GDRI

GDRI The aims of GDRI is to conduct development research on issues related to education, health, poverty, disaster and marginalized people in Bangladesh.

The aims & objects of the Global Development & Research Initiative (GDRI) to conduct development research on issues related to education, health, poverty, disaster and marginalized people in Bangladesh. We specialize in conducting surveys and field experiments to objectively evaluate different projects and programs and understand issues of public policy interest in Bangladesh. We build on strong t

eam of international researchers who are interested to know more about Bangladesh. The initial focus on the vast majesty on the field work is in the south eastern part of Bangladesh. It is a Non-Profitable, Non-Political, Non-Government, Voluntary & Charitable Society. All the objects will be implemented after obtaining necessary permission from the government/concerned authority/ competent authority and the objects contrary to the provision of section 20 of the Act shall be treated as ineffective.

🎉 Congratulations to our Research Team! 🎉Let’s congratulate our research team members on the publication of their resear...
16/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our Research Team! 🎉
Let’s congratulate our research team members on the publication of their research article, “Farmer Field Schools as Environmental Literacy Commons and Their Role in Socio-Ecological Outcomes in South-Western Bangladesh,” in the Socio-Ecological Practice Research journal (Q1).
🌱 Authors and Research Team Members:
â€ĸ Bangkim Biswas Senior Research Associate, GDRI
â€ĸ Ehsun Newaz, Research Associate, GDRI
â€ĸ Tasnim Murad Mamun, Research Advisor, GDRI; Associate Professor, Khulna University
â€ĸ Dr. Apurba Roy, Research Advisor, GDRI; Associate Professor, University of Barishal
This study examines how Farmer Field Schools (FFS) strengthen environmental literacy among coastal paddy farmers in Bangladesh and how enhanced environmental knowledge contributes to the adoption of eco-friendly agricultural practices and improved productivity.
The findings demonstrate that investing in farmers’ environmental education can be a powerful and scalable pathway toward sustainable agriculture, particularly in climate-vulnerable regions. 🌱💧 The study also highlights the broader relevance of environmental literacy and Farmer Field Schools across South and Southeast Asia.
Heartiest congratulations to the entire research team on this important achievement! 🎊 Your dedication and collaborative efforts have contributed valuable evidence to the field of sustainable agriculture and socio-ecological research.
Wishing the team continued success and many more impactful contributions to research and practice! â¤ī¸đŸ“šđŸŒ
To read full paper, please click on the link below.

Environmental literacy is central to farmers’ socio-ecological practices, natural resource conservation, and agricultural productivity. While Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are widely used to promote community learning in Bangladesh, their effectiveness in strengthening environmental literacy and rela...

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āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹â€”āϝ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻŖā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤

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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύāĨ¤
āφāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§ŽāĨ¤

⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ GDRI āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž, āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ, āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφ...
06/08/2026

⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ GDRI āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž, āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ, āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āφāϜ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ GDRI āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡â€”

ā§Šā§¨āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
ā§ŽāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
ā§§ā§ĢāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ“ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›ā§‡â€”

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž (Education)
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ (Health)
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ (Agriculture)
āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ (Climate Change)
āϞāĻŋāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž (Gender Equality)
āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž (Economics & Livelihoods)
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ (Social Development)
āĻŽāύāĻŋāϟāϰāĻŋāĻ‚, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ“ āχāĻŽāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϏāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ (Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact Assessment)

āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•, āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āϟāĻŋāĻŽ, āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋāϟāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āĻ•āĻļāύ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ GDRI āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ“ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž, āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāϟ: https://gdri.org

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĻĻ⧁āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
01/08/2026

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĻĻ⧁āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤

27/07/2026

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž

20 July was World Chess Day. The day has been celebrated globally since the UN's recognition in 2019, marking the foundi...
22/07/2026

