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  • Alam, Mahmudul; assisted by Johirul Islam Mullick and Irene Parvin (eds.) (2008) Bangladesh education in
    transition : policy, performance, way forward (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Development Research Network
    (Distributor: A. H. Development Pub. House)).
  • Andaleeb, Syed [Saad] (2008) “Caring for children: a model of healthcare service quality in Bangladesh”
    International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 339-345.
  • Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz (2008) “Sense in sociability? Maternal education, social capital and child
    schooling in rural Bangladesh”, The European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 20, No. 3
    (September), pp. 482-496.
  • Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz and Nazmul Chaudhury (2008) “Madrasas and NGOs: Complements or
    Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh”, Washington, DC, USA:
    World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, WPS4511 (February).
  • Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz and Nazmul Chaudhury (2008) “Poisoning the mind: arsenic contamination
    and cognitive achievement of children” Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Policy Research Working
    Paper, WPS4510 (February).
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2008) Bangladesh Vocational Education System Improvements to
    Increase Job Prospects (Manila, The Philippines: Asian Development Bank (ADB), News Release of June
    10).
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2008) Bangladesh: Secondary Education Sector Improvement Project
    (Manila, The Philippines: Asian Development Bank (ADB), Completion Report, Project No. 30332, Loan
    No. 1690, June).
  • Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) (2008) "Achieving Universal Primary Education with Quality and Equity",
    Dhaka, Bangladesh: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), CPD Policy Pager, No. 1 (November) .
  • Chaudhuri, Anoshua (2008) “Impact of Sibling Rivalry on the Nutritional Status of Children: Evidence from
    Matlab, Bangladesh”, Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1158815.
  • Chaudhuri, Anoshua (2008) “Revisiting the Impact of a Reproductive Health Intervention on Children's
    Height-for-Age with Evidence from Rural Bangladesh”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol.
    56, No. 3, pp. 619-656.
  • Chisti, M. J.; S. Huq; S. K. Das; M. A. Malek; T. Ahmed; A. S. G. Faruque; and M. A. Salam (2008)
    “Predictors of severe illness in children under age five with concomitant infection with pneumonia and
    diarrhea at a large hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh”, Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and
    Public Health, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 719-727.
  • Chowdhury, E. K.; S. El Arifeen; M. Rahman; D. Hoque; M. Hossain; K. Begum; A. Siddik; N. Begum; Q.
    Rahman; and T. Akter (2008) “Care at first-level facilities for children with severe pneumonia in
    Bangladesh: a cohort study”, The Lancet, Vol. 372, No. 9641, pp. 822-830.
  • Chowdhury, Salim Mahmud; Aminur Rahman; Saidur Rahman Mashreky; Sheikh Giashuddin; Leif
    Svanström; Lars-Gunnar Hörte; Michael Linnan; Sumona Shafinaz; Iyorlumun J. Uhaa; and A. K. M. Fazlur
    Rahman (2008) “Childhood fall: Epidemiologic findings from a population-based survey in Bangladesh”,
    International Journal on Disability and Human Development, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 81-87.
  • Dancer, Diane; Anu Rammohan; and Murray D. Smith (2008) “Infant mortality and child nutrition in
    Bangladesh”, Health Economics, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 1015-1035.
  • Davanzo, Julie; Lauren Hale; Abdur Razzaque; and Mizanur Rahman (2008) “The effects of pregnancy
    spacing on infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: How they vary by the type of pregnancy
    outcome that began the interval”, Population Studies, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 131-154.
  • El Arifeen, Shams; Abdullah H. Baqui; Cesar G. Victora; Robert E. Black; Jennifer Bryce; D. M. E. Hoque;
    E. K. Chowdhury; N. Begum; T. Akter; and A. Siddik (2008) “Sex and Socioeconomic Differentials in Child
    Health in Rural Bangladesh: Findings from a Baseline Survey for Evaluating Integrated Management of
    Childhood Illness”, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol. 26, No. 1 (March), pp. 22-35.
  • Faruque, A. S. G.; A. M. Shamsir Ahmed; Tahmeed Ahmed; M. Munirul Islam; Md. Iqbal Hossain, S. K. Roy;
    Nurul Alam; Iqbal Kabir; and David A. Sack (2008) “Nutrition: Basis for Healthy Children and Mothers in
    Bangladesh”, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol. 26, No. 3 (September), pp. 325-339.
