Using data collected from Savar sub-district (in Dhaka district), the authors investigate the socio-economic status of women and identify the factors that affect choice of contraception in rural Bangladesh. The study suggests that women who work outside their homes are independent and their...

The past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the importance of involving women in development programmes, not only for the direct benefit that can accrue to families, but also for the indirect effects on health and family planning practices that could arise from attendant changes...

Why has Bangladesh failed to raise quality in basic education when it successfully expanded school provision? This paper explores this problem through analysis of the influence of the political settlement on the design and delivery of the third Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP3), an...

Purpose – Knowledge about current size and structure of a country's population is needed for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs in almost all sectors of public life. The purpose of this paper is to provide population projection for Oman, using population census and...

This paper examines the public health intervention of the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the major ‘philanthropic’ organisations in the world during the twentieth century, in the erstwhile princely state of Thiruvithamkoor, which currently constitutes a part of Kerala state in...