Detailed Narrative Description of Project: The NTFIII Bangladesh project is part of the Netherlands Trust Fund phase III (NTFIII) program on the actions taken in Bangladesh under the previous Netherlands Trust Fund phase II (NTF II) programme (NTF II Bangladesh). The main purpose of the NTFIII Bangladesh project is to improve the export competitiveness of the Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES) industry in Bangladesh. Mitra and Associates was responsible for conducting the Endline data collection activities through face to face interviews with IT and ITES business owners or managers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Detailed Description of Actual Services Provided by your Staff: The major tasks for the survey include reviewing, formatting, translation, pre-testing and finalization of the face to face questionnaires. Recruitment and training of the field personnel; selection of IT and ITES business owners or managers, preparation of field operations schedule detailing teams by assigned IT and ITES business owners or managers; fieldwork for data collection; conducting quality control checks; cleaning of data set and submit  to LEI-Wageningen UR.

Name of Client: LEI Wageningen UR (Agricultual Economics Research Institute of Wagenungen Univercity and Research Centre), Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB The Hague, The Netherlands