Browsing by Author "Misha, Farzana A."

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Can ultra-poverty be sustainably improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh

Raza, Wameq A.; Das, Narayan Chandra; Misha, Farzana A. (Taylor & Francis, 2012-06-19)

With more than one-fifth of Bangladesh's population living in extreme poverty, surmounting it still remains a substantial predicament for development practitioners. To combat this issue, BRAC initiated the multifaceted ...
How far does a big push really push? Long-term effects of an asset transfer program on employment trajectories

Misha, Farzana A.; Raza, Wameq A.; Ara, Jinnat; de Poel, Ellen van (University of Chicago Press Journals, 2019-09-09)

BRAC launched its Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in 2002 to address ultrapoverty in Bangladesh using an asset transfer approach combined with multifaceted training ...