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Can ultra-poverty be sustainably improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh
(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 much can asset transfers help the poorest? The Five Cs of community-level development and BRAC’s ultra-poor program
(Brooks World Poverty Institute, 2010-10)
We develop a framework for assessing community-level development programs, building upon five related elements that are centrally important: confidence, cohesion, capacity, connections and cash (the five ‘Cs’). We use this ...
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 ...