Publications (Brac Institute of Governance and Development)
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/115
2024-03-29T12:02:50Z
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গ্রামীণ সমাজে নৈতিক অবক্ষয়ে অর্থনৈতিক ও রাজনৈতিক ক্ষমতা কাঠামো পুনর্বিন্যাসের প্রভাব: একটি বিশ্লেষণ
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16343
গ্রামীণ সমাজে নৈতিক অবক্ষয়ে অর্থনৈতিক ও রাজনৈতিক ক্ষমতা কাঠামো পুনর্বিন্যাসের প্রভাব: একটি বিশ্লেষণ
জাকারিয়া, সুলতান মুহাম্মদ
গ্রামীণ সমাজে এখন যে ক্রান্তিকাল চলছে সেটি বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসে নজিরবিহীন, অভূতপূর্ব। বাংলার গ্রামীণ সমাজে অর্থের এতটা অন্তর্মুখী সরবরাহ হাজার বছরের ইতিহাসে এই প্রথম এবং বর্তমান লক্ষণগুলো এরই নানামুখী পার্শ্বপ্রতিক্রিয়া উদ্ভূত। অর্থনীতির এই বিকাশ শত বছরের গ্রামীণ ক্ষমতা কাঠামোকে যেমন নাড়িয়ে দিয়েছে, তেমনি ক্ষমতা-কাঠামোর এই ভাঙনে প্রায় অ‣নতিক উপায়ে অর্জিত সম্পদের যথেচ্ছ ব্যবহার ও প্রসারের অনিবার্য প্রভাব সামাজিক মূল্যবোধ ও ভিত্তিকেও নাড়িয়ে দিয়েছে।
This article was published in বাংলাদেশ উন্নয়ন সমীক্ষা [©2018 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and The Article's website is at: https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/4_sultan-zakaria_2.pdf
2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16342
Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program
Hossain, Naomi; Matin, Imran
This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive livelihood support and productive assets to the extreme poor. Based on field research in the rural north-west, the article examines the conditions under which elites can support interventions for the ultra-poor, and the risks and benefits of such engagement. It describes the impact of committees mandated to support ultra-poor programme participants, and attempts to understand the somewhat paradoxical success of this intervention. Conclusions and lessons from the experience involve revisiting assumptions that dominate scholarship and programmes relating to the politics of poverty in rural Bangladesh.
This article was published in The Development in Practice [©2007 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701336923 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09614520701336923
2007-11-22T00:00:00Z
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Capability Development among the Ultra-poor in Bangladesh: A case study
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Capability Development among the Ultra-poor in Bangladesh: A case study
Ahmed, Syed Masud
Microcredit is advocated as a development tool that has the potential to reduce poverty, empower participants, and improve health. Results of several studies have shown that the extreme poor, or the ultra-poor, often are unable to benefit from traditional microcredit programmes and can, as a result of taking a loan they cannot repay, sink deeper into economic and social poverty. This case study describes an intervention directed at enabling the ultra-poor rural populations to pull themselves out of poverty. The intervention integrates multiple components, including asset grants for income generation, skills training, a time-bound monthly stipend for subsistence, social development and mobilization of local elite, and health support. Results of an evaluation showed that, after 18 months, the programme positively impacted livelihood, economic, social and health status to the extent that 63% of households (n=5,000) maintained asset growth and joined (or intended to join) a regular microcredit programme. Impacts included improved income, improved food security, and improved health knowledge and behaviour. Applying a social exclusion framework to the intervention helps identify the different dynamic forces that can exclude or include the ultrapoor in Bangladesh in development interventions such as microcredit.
This article was published in The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition [©2009 © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v27i4.3399 The Article's website is at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928093/
2009-08-01T00:00:00Z
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Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: Evidence from Uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16340
Intentions to participate in adolescent training programs: Evidence from Uganda
Bandiera, Oriana; Goldstein, Markus; Rasul, Imran; Burgess, Robin; Gulesci, Selim; Sulaiman, Munshi
Almost one-third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improving the effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especially important. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girls in Uganda, a country with perhaps the most skewed age distribution anywhere in the world. The training program we focus on is BRAC's Adolescent Development Program, which emphasizes the provision of life skills, entrepreneurship training, and microfinance. We find that girls who are more likely to benefit from the program are more likely to intend to participate. The program attracts girls who are likely to place a high value on financial independence: single mothers and girls who are alienated from their families. The program attracts girls who are more likely to benefit from training: girls who believe they could be successful entrepreneurs but currently lack the quantitative skills to do so. Reassuringly, girls who are in school full-time are less likely to intend to participate. We also find that the program attracts girls from poorer villages but we find no evidence that poorer girls within each village are more likely to want to participate. Finally, girls from villages who have previously been exposed to NGO projects are less likely to intend to participate.
This article was published in The Journal of the European Economic Association [© 2010 by the European Economic Association] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2010.tb00525.x The Article's website is at: https://academic.oup.com/jeea/article-abstract/8/2-3/548/2296034
2010-05-01T00:00:00Z