Browsing Publications (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Subject "Poverty"

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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 ...

    • Capability Development among the Ultra-poor in Bangladesh: A case study 

      Ahmed, Syed Masud (BMC, 2009-08)
      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 ...

    • Evaluating the long-run impact of an innovative anti-poverty programme: Evidence using household panel data 

      Asadullah, M Niaz; Ara, Jinnat (Taylor & Francis Online, 2015-08-06)
      Using a four-round panel data set from the first phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction – Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR – TUP) programme of BRAC, we investigate whether a one-off transfer of livestock ...

    • Labor markets and poverty in village Economies 

      Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan Chandra; Gulesci, Selim; Rasul, Imran; Sulaiman, Munshi (Oxford Academic, 2017-03-20)
      We study how women's choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable ...

    • Resource Booklet CFPR-II Evaluation 

      Sulaiman, Munshi; Gulesci, Selim (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 2008-06)
      Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) is one of the relatively recent additions to BRAC’s long experience with development approaches. This experimental program was launched in 2002 with a complete package ...