  • Gipson, Jessica D. and Michelle J. Hindin (2008) “Having Another Child Would Be a Life or Death Situation
    for Her: Understanding Pregnancy Termination Among Couples in Rural Bangladesh”, American Journal of
    Public Health, Vol. 98, No. 10, pp. 1827-1832.
  • Haider, Mostafa (2008) “Recognising Complexity, Embracing Diversity: Working Children in Bangladesh”,
    South Asia Research, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 49-72.
  • Halder, Amal K. and M. Kabir (2008) “Child Mortality Inequalities and Linkage with Sanitation Facilities in
    Bangladesh”, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 64-73.
  • Huq, Mohammed Nazmul and Tarana Tasnim (2008) “Maternal Education and Child Healthcare in
    Bangladesh”, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (January), pp. 43-51.
  • Islam, M. Mazharul and Kazi Md. Abul Kalam Azad (2008) “Rural-urban migration and child survival in
    urban Bangladesh: are the urban migrants and poor disadvantaged?”, Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol.
    40, No. 1, pp. 83-96.
  • Islam, Safiqul; Kaniz Fatema; and Manzoor Ahmed (2008) "BRAC in Education", Paper presented at the
    Conference on "Bangladesh in the 21st Century" at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 13-14,
    2008).
  • Khan, Halimur (2008) "Lack of Curricular Relevance in Secondary School Education: Barrier to Equality of
    Educational Opportunity in Bangladesh", Paper presented at the Conference on "Bangladesh in the 21st
    Century" at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 13-14, 2008).
  • Khan, N. Z.; H. Muslima; M. Bhattacharya; R. Parvin; N. Begum; M. Jahan; D. Begum; S. Akhtar; A. S.
    Ahmed; and Gary L. Darmstadt (2008) “Stress in mothers of preterm infants in Bangladesh: associations
    with family, child and maternal factors and children's neuro-development”, Child Care Health and
    Development, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 657-664.
  • Khanam, Rasheda (2008) “Child labour and school attendance: evidence from Bangladesh” International
    Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 35, No. 1/2, pp. 77-98.
  • Khatun, Selina and Mahmudur Rahman (2008) “Quality of antenatal care and its dose-response
    relationship with birth weight in a maternal and child health training institute in Bangladesh”, Journal of
    Biosocial Science, Vol. 40, No. 3 (May), pp. 321-338.
  • Luby, Stephen P. and Amal K. Halder (2008) “Associations among handwashing indicators, wealth, and
    symptoms of childhood respiratory illness in urban Bangladesh”, Tropical Medicine and International
    Health, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 835-844.
  • Mamun, Rashed; Nazrul Islam Mondal; Rafiqul Islam; and M. Kabir (2008) “Impact of Some Key Factors on
    Health Complication of the Child Laborers During Work: A Study on Rangpur, Bangladesh”, Pakistan
    Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 262-267.
  • Mashreky, S. R.; A. Rahman; S. M. Chowdhury; S. Giashuddin; L. Svanstrom; M. Linnan; S. Shafinaz; I. J.
    Uhaa; and F. Rahman (2008) “Consequences of childhood burn: Findings from the largest community-
    based injury survey in Bangladesh”, Burns, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 912-918.
  • Mashreky, S. R.; A. Rahman; S. M. Chowdhury; S. Giashuddin; L. Svanstrom; M. Linnan; S. Shafinaz; I. J.
    Uhaa; and F. Rahman (2008) “Epidemiology of childhood burn: Yield of largest community based injury
    survey in Bangladesh”, Burns, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 856-862.
  • Masum, Muhammad (2008) “Education Sector in Bangladesh: A Review of Developments since
    Independence (Primary and Secondary Education)”, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 33-
    50.
  • Matsuda, F.; S. Ishimura; Y. Wagatsuma; T. Higashi; T. Hayashi; A. S. G. Faruque; D. A. Sack; and M.
    Nishibuchi (2008) “Prediction of epidemic cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 in children younger than 10
    years using climate data in Bangladesh”, Epidemiology and Infection, Vol. 136, No. 1, pp. 73-79.
