Publications of the Moment

Recognizing Universal Children's Day (20th November 2009) the BDRC provided new publications related to
Children in Bangladesh

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• Ahmed, A. and M. Sohail (2008) “Child's play and recreation in Dhaka City, Bangladesh”, Proceedings (of
  the) Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer, Vol. 161, No. 4, pp. 263-270.

• Ahmed, Nesar (2008) “The role of children in fish marketing in Bangladesh”, Fish Farmer, Vol. 31, No. 2,
  pp. 46-48.

• Akhter, S.; A. P. Luby; and A. K. Halder (2008) “Incidence of Respiratory Illness and Associated
  Expenditures of Households Among Children Under Five in Urban Dhaka, Bangladesh”, International
  Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 12, No. SUPP/1, pp. e74.

• 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)).

• Alam, Nurul; Jeroen K. van Ginneken; and Ian Timaeus (2009) “Determinants of Perceived Morbidity and
  Use of Health Services by Children Less Than 15 Years Old in Rural Bangladesh”, Maternal and Child
  Health Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 119-129.

• 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.

• Arifeen, S. E; Saha, S. K.; Rahman, S.; Rahman, K. M.; Rahman, S. M.; Bari, S.; Naheed, A.; Mannan, I.;
  Seraji, M. H.; Ahmed, N. U.; Hassan, M. S.; Huda, N.; Siddik, A. U.; Quasem, I.; Islam M; Fatima K; Al-
  Emran, H.; Brooks, W. A.; Baqui, A. H.; Breiman, R. F.; Sack, D.; and Stephen P. Luby (2009) “Invasive
  Pneumococcal Disease among Children in Rural Bangladesh: Results from a Population-Based
  Surveillance”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 48, No. SUPP/2, pp. S103-S113.

• 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).

• Blum, Lauren S.; Rasheda Khan; Adnan A. Hyder; Sabina Shahanaj; Shams El Arifeen; and Abdullah
  Baqui (2009) “Childhood drowning in Matlab, Bangladesh: An in-depth exploration of community
  perceptions and practices”, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 68, No. 9 (May), pp. 1720-1727.

• 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.

• Dey, Shuvra Kanti; Aksara Thongprachum; Abm Rafiqul Islam; Gia Tung Phan; Majibur Rahman; Masashi
  Mizuguchi; Shoko Okitsu; and Hiroshi Ushijima (2009) “Molecular analysis of G3 rotavirus among infants
  and children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh after 1993”, Infection, Genetics and Evolution, Vol. 9, No. 5
  (September), pp. 983-986.

• Dey, Shuvra Kanti; Yuko Hayakawa; Majibur Rahman, Rafi qul Islam; Masashi Mizuguchi, Shoko Okitsu;
  and Hiroshi Ushijima (2009) “G2 Strain of Rotavirus among Infants and Children, Bangladesh”, Emerging
  Infectious Diseases, Vol. 15, No. 1 (January), pp. 91-94.

• 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.

• Hale, Lauren; Julie DaVanzo; Abdur Razzaque; and Mizanur Rahman (2009) “Which factors explain the
  decline in infant and child mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh?”, Journal of Population Research, Vol. 26, No.
  1, pp. 3-20.

• Haque, Ehsanul (2009) “Sun Child Program: providing education, preventing school drop out and breaking
  the cycle of poverty for underprivileged children in Bangladesh”, Paper presented at the Conference on
  Ideas and Innovations for the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade, Harvard University, Boston
  (October 9-10).

• 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).

• Kabeer, Naila and Simeen Mahmud (2009) “Imagining the Future: Children, Education and
  Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Urban Bangladesh”, IDS Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 10-21.

• 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; L. Svanström; M. Linnan; S. Shafinaz; T. F. Khan; and F.
  Rahman (2009) “Perceptions of rural people about childhood burns and their prevention: A basis for
  developing a childhood burn prevention programme in Bangladesh”, Public Health, Vol. 123, No. 8
  (August), pp. 568-572.

• 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).

• Naheed, Aliya; Samir K. Saha; Robert F. Breiman; Fatema Khatun; W. Abdullah Brooks; Shams El Arifeen;
  David Sack; and Stephen P. Luby (2009) “Multihospital Surveillance of Pneumonia Burden among
  Children Aged <5 Years Hospitalized for Pneumonia in Bangladesh”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 48,
  No. SUPP/2, pp. S82-S89.

• 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).

• 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).

• Raqib, Rubhana; Sultan Ahmed; Rokeya Sultana; Yukiko Wagatsuma; Dinesh Mondal; A.M. Waheedul
  Hoque; Barbro Nermell; Mohammed Yunus; Shantonu Roy; Lars Ake Persson; Shams El Arifeen; Sophie
  Moore; and Marie Vahter (2009) “Effects of in utero arsenic exposure on child immunity and morbidity in
  rural Bangladesh”, Toxicology Letters, Vol. 185, No. 3 (March), pp. 197-202.

• 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.

• Saha, S. K.; A. Naheed; El Arifeen, Shams; Islam, M; AlEmran, H; Amin, R; Fatima, K; Brooks, WA;
  Breiman, RF; Sack, DA; Luby SP; and Pneumococcal Study Group (2009) “Surveillance for Invasive
  Streptococcus pneumoniae Disease among Hospitalized Children in Bangladesh: Antimicrobial
  Susceptibility and Serotype Distribution”, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 48, No. SUPP/2, pp. S75-S81.

• Sarker, Profulla and Gareth Davey (2009) “Exclusion of indigenous children from primary education in the
  Rajshahi Division of northwestern Bangladesh”, International Journal of Inclusive Education, Vol. 13, No. 1
  (February), pp. 1-11.

• 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, Sheikh and Naomi Hossain (2009) “The Boys Left Behind: Where Public Policy has Failed
  to Prevent Child Labour in Bangladesh”, IDS Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 31-37.

• Tariquzzaman, Sk. and Elma Kaiser (2008) “Employers’ Perceptions of Changing Child Labour Practices in
  Bangladesh”, Dhaka, Bangladesh: BRAC Monograph Series, No. 35 (January).

• Uddin, Md. Jasim; Charles P. Larson; Elizabeth Oliveras; Azharul Islam Khan, M. A. Md. Abdul Quaiyum;
  and Nirod Chandra Saha (2009) “Child Immunization Coverage in Rural Hard-to-Reach Haor Areas of
  Bangladesh: Possible Alternative Strategies”, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 8-18.

• Uddin, Mohammad Nashir; Mohammad Hamiduzzaman; and Bernhard G. Gunter (2009) “Physical and
  Psychological Implications of Risky Child Labor: A Study in Sylhet City, Bangladesh”, Falls Church, VA,
  USA: Bangladesh Development Research Center (BDRC), Bangladesh Development Research Working
  Paper Series (BDRWPS), BDRWPS No. 8 (July).

• 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).

• Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yisehac Yohannes; and Agnes Quisumbing (2009) “Risks, ex-ante actions and public
  assistance : impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi”,
  Washington, DC, USA: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, WPS4909 (April).

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