20 July was World Chess Day. The day has been celebrated globally since the UN's recognition in 2019, marking the founding of FIDE on 20 July 1924. We are proud to share findings from one of the most distinctive studies GDRI has ever conducted — bringing chess into rural primary schools in southwest Bangladesh and measuring what it does to young minds.
Chess is played in over 170 countries and has long been associated with the development of strategic thinking, mathematical reasoning, executive function, patience, and the capacity to manage risk and uncertainty. But rigorous causal evidence from low-income rural contexts — where children have never seen a chessboard and resource constraints are severe — was almost entirely absent from the global literature.
GDRI, in partnership with Monash University and Deakin University, designed a clustered Randomised Controlled Trial in 16 government primary schools in Khulna and Satkhira — 8 treatment schools, 8 control. The 569 Grade 5 students in treatment schools received the FIDE 'Chess in Schools' programme: 24 hours of structured instruction and 6 hours of supervised practice delivered over three intensive weeks by national chess coaches, in coordination with the Department of Primary Education (DPE), Government of Bangladesh.
We tracked outcomes immediately after the programme and again 9–10 months later, using both PSC (Primary School Certificate) examination records and a battery of incentivised experimental tasks measuring risk preferences, time preferences, creativity, and sustained attention.
Our key finding: the chess programme significantly reduced risk aversion approximately one year after the training. This is not a trivial outcome — excessive risk aversion in low-income populations is associated with underinvestment in education, health, and productive assets throughout adulthood. We also found suggestive evidence of gains in mathematics and improvements in time consistency.
On World Chess Day, we celebrate the chess coaches, schoolteachers, DPE officers, and — above all — the 569 students in rural Bangladesh who picked up a chess piece for the first time and discovered that the game of kings belongs to everyone.
For more details, please click on the link:https://gdri.org/projects/chess-training-to-boost-math-and-skills-in-rural-bangladesh-schools

đŸŒŋāφāϜ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ, āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ⧁āϜ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ“ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ...
07/07/2026

đŸŒŋāφāϜ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ, āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ⧁āϜ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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āφāϏ⧁āύ, āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāχāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύāχ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ, āϏāĻŦ⧁āϜ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāϏāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

āĻ—āĻžāĻ› āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻžāύāĨ¤

A roundtable in The Daily Star this week made it clear: Bangladesh still needs stronger data and evidence-based solution...
04/07/2026

A roundtable in The Daily Star this week made it clear: Bangladesh still needs stronger data and evidence-based solutions to protect mothers and newborns.
At GDRI, we've just completed a project that speaks directly to this challenge.
Our "IVR Health Info for Maternal & Newborn Care in Rural Bangladesh" project tested a simple but powerful idea: could a toll-free phone call deliver life-saving maternal health information to rural women who otherwise have little access to healthcare guidance?
Using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology, we provided pregnant women in rural Bangladesh with free access to audio health modules covering antenatal care, safe delivery, and newborn care — directly on the mobile phones already in their homes. In a second treatment arm, women could also speak directly with a doctor about their health concerns.
We rigorously measured the impact on health-seeking behaviour and maternal and child health outcomes — from the antenatal period right through to the postnatal phase.
In rural Bangladesh, distance, cost, and lack of information are still barriers between mothers and the care they need. Our research generates the evidence that health policymakers and programme designers need to invest in solutions that actually work.
To read the news or know more about the project, please check the first comment.

02/07/2026

Best Wishes to All HSC & Equivalent Examinees!

👨‍👧‍đŸ‘Ļ Happy Father's Day to every father, grandfather, and father figure who has ever sat with a child over a homework p...
21/06/2026

👨‍👧‍đŸ‘Ļ Happy Father's Day to every father, grandfather, and father figure who has ever sat with a child over a homework problem — or wished they knew how.

In rural Bangladesh, many fathers work long hours in agriculture, fishing, or day labour. They want the best for their children's education, but school systems rarely communicate with them in ways that are accessible or actionable. GDRI's Parent-Teacher Meeting intervention was designed to close that gap.

Across 76 government primary schools in Khulna and Satkhira, we worked with Monash University and the Department of Primary Education to introduce monthly one-to-one meetings between teachers and parents — including fathers. Each meeting lasted around 15 minutes and included a simple, personalised report card on the child's scores, attendance, and homework, along with concrete guidance on how to support learning at home.

The results: students in treatment schools gained 0.26 SD in Year 1 and 0.38 SD in Year 2 across all academic subjects. Crucially, parental engagement — including time spent helping with homework and monitoring school attendance — increased significantly.

What we learned is that fathers and mothers in rural Bangladesh are not disengaged from their children's education. They simply haven't been given the information or the invitation to engage. When we provide both, they show up.

This Father's Day, we celebrate every parent who shows up — and commit to building the systems that make it easier to do so.

Please click on the link to see the project: https://gdri.org/projects/parent-teacher-meetings-to-improve-rural-school-learning

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