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BRAC Institute of Governance and Development - BIGD
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A Bangladesh-based institute advancing social science research, education, and policy engagement through national and global partnerships

🔗 https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/
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🆕 How goal setting improves worker performance in small firms: Evidence from cassava processors in Ghana

Today on VoxDev w/ Elena Cettolin (Tilburg University), Kym Cole (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development - BIGD) & Patricio Dalton (Tilburg University): https://ow.ly/2rCy50XkcJU
How goal setting improves worker performance in small firms: Evidence from cassava processors in Ghana
In Ghana, a simple, low-cost intervention – helping informal workers set daily goals – significantly improved workers’ and firms’ performance, suggesting that non-binding incentives may be an effective means to foster the growth of small firms in developing contexts.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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📢 Call for Abstracts! Submit your abstract for the International Conference on Economic Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities, jointly organised by BIGD and the PENDA programme at @iced-lshtm.bsky.social

🗓️ Submission Deadline: 31 Oct, 2025
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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We are delighted to announce that our ED, Dr Imran Matin, will join the Southern Voice biennial conference.

Under the theme “Reimagining the Global Development Architecture”, this event will convene 70+ think tanks from 30+ countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Reforming family laws in Bangladesh is challenging. Efforts to change Hindu marriage & inheritance laws face resistance from state & community actors.

📖 Read this study to understand how reformers navigate these obstacles on the @ids.ac.uk website: opendocs.ids.ac.uk/articles/rep...
Protecting Women's Family Rights in a Minority Community: Hindu Family Law Reform in Bangladesh
Family laws in Bangladesh are shaped by religious laws and traditions which have traditionally shown discrimination towards women irrespective of their religious identities. There has been an emphasis...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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💡 When Digital Hurts: How DFS Can Expose

Vulnerabilities for Women, organised by BIGD’s WEE Initiatives (WEE-DiFine & WEE-Connect), featured global voices on women & digital finance.

Catch the visual summary 🎨 + full session 📽️
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikil...
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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📖 New blog for Financial Inclusion Week 2025!

Tasnuba Sinha writes about lessons learned from Malawi, Chhattisgarh, and Uganda to argue that the next phase of inclusion must focus on resilience.

🔗Read more: bigd.bracu.ac.bd/from-product...

#FIW2025 #WEEInitiatives #ResilientFinance
From Product Design to Resilience: Rethinking Women’s Financial Inclusion - BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
In Bangladesh, only 34 percent of women have an account, compared to 52 percent of men — a gap of almost 20 percentage points, roughly five times the global average. And in South Asia, nearly one in f...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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✨ Inclusion = more than access. It’s about safety & dignity. Join our FIW 2025 session: When Digital Hurts.

🗓 7 Oct | 4:00–4:30 PM BST
🔗Register here: shorturl.at/wLmzX

#FIW2025 #DigitalFinance
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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📢 Call for Abstracts!

Submit your abstract for the International Conference on Economic Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities, jointly organised by BIGD and the PENDA programme at @iced-lshtm.bsky.social.

🗓️ Conference Dates: 18-19 Jan 2026

🔗Learn more: shorturl.at/ZKLAO
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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💡 In Uganda, mobile money boosted women’s personal income and decision-making power, while jointly disclosed cash transfers reduced intimate partner violence by fostering trust and increasing shared earnings.

Read today's article to learn more:
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September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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If women gain access to phones, mobile wallets, or the internet, why does genuine empowerment remain out of reach?

Tasnuba Sinha reflects on the BIGD & @poverty-action.bsky.social hosted Access to Agency: Empowering Women through Digital Inclusion Conference: shorturl.at/Ct3xT
From Access to Agency: Why Digital Tools Alone Aren’t Enough for Women’s Empowerment - BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
From July 2-3, 2025, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners gathered in Accra, Ghana, for the Access to Agency: Empowering Women through Digital Inclusion conference, hosted by the BRAC Institut...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM