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The extreme poverty in Bangladesh: an overview
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
By reviewing existing literature this report focuses on methodological issues related to the
identification of ultra poor in Bangladesh. According to different statistics up to 40% of the
rural poor in Bangladesh remains ...
The process of poverty and the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This report focuses on the poverty process - how they become poor, the reasons for
their falling into poverty. Poverty is multi-causal. On average 1.7 causes were identified
by the respondents. Major causes of poverty ...
Employment and wage status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This report looked into the employment status of the ultra poor and factors affecting
the extent of employment. Findings showed that 92% of the households were with
economically active population. Majority of the rest ...
The educational status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This report describes the state of education of the ultra poor by considering four
indicators namely: net enrollment rate of children between 6-10 years of age, adult and
household literacy rates, educational status of ...
Women in carp pond cultivation: a case of BRAC
(BRAC, 1999-08)
This is a case study on 106 female fishermen who made success in increasing their
household income with the help of BRAC provided services. Fish cultivation was
found to be highly correlated with many factors such as ...
Combining methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: lessons from BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme (TUP working paper -2)
(BRAC, 2004-08)
This paper aims to assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from the targeting
strategy used in a new BRAC programme called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty
Reduction-Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) that aims ...