Browsing by Author "Ali, Tariq"

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Conversations with employers: Exploring graduate employability in Bangladesh
(2004) Matin, Imran; Ali, Tariq; Wiebe, Paul
The Bangladeshi graduate labour market is going through rapid and dramatic changes. The increasing importance of the private sector coupled with the intensifying forces of globalization has considerably changed employers’ needs regarding graduate employment. The research focuses on employers’ perspective in this rapidly changing graduate labour market. It specifically addresses two questions: What are the generic attributes that employers look for? And how do employers find individuals with these attributes? In order to answer these questions, we interviewed a range of employers. However, the paper focused on sectors that are desirable for BRAC University students. The major finding of this research is that the problem of employability is best understood in terms of the linkages between employability attributes, rather than the employability attributes per se. This is because the employability attributes are abstractions that function to describe a composite individual who can add value to an organisation. Skills are therefore not discrete and mutually exclusive categories and the employable graduate is more than the linear sum of employability attributes. The paper concluded that course design, pedagogy, the classroom environment, the reward system, the inclusiveness of the University environment, its regulation and its engagements with the wider social and political landscape, both local and global—and many more will all be important variables that will shape the agenda of enhancing graduate employability.
Popular expectations of government: Findings from three areas in Bangladesh
(Programme for Research on Chronic Poverty in Bangladesh (PRCPB), 2006-02) Ali, Tariq; Hossain, Naomi
This paper presents findings from research into expectations from the government, based on focus group discussion sessions with over 100 poor and very poor people in rural and urban Bangladesh. The research was designed to help improve our understanding of the political constraints shaping public policy with respect to poverty. The main research findings include that government was widely perceived as positive for the poor, and there was an unexpectedly clear understanding of the structure and operations of government, and of the mechanisms of political process and change. Findings of sources of information about government and politics highlight the continuing significance of community ‘brokers’, while also confirming the overpowering role of the public television in shaping perceptions of government. There seems to be considerable faith in the capacity of the poor to influence the government, and of the government to respond to the needs of the poor. Despite a generally positive appraisal of the role of government, the poor public is attuned to and critical of the actions of government which affect them directly. In their role as chief guarantors of the welfare of the poor, then the government fails when it fails to control the prices of essential goods. Respondents tended to find it difficult to prioritize between different issues and supported more governmental action in most areas. There was a reasonably clear sense of what made government legitimate, as well of the conditions under which different types of political protest are acceptable. The paper concludes that there is a high degree of awareness and involvement among the poor with respect to political matters.
Process documentation of selecting the ultra poor for CFPR/TUP Programme
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-07) Noor, Marufia; Mamun-ur-Rashid; Shihab, Abu Muhammad; Parveen, Rezvina; Rahman, Hasanur; Ali, Tariq
ll1e targeting process for the CFPR/TUP programme aims to bring together diverse strands of knowledge on poverty (indigenous, local, programmatic and academic) in identifying and selecting CFPR/TUP beneficiaries (tvfatin and Halder 2002). The targeting process is, therefore, multi-staged and involves a variety of actors and processes. The targeting process has four stages. Through each stage of the targeting process, diverse streams of knowledge arc combined to identify a smaller and more defined sample from which ultra poor beneficiaries may be selected. The following are the targeting stages: Rapport Building PRA Meeting Survey and Preliminary Selection Final Selection Four researchers were trained in Dhaka in Process Documentation Research (PDR) specifically and Qualitative Research, generally. They were then sent to PDR sites around the country to document the various stages of the targeting process. In between March 19, 2003 and April 30, 2003, the researchers sent back 28 reports covering 108 events/activities/stages to the Head Office. These process documentation reports have been consolidated into this final report. The process documentation revealed the wealth and diversity of activities and interactions that constitute the various stages of the targeting process. We shall look at the trends and patterns in each of these stages separately, before commenting on the broader themes and issues that ha,·e emerged from the process documentation.
Stories of targeting: process documentation of selecting the ultra poor for CFPR/TUP programme
(BRAC, 2004-04) Zaman, Shahaduz; Matin, Imran; Rahman, Hasanur; Ali, Tariq; Noor, Marufia; Rashid, Mamum-ur-; Shihab, Abu Muhammad; Parveen, Rezvina
The targeting process for the CFPR/TUP (Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction - Targeting the Ultra Poor) progranune brings together diverse strands of knowledge on ·poverty (indigenous, local, progranunatic, and academic) in identifying and selecting beneficiaries (Marin and Halder 2002). The targeting process is, therefore, multi-staged and involves a variety of actors and processes. Four researchers were trained in Dhaka on qualitative research methodology with specific focus on process documentation research (PDR). They were then sent to various CFPR/TUP progranune areas to document the various stages of the targeting process. The researchers sent back 28 reports covering t 08 events/ activities/ stages to the Head Office during March t 9-April 30, 2003. These process documentation reports in their consolidated form comprise this final report...