  • Monzoor, Shahorin and Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir (2008) Primary Education in Bangladesh --
    Streams, Disparities and Pathways for Unified System (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Unnayan Onneshan - the
    Innovators).
  • Rahaman, Sadikur; Wahida Khanam; and Zeenatul Islam (2008) Children with disabilities in Rajshahi city:
    a situation analysis (Rajshahi, Bangladesh: Foundation for Women & Child Assistance).
  • Rahman, Aminur; Shumona Shafinaz; Michael Linnan; and Fazlur Rahman (2008) “Community perception
    of childhood drowning and its prevention measures in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative study”, Australian
    Journal of Rural Health, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 176-180. Rahman, M.; S. Hossain; A. H. Baqui; S. Shoma; H.
    Rashid; N. Nahar; M. K. Zaman; and F. Khatun (2008) “Haemophilus influenzae type-b and non-b-type
    invasive diseases in urban children (<5years) of Bangladesh: Implications for therapy and vaccination”,
    Journal of Infection, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 191-196.
  • Rahman, Taiabur (forthcoming) “Life and Livelihood of the Poor Children Living in Metropolis Dhaka:
    Problems, Prospects and Challenges”, in: A. Singh (ed.) Governance and Justice in South Asia: Access
    maze and denial frame for the poor (New Delhi: Sage Publication, forthcoming).
  • Roy, S. K.; Rubhana Rakib; Wajiha Khatun; T. Azim; R. Chowdhury; George J. Fuchs; and D. A. Sack
    (2008) “Zinc supplementation in the management of shigellosis in malnourished children in Bangladesh”,
    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 62, No. 7, pp. 849-855.
  • Roy, Swapan Kumar; M. J. Hossain; Wajiha Khatun; Barnali Chakraborty; S. Chowdhury; Afroza Begum;
    Syeda Mah-e-Muneer; Sohana Shafique; Mansura Khanam; and R. Chowdhury (2008) “Zinc
    supplementation in children with cholera in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial”, British Medical
    Journal, No. 7638, pp. 266-268.
  • Saha, Kuntal K.; Edward A. Frongillo; Dewan S. Alam; Shams E. Arifeen; Lars Åke Persson; and Kathleen
    M. Rasmussen (2008) “Appropriate infant feeding practices result in better growth of infants and young
    children in rural Bangladesh”, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 87, No. 6, pp. 1852-1859.
  • Semba, Richard D.; Saskia de Pee; Kai Sun; Mayang Sari; Nasima Akhter; and Martin W. Bloem (2008)
    “Effect of parental formal education on risk of child stunting in Indonesia and Bangladesh: a cross-
    sectional study”, The Lancet, Vol. 371, No. 9609 (26 January), pp. 322-328.
  • Sinha, Anisur Rahman (2008) “Bangladesh: A Multilateral Collaboration to Eliminate Child Labor in the
    Export-Oriented Garment Industry”, in: U.S. Department of Labor (ed.) Advancing the Global Campaign
    Against Child Labor: Progress Made and Future Actions (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor),
    Section IV, Panel B: Implementing Effective Strategies in the Workplace.
  • Tariquzzaman, Sk. and Elma Kaiser (2008) “Employers’ Perceptions of Changing Child Labour Practices in
    Bangladesh”, Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC Monograph Series, No. 35 (January).
  • World Bank (2008) “Bangladesh - Disability and Children at Risk Project”, Washington, DC, USA: World
    Bank, Report No. 41795 (Project Appraisal Document, June); Report No. AC3439 (Integrated Safeguards
    Data Sheet, February); and Project Information Document, No. AB3650 (February).
  • World Bank (2008) Bangladesh - Post-Literacy and Continuing Education for Human Development Project
    (Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, Implementation Completion and Results Report, No. ICR795, July).
  • World Bank (2008) Education for All in Bangladesh: Where Does Bangladesh Stand in Achieving the EFA
    Goals by 2015? (Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, Bangladesh Development Series (BDS), Paper No.
    24, April).
Publications of the Moment

Recognizing
Universal Children's Day (20th November 2008)
the BDRC provides new publications related to
Children in Bangladesh