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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...