 severely or moderately flood affected
thanas in the districts of Magura, Madripur, Manikganj, Narsingdi, Chandpur,
Sunamganj and Barisal. The survey collected information on household
composition, schooling, land ownership and operation, cropping pattern, plot
and non-plot crop production, disposition of harvests, fish pond
utilization, labor sale, self-employment, open water fish catching,
livestock, credit, asset and sales of assets, loss of assets due to flood,
non-food expenditure, food expenditure, morbidity, housing, hygiene and
sanitation, anthropometry, time allocation, 24-hour food intake and
intra-household food distribution, market price of different commodities,
infra structure of the community, school, health care facilities etc.
Following researchers from IFPRI, BIDS, World Bank and
DATA are involved in this project:
Dr. Carlo del Ninno, IFPRI
Dr. Dilip Roy, BIDS
Mr. Zahidul Hassan , DATA
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
Mr. Wahidur Rahman Quabili, DATA
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Aman Procurement Study (1998), FMRSP project of
IFPRI, Dhaka Office;
The survey is done for the Food Management and Research
Support Project of the Ministry of Food and IFPRI. The survey collected
information on the operations of the procurement activities of rice
harvested during the Aman Season.
Following researchers from IFPRI, BIDS and DATA were
involved in this study:
Dr.Paul A. Dorosh, IFPRI
Dr. Quazi Shahabuddin, BIDS
Mr. Md. Zobair, DATA
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Monetization of Food Aid on the Open Market: An
Analysis for Edible Oil (1998), CARE-Bangladesh;
This survey was carried out to perform the Bellmon
Analysis. The survey interviewed owners of refineries, whole sale traders,
retailers in the edible oil industry in Dhaka, Chittagong. Collected
information from government and non-government officials who were related
with edible oil imports. Also, interviewed the oil seed growers in different
parts of the country. The study was supervised by Dr. Philip Sutter of CARE
Following researchers from IFPRI, BIDS, World Bank and
DATA were involved in this study:
Dr. Paul A. Dorosh, IFPRI
Mr. Sayyied B. Kabir, DATA
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Data analysis of the Study on Impact Assessment of
ASA (1997), MISEREOR, Germany
DATA performed the cleaning of entered data and
analysis of data of this study. Both descriptive and multivariate analyses
were done for this study.
Following researchers from Misereor, CARITAS and MITREC
were involved in this study:
Dr. Michael Bruentrup, Misereor
Mr. Alauddin, Caritas
Mr. Afroza Begum
Mr. Mizanur Rahman, MITREC
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Study on Child Care Behavior of Working Mothers
(1997), Tuft University, USA
This survey interviewed garment workers as well as some
potential worker from the same community where the garment workers used to
live. The survey collected information mainly about allocation of time,
child feeding, day care facilities for the children, mobility, empowerment,
anthropometry, morbidity and health facilities in the work place, abuse by
other, social status etc. We also interviewed some daycare centers in
different parts of Dhaka
Following researchers from Tufts University were
involved in this study:
Names of the researchers:
Dr. Michael Banish, Tuft University, USA
Ms. Namratha Kundula, Tuft University, USA
Ms. Jeniffer Leng, Tuft University, USA
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Study on Garment Workers (1997), The Population
Council, New York, USA;
The survey interviewed and collected data from garment
workers as well as some potential worker from the same community. In this
survey data collectors interviewed the garment workers in their residence so
usually the survey started each day around at 6 pm in the evening and it
ended at around 11 pm at night. This survey also interviewed sending and
non-sending community of the garment workers. The survey has collected
information mainly about household composition, education, income,
expenditure, budget allocation, child feeding, day care facilities for
children, mobility, empowerment, anthropometry, morbidity and health
facilities in the work place, abuse by others, social status, purdah and
some other very sensitive issues.
Following researchers from the Population Council and
DATA were involved in this study:
Dr. Sajeda Amin, The population council
Dr. Ruchira T. naved The population council
Dr. Margaret Nubay The population council
Mr. Rafat Alam The population council
Mr. Wahidur Rahman Quabili, DATA
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Micronutrient and Gender Study in Bangladesh
(January 1996 – September 2000), IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA.
