Enamul Huda’s scientific contributions

In this article, Dee Jupp and colleagues describe how the Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) team in Bangladesh is carrying out a 5-year study to track the progress of two Sida-supported programmes in primary healthcare and primary education. Their 'Reality Checks' combine immersions and conventional participatory approaches, and involve visiting the same host families and communities each year, at the same time of year, to see first hand how policies are playing out at local level. Although in its early stages, the approach is already providing many new insights with important policy implications.