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Rebuilding lives after the Tsunami: exploring the livelihood status of BRAC's beneficiaries in Sri Lanka
(BRAC, 2006-03)
BRAC Sri Lanka started rehabilitation and livelihood support programme for the tsunami-affected
people about 6 months after the disaster. Though the programme components include
a range of rehabilitation and livelihood ...
Evaluation of layering microfinance on an adolescent development program for girls in Tanzania
(2015-10)
The paper evaluates a program targeted towards adolescent women in Tanzania and aims to empower them both economically and socially. The program was found to be highly successful in Uganda in terms of economic, health and ...
Is the BDP ultra-poor approach working? Survey of some key issues
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2007-05)
Though BRAC’s CFPR/TUP is the specialized program for the ultra-poor, it is observed that a good portion of its microfinance clients are also very poor and require special attention. Moreover, some of the poorer households ...
Food consumption pattern and dietary diversity
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2008)
Financing SMEs and its effect on employment generation: a study of brae bank's SME lending
(BRAC, 2005)
Financial and development assistance designed specially for small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh is a
new and upcoming trend. After the surge of micro-finance in the last two decades, small and medium
enterprises ...
Performance of EPZs in Bangladesh: special focus on backward linkages
(BRAC University, 2004-07)
Export Processing Zone (EPZ) has turned out to be a widely used instrument of export expansion and outward orientation by developing countries. These zones are established, often as enclaves, to attract foreign investment ...
Social capital and economic well-Being
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-11)
Sociologists and economists increasingly consider ‘social capital’ a valuable component in the asset endowment of households, improving productivity and enhancing economic well-being. Like physical and human capital, social ...
Leader selection and service delivery in community groups: Experimental evidence from Uganda
(Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper, 2017-10-31)
In developing countries, NGOs and governments often rely on local community-based groups for the delivery of financial and public services. This paper provides causal evidence of how the design of rules used for group ...
Crafting a graduation pathway for the ultra-poor: Lessons and evidence from a BRAC program
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2008-03)
The ultra poor are caught in a below-subsistence trap from which it is difficult for them to
break free using available resources and mechanisms. Time is not an ally for the ultra poor,
as things generally do not get ...
Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: A randomized control trial evaluation
(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 ...