

Munshi Sulaiman
Regional Research Lead, BRAC International in Africa
Munshi Sulaiman works as Regional Research Lead for BRAC International in Africa and as Research Advisor for BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD). He has over 15 years’ experience in conducting operational research and impact evaluations using experimental and quasi-experimental methods. He has previously worked as Research Director at Innovation for Poverty Action and Save the Children. Munshi completed his PhD in Development Studies from London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) and spent a year as Post-doctoral Associate at the Economic Growth Centre, Yale University.
Recent work by Munshi Sulaiman
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Can agricultural extensions be discontinued? Evidence from Uganda
How should development programmes that attempt to disseminate improved technologies be phased out?
Published 05.04.23
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Lumpsum business grants for household resilience: Evidence from Somalia
Lumpsum cash transfers delivered as business grants can spur microentrepreneurial activities
Published 21.03.22
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Looking for work: Evidence from the Ugandan labour market
While vocational training helps young job seekers find work, overconfidence in finding a job has important long-term effects on job-seeking behaviour
Published 24.11.21
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Using role models to reshape gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in Somalia
Female role models improved gender attitudes and educational aspirations of primary school students, with particular impact on boy(s)/male students
Published 08.09.21
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Do social structures affect the success of development policies?
Policy delivery agents perform better when working with members of their own social groups thereby affecting the efficiency of policy interventions
Published 23.09.20
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The long debate on sharecropping and productivity
Increasing the tenant’s share in output encourages profitable risk-taking, in addition to large effects on input levels
Published 07.09.20
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Tackling youth unemployment: Vocational training versus apprenticeships
While both vocational training and apprenticeships raise employment of poor Ugandan youth and are cost-effective in the long run, vocational training has larger impacts
Published 13.02.18