PROF Naomi Hossain's Outputs (25)

A ‘Lost Generation’? Impacts of Complex Compound Crises on Children and Young People (2011)
Journal Article
Hossain, N., & Allister McGregor, J. (2011). A ‘Lost Generation’? Impacts of Complex Compound Crises on Children and Young People. Development Policy Review, 29(5), 565-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00547.x

How has the well-being of children and young people been affected by the global food, fuel and financial crises that have struck since 2007? This article reports empirical findings from qualitative research in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Y... Read More about A ‘Lost Generation’? Impacts of Complex Compound Crises on Children and Young People.

Invisible impacts and lost opportunities: evidence of the global recession in developing countries (2010)
Journal Article
Hossain, N., Fillaili, R., & Lubaale, G. (2010). Invisible impacts and lost opportunities: evidence of the global recession in developing countries. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 18(3), 269-278. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982710x530561

The global economic recession hit developing country economies less hard than initially expected but, despite positive macroeconomic indicators, there are few reasons to feel optimistic about the impacts on poverty and wellbeing. Based on original re... Read More about Invisible impacts and lost opportunities: evidence of the global recession in developing countries.

Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh (2010)
Journal Article
Hossain, N. (2010). Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh. Development and Change, 41(5), 907-928. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01663.x

This article is about ‘rude’ forms of accountability — the informal pressures used by citizens to claim public services and to sanction service failures. Rude accountability is characterized by a lack of official rules or formal basis and a reliance... Read More about Rude Accountability: Informal Pressures on Frontline Bureaucrats in Bangladesh.

School Exclusion as Social Exclusion: the Practices and Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for the Poor in Bangladesh (2010)
Journal Article
Hossain, N. (2010). School Exclusion as Social Exclusion: the Practices and Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for the Poor in Bangladesh. The Journal of Development Studies, 46(7), 1264-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2010.487096

Evidence indicates that a much-feted conditional cash transfer programme designed to widen access to basic education in Bangladesh has failed in its aims. The programme is analysed here as an instance of the effort to govern chronic poverty. For the... Read More about School Exclusion as Social Exclusion: the Practices and Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for the Poor in Bangladesh.

Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh (2007)
Journal Article
Hossain, N., & Matin, I. (2007). Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 17(3), 380-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701336923

This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensi... Read More about Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh.