Browsing by Author "Das, Narayan C"

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    • Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: a randomized control trial evaluation 

      Das, Narayan C; Shams, Raniya (BRAC, 2011-07)
      Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR), an innovative approach to address extreme poverty, was launched in 2002 in rural Bangladesh. Evaluation of the first phase of the programme revealed that livelihoods ...

    • Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: A randomized control trial evaluation 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan C; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Shams, Raniya; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-12)
      The world’s poorest people lack both capital and skills and are trapped in low return occupations. However, whether their economic lives can be transformed by programs which attempt to tackle both constraints by providing ...

    • Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan C; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2013-04)
      Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term Randomized Control Trial of a program that simultaneously provides assets and training to the ...

    • Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor? 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan C; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC, 2013-04)
      Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term randomized control trial of a programme that simultaneously provides assets and training to ...

    • Integration of the ultra poor into mainstream development: How effective is CFPR? 

      Shams, Raniya; Mahmud, Sharif; Das, Narayan C (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-12)
      The paper aims to understand the dynamics of participation of the Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) members of Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) phase I in the financial market since their graduation from ...