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Bangladesh Open University (BOU) runs educational programmes ranging from certificate to master degree under open and distance learning (ODL) mode where self-learning materials (SLMs), radio-TV broadcasts (RTBs), and tutorials support services (TSS) are extensively used. The University was established in 1992 as 'BOU Establishment Project' under the loan arrangement from the Asian Development Bank and during the project period it trained most of the newly appointed academic and support staff; but it has been very minimal after the University gone under the government revenue budget in 2000. BOU analysed the institutional landscape for using and adapting existing ODL model – or creating new ones – to promote three aspects (SLM, RTB, & TSS) of the programme delivery as noted in the beginning which are critical for the ODL development. BOU has two types of employees – academic & support staff and contractors (writers, editors, illustrators, media persons, and tutors) – and they require the capacity to build good governance of distance education with many organisations in a partnership manner. Recently, the University developed a model of capacity building to train its in-house staff and contactors with a view to develop a quality culture for promoting ODL delivery at the BOU. This paper explores the capacity building policy and practice in fields of ODL and also examines the strategic importance of inter-organisational relationships what develops the partnership in distance education and provides tools for promoting institutional development through capacity building. The current administration invests resources especially in digital content development; open educational recourses (OER) and learners' support services field which will have sustainable impact on ODL growth at the BOU and help enhance the credibility of ODL systems in the emerging context. This paper discusses the model of capacity building to mainstream ODL management at the BOU which as tremendous impacts on creating a culture of quality. // Paper ID: 212

The paper examines the socio-economic and cultural conditions under which the large family represents a rational economic goal for parents. Here "rationality" is simply behaviour that represents a best accommodation of individual desires to the impositions of the environment. The persistence of high fertility in Bangladesh appears to be deep-rooted in the structure of society and its culture. Children are regarded as a good for which there is no substitute. (DÜI-Sen)

The extent of son preference and its effect on desire for additional children and contraceptive use are examined for rural Bangladesh. It is shown that there is strong son preference, expressed through non-contraceptive behaviour and desire for additional children, on the part of rural Bangladesh women. In deciding whether or not to have an additional birth or to use contraception, sex composition of children and number of sons are the most important determinants. (DÜI-Sen)

In recent years, there has been growing policy support for expanding worker ownership of businesses in the European Union. Debates on stimulating worker ownership are a regular feature of discussions on the collaborative economy and the future of work, given anxieties regarding the reconfiguration of the nature of work and the decline of standardised employment contracts. Yet, worker ownership, in the form of labour-managed firms such as worker cooperatives, remains marginal. This article explains the appeal of worker cooperatives and examines the reasons why they continue to be relatively scarce. Taking its cue from Henry Hansmann's hypothesis that organisational innovations can make worker ownership of firms viable in previously untenable circumstances, this article explores how organisational innovations, such as those embodied in the capital and governance structure of Decentralised (Autonomous) Organisations (D(A)Os), can potentially facilitate the growth of LMFs. It does so by undertaking a case study of a blockchain project, Colony, which seeks to create decentralised, self-organising companies where decision-making power derives from highquality work. For worker cooperatives, seeking to connect globally dispersed workers through an online workplace, Colony's proposed capital and governance structure, based on technological and game theoretic insight may offer useful lessons. Drawing from this pre-figurative structure, selfimposed institutional rules may be deployed by worker cooperatives in their by-laws to avoid some of the main pitfalls associated with labour management and thereby, potentially, vitalise the formation of the cooperative form.