Browsing Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) by Author "Barua, Proloy"

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    • Is the BDP ultra-poor approach working? Survey of some key issues 

      Barua, Proloy; Sulaiman, Munshi (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 ...

    • Microfinance Engagements of the ‘Graduated’ TUP members 

      Sulaiman, Munshi; Matin, Imran; Siddiquee, M Shahadat Hossain; Barua, Proloy; Alarakhaia, Safeena; Iyer, Vidya (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-02)
      Despite the slogan of ‘credit for the poorest of the poor’, the poorest have not fully benefited from the microfinance revolution of the late 90s in Bangladesh. To bring these ‘left out’ group into the mainstream microfinance, ...

    • Mid-Term evaluation of BRAC-Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP)-III: Livelihoods of coastal char dwellers 

      Barua, Proloy (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2007-12)
      This study was undertaken to explore the socioeconomic status of coastal char (polder) dwellers as a benchmark estimate for the BRAC-CDSP-III (Char Development and Settlement Project). A survey was carried out on 795 ...

    • Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty outreach of BDP ultra poor program 

      Barua, Proloy; Sulaiman, Munshi (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-08)
      Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within ...