Browsing Working Papers (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Subject "Community"
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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 ... -
Revisiting group dynamic and legal rights
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2010-11)BRAC Human Rights and Legal Services Program (HRLS) was initiated to form the ward-based Legal Rights Implementation Committee (LRIC) comprised of 19 members to ensure justice for the vulnerable women of the community. The ... -
Sensitizing communities to eliminate discrimination and violence against women: An assessment of Brac’s intervention
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division, 2012-06)The project titled "Sensitizing communities on CEDAW" was a part of the Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL) program implemented in Gazipur to sensitize people about CEDAW to prevent violence against women and sexual ... -
Using change rankings to understand poverty dynamics: Examining the impact of CFPR/TUP from community perspective
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division and Aga Khan Foundation Canada, 2006-09)Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially among the poorest. In this ... -
Who trusts others? community and individual determinants of social capital in Bangladesh?
(BRAC University, 2013-07)This paper presents new evidence on the individual and community specific determinants of social trust using data from 96 villages in Bangladesh, a country with high levels of institutional corruption and poor governance. ...