Browsing Research Reports (1998): Economic Studies, Vol - XIII by Issue Date
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An assessment of REP's apiculture program and methods for future research
(BRAC, 1998)The Rural Enterprise Project's apiculture program is at an important juncture in its progression toward becoming a full scale RDP program. REP's goal is to develop businesses that can eventually be implemented across all ... -
A study on RDP loans and the investment costs of some IGAs
(BRAC, 1998-02)This paper is a cost study of the six most commonly performed micro-enterprises in four village organizations. It is an investigation to see whether loans for these micro enterprises restrict borrower's ability to meet ... -
Project-end evaluation of Oxbow Lakes Small Scale Fishermen Project - II
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Empowerment of women: the impact of BRAC's rural development programme
(BRAC, 1998-08)The paper conceptualizes empowerment as a continuous process o/change that is greatly influenced by the length of time a woman has been involved in BRAC. Women's participation in economic activities, and ownership and ... -
Factors contributing to change in the occupation of BRAC household heads
(BRAC, 1998-09)This paper aims to explore the underlying reasons of BRAC household heads getting involved in farm and non-farm sectors, the nature and extent of change in their occupation between 1993 and 1996 and contribution of BRAC ... -
Involvement of women in income generating activities: changes over time
(BRAC, 1998-11)This paper explores the changes in the involvement of women in income generating activities with their participation in BRAC programmes over time. It is based on a timeseries data collected from the same households with ... -
Changes in the pattern of BRAC loan use and its impact on poverty
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Emlploynent creation and viability of rural enterprise projects: cases of laundry and tailoring in Khulna and Gopalganj
(BRAC, 1998-11)This study aimed to assess the viability of t\vo rural enterprises, laundry and tailoring shop from both the organization and members' perspectives, using ratio analysis. The study also attempted to measure the extent ... -
Poverty alleviation of the hard core poor in Bangladesh: a study on BRAC's income generation for vulnerable group development programme
(BRAC, 1998-11)BRAC launched IGVGO 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 ... -
Analysis of member performance: a case of BRAC's rural development programme
(BRAC, 1998-12)A comparative analysis of high performing and other BRAC members has been made to determine factors responsible for differences in their performance. It was found that both the success cases and other members owned similar ... -
Cost-benefit analysis of BRAC's sericulture programme
(BRAC, 1998-12)The Sericulture Programme of BRAC is one of the most ambitious among BRAC sector programmes. Since 1992 BRAe has gone through a large scale expansion of the plantation programme. Major components of the programme are: ... -
Identification of the poorest and the impact of credit on them: the case of BRAC
(BRAC, 1998-12)This study offers a new approach for identification of the poorest and constructs a poverty profile by integrating four non-impact variables sensitive to poverty. Poverty was found to be highly correlated with all of the ...
