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PROGGA specializes in socioeconomic and cultural research using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. It has a deep conviction in the participatory approach to research and development. The team of researchers available at PROGGA includes economists, sociologists, agronomists, anthropologists, livelihood experts, urban planners and statisticians among others. The organization is in a position to undertake research and knowledge-based activities in the diverse fields of the development sector such as needs assessment, baseline survey, monitoring and evaluation, capacity assessment, plain documentation and any type of socio-economic study. In addition, PROGGA has a pool of experts drawn from different organizations, universities and institutes who regularly take part in its study/research projects. It has also a very good connection with numbers of part time field researchers for conducting large scale researches within a reasonably short period. Apart from conducting research, PROGGA also ensures effective dissemination of the findings and contributes at the policy level.

Projects/Assignments

Sponsor Conducted under a contract with WHO Bangladesh.
Project Timeline December 2022 - March 2023
Description The study has conducted under a contract with WHO Bangladesh with the aim to understand the situation on implementation of HPS and provide technical support to the Government of Bangladesh (GoB). More specifically, the assignment assesses the overall situation at the public schools of Bangladesh, map the ongoing HPS initiatives, identify gaps and challenges to implement HPS against the eight global standards and thirteen implementation guidance. A 4-months study started in December 2022 and ended in March 2023.
Sponsor Conducted under a contract with the WHO HQ.
Project Timeline October 2022 - December 2022
Description The workshop was conducted under a contract with WHO HQ. Under the assignment, a rapid assessment report prepared by reviewing existing literature on implementation of smoke-free (SF) and Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship (TAPS) related provisions of tobacco control Act, conducting key informant interviews (KIIs) at local-level and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) at central-level using structured questionnaire and checklist respectively. A workshop was organized in December 2022 with 58 relevant stakeholders including GoB Officials (i.e. Ministry of Health, Ministry of Home, Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Finance etc.), WHO officials, NGO activists, Academicians and Media to disseminate the rapid assessment findings and gather recommendations to strengthen SF and TAPS implementation in line with WHO FCTC, MPOWER package and regional best practices. A 3-months assignment started in October 2022 and ended in December 2022.
Sponsor Conducted under a contract with the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK).
Project Timeline December 2020 - in March 2021
Description

This study aims at investigating how the protests of the bidi workers are being staged across the country years after years; how spontaneous these movements are; and what the real purpose of the movement is. Study findings were released in March 2022.
Sponsor Conducted under a contract with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), USA.
Project Timeline September 2021 - January 2022.
Description To assess the proportion of eligible venues (i.e., residential hotels, restaurants and trains) that have a Designated Smoking Area (DSA) and assesses the compliance of identified DSAs with the existing Tobacco Control Law (TCL) requirements in Bangladesh.
Sponsor Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP), in collaboration with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA under the Seed Research Grant Program on Tobacco Control 2020.
Project Timeline March 2021
Description Conducted with the objective of unmasking tobacco industry interferences to undermine graphic health warning implementation in Bangladesh.
Sponsor Self-funded
Project Timeline 2019
Description Self-funded research of PROGGA aimed at investigating child labour situation in bidi factories operating in the northern region of Bangladesh. A journal article was published, based on the findings of the research in 2019. The detail can be downloaded from here.
Sponsor Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)
Project Timeline 1st round in April 2016 & 2nd round in November 2016
Description

Aimed at assisting the National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in implementing the tobacco control law across the country by proving evidences of GHW implementation status.

PROGGA, along with six other anti-tobacco organizations, conducted the field investigation. PROGGA also provided technical assistance including data analysis and report preparation. The research was conducted simultaneously in eight divisional cities.

A journal article was published in BMJ Tobacco Control, based on the findings of the study in April 2019. The detail can be downloaded from here.

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Sponsor Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC)
Project Timeline 2018 - Ongoing
Description To assess how the Government of Bangladesh is implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3 Guidelines based on the publicly available incidents during the particular year. The findings of the Bangladesh report are included in the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index. The country-focused study report is officially released in Bangladesh in presence of policymakers and media personnel. The study released in April 2019. The detail can be downloaded from here.
Sponsor Self-funded
Project Timeline 2016
Description The study was conducted to document tobacco company's tactics to expand tobacco farming in the country. Findings are available here
Sponsor Shibasaki Laboratory, the University of Tokyo.
Project Timeline October 2013 and ended in February 28, 2014
Description

To carry out household and community surveys to gather information on general demographic attributes, mobile phone ownership and calling behavior of the mobile phone users in Dhaka. Besides, the assignment also handed over the duty to roll up supplementary data to profile mobile phone users, which supported sampling and linking between behavioral patterns and calling behavior extracted from Call Detail Record (CDR) and GPS data.

As a follow-up to SPACE 2013, PROGGA also carried out a Panel Survey among SPACE 2013 households to collect additional and updated information from all members. The survey was carried out over the period from September 30, 2014 to February 5, 2015.

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Sponsor RDRS Bangladesh
Project Timeline February 2013.
Description The overall purpose of the assignment is to evaluate the Core Comprehensive Programme of RDRS Bangladesh in terms of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and coherence.
Sponsor Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
Project Timeline February 2012.
Description PROGGA surveyed a total of 6,971 participating households of Naogaon, Barguna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts through administering a 9-page pre-structured questionnaire. After entering, checking, cleaning and analyzing field data by using SPSS, a baseline data was set and a report was produced for CCDB.
Sponsor World Health Organization (WHO)
Project Timeline April 2011
Description Conducted jointly with Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), the study aimed at mapping the illicit tobacco trade in Bangladesh with analysis of counter strategies and implications.
Sponsor Green Hill
Project Timeline July 2011
Description PROGGA conduct a Baseline Survey in order to sketch the baseline situation of the project PROGGATI (Promoting Good Governance among Tribal Inhabitants in Bangladesh).
Sponsor Children Development Program (CDP)
Project Timeline March 2011
Description Aimed at conducting a Baseline Survey and a feasibility study for CDP.
Sponsor KOINONIA
Project Timeline May 2011
Description PROGGA provided technical support to conduct an impact study of a community-based cyclone shelter, crop diversification and DMP training of KOINONIA in Borguna district.
Sponsor Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
Project Timeline May 2011
Description PROGGA provided technical support to DPHE to prepare a factsheet on Urban Water Supply and Sanitation.
Sponsor International Development Enterprise Bangladesh (IDE-B)
Project Timeline August 2011
Description Under the MoU, PROGGA conducted the survey across the country. The survey was finished in August 2011.
Sponsor KOINONIA
Project Timeline 2010
Description Under the MoU, PROGGA provided different technical supports (e.g., research, evaluation, trainings) for the Food Security Program of KOINONIA in Gopalganj district.
Sponsor Shusilon
Project Timeline 2010
Description The Amader Adhikar project was implemented over 3 years in Satkhira district as a follow-up of a 5-year project on livelihood security. The project was commissioned by Concern Worldwide. PROGGA conducted the final evaluation of the project and presented the final report to the client.
Sponsor RDRS Bangladesh
Project Timeline 2008
Description This study focused on documenting the emergence and development of community-based organizations called Federations in the Northwest Bangladesh facilitated by RDRS.
Sponsor SHIREE, the extreme poverty challenge fund of the Department for International Development (DFID) of UK Government.
Project Timeline 2010
Description The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between poverty reduction and hygiene and sanitation practices.

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