This is DATA’s one of the largest and most renowned
projects. The first phase of the project completed in early 1998 and the
second phase was conducted in June 1999 – September 2000. The survey was
concentrated in the three geographic area of Bangladesh, and its evaluating
the impact of introduction of three technologies. These are (i) commercial
vegetable production in Saturia in the district of Manilkganj a technology
disseminated by Asian Vegetable Research Development Center (AVRDC),
implemented by Gana Kalyan Trust (GKT) and sponsored by USAID; (ii)
Polyculture of fish under Mymensingh Aquaculture Extension Project (MAEP)
covering Gaffargaon thana of Mymensingh, Kishoreganj Sadar and Pakundia
under Kishoreganj district, sponsored by DANIDA; and (iii) Polyculture of
Fish under group based pond development, a technology disseminated by
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources and Management (ICLARM) in
the sadar thana of Jessore district, implemented by by Banchte Shekha and
sponsored by USAID.
In the 1st phase there were 4 rounds of the
survey in all three sites covering nearly 1000 households and 7,000
individuals. In the 2nd pahse there were three rounds of the
survey in Saturia, Manikganj.
The survey collected information on household
composition, schooling, land owned and operated, cropping pattern, plot and
non-plot crop production, post-harvest processing and disposition of
harvests, purchase of inputs, fish pond utilization, labor sale,
self-employment, open water fish catching, livestock, credit, asset and
sales of assets, non-food expenditure, food expenditure, morbidity,
prenatal/antenatal health care, contraception, housing, hygiene and
sanitation, live and still births, child feeding practices, child care,
nutritional knowledge and practices, immunization, anthropometry, time
allocation, 24-hour food intake and intra-household food distribution,
preferences of fish and rice, marriage history, dowry and gifts, women’s
empowerment, Blood hemoglobin, vitamin A, parasites in stool, arsenic tests
in tube wells, market price of different commodities, rainfall, temperature,
infra structure of the community, school, health care facilities, etc.
Following researchers from IFPRI, BIDS, INFS, and DATA
are worked in this study:
Dr. Howarth E. Bouis, IFPRI
Dr. Agnes Quisumbing, IFPRI
Dr. Benedicte de la Brierie, IFPRI
Dr. Kelly Hallman, IFPRI
MS Lynn Brown, IFPRI
Dr. Sajjad Zohir, BIDS
Dr. Nazmul Hassan, INFS, University of Dhaka
Mr. Nazrul Islam, INFS, University of Dhaka
Wahidur Rahman Quabili, DATA
Md. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
Md. Zobair, DATA
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Impact Study of
Credit on Women’s Savings Groups of ASA and Save the Children, (1996),
Save the Children(USA), Dhaka Office.
The survey was
administered in Nasirnagar thana in the district of Brahmanbaira. Household
and group level information on micro-credit loans, their use, and other
socioeconomic aspects of the members of the program were covered.
Following researchers from Save the Children and DATA
were involved in this study:
Mr. Shoumi Mustafa, DATA and Ohio State University, USA
Mr. Wahidur Rahman Quabili, DATA
Mr. Zahidul Hassan, DATA
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Large Scale Sample Survey on Women’s Empowerment
(1995-96), Save the Children (USA), Dhaka Office;
DATA was responsible for the whole study. The survey
was administered in Nasirnagar Thana in the district of Brahmanbaria. The
total number of households covered was over 7,000. The study covered the
collection of information about income, expenditure, assets, education,
morbidity, birth control, mobility, decision-makings, dowry, anthropometry
and some other sensitive issues of women empowerment.
Following researchers from Save the Children and DATA
were involved in this study:
Mr. Shoumi Mustafa, DATA and University of Dhaka
Mr. Mahbub Morsehd, DATA and University of Dhaka
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Data Analysis of European Food Aid Evaluation Study
(1995), IFPRI, Washington, D.C., USA
Descriptive and multivariate analyses were done using
the data on market price, procurement, shipment, import and off-take of
foodgrains and edible oil, and distribution of food through monetized and
non-monetized channels.
Name of the Researchers:
Dr. Akhter Ahmed, IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA
Dr. Detlev Puetz, IFPRI, Washington
D.C., USA
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Household, Group, and Community level Surveys on
Targeted Credit for Food security of the Rural Poor
(1994-95), IFPRI
