Research Reports (1997): Economic Studies, Vol - XII
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Women's control over productive assets: role of credit based development interventions
(BRAC, 1998)This paper examines the degree to which participation in BRAC's development intereventions has any impact on women's ownership and control over assets. Information was collected under BRAGICDDR,B joint research project ... -
Poverty alleviation of the hard core poor in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1997-11)BRAC launched IGVGD Programme to improve the condition of the poorest women covered by Vulnerable Groups Development (VGO) Programme. In this context high yielding variety (HYV) poultry birds rearing was introduced as ... -
Impact of Oxbow Lakes Project II on participant households
(BRAC, 1997-04)The Oxbow Lakes Small Scale Fishermen Development Project Phase II (OLP-11) is being financed jointly by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IF AD), Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA), World ... -
Socioeconomic development and human well-being: BRAC-ICDDR,B joint research project, Matlab (phase II)
(BRAC, 1996-03)This report documents the first round of the seasonal survey with respect to household economy covering land holdings, savings and loans, employment and expenditure. For collecting household information, the household ... -
Report of the baseline survey of potential erosion and flood affected areas of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Project
(BRAC, 1997-04)This is a reoort on the baseline survey of the households within the area demarcated by the Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority (JMBA). This area spreads over 12 km to the north and 10 km to the south of the bridge. ... -
Reasons for RDP VO dissolution: a case study on five selected VOs
(BRAC, 1997-12)During preparatory work for the Second Impact Assessment Study (lAS -ll) in 1996, it was found that 18 VOs (8 women and 10 men) were not functioning out of 150 which were studied for the lAS -I. As BRAC wanted the VOs ... -
Participation in BRAC's Rural Development Programme and the impact of group dynamics on individual outcomes
(BRAC, 1998)This study explored women's participation in Brae's rural development programme to identify some unobserved selecting factors that are believed to influence women's decision to participate or not and, the effect of group ... -
BRAC's pilot savings project: status reports
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BRAC's pilot savings project of RDP: monitoring and evaluation
(BRAC, 1997-04)During July and August of 1996, the BRAC Rural Development Programme (RDP) initiated a Pilot Savings Project (PSP), whereby three experimental savings systems were implemented in various areas of Bangladesh, with a ... -
An investigation into sources of weekly installment payments in RDP
(BRAC, 1997-12)