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Case studies on cost-effectiveness of BRAC provided services in selected enterprises
(BRAC, 1999-02)
This case study was conducted on three types of enterprises that have been promoted by
BRAC to examine the viability of the enterprises and the relative cost effectiveness of the
services delivered by BRAC. Primary data ...
Working with the ultra poor: learnings from BRAC experiences
(BRAC, 2002-12)
This paper describes BRAC experiences of working with the ultra poor over the last two
· decades. The ultra poor is the poorest section among the population with a few or no asset base,
highly vulnerable to any shocks ...
Food security and the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This paper aims to derive some policy guidelines by analysing factors affecting food
security of the ultra poor. Here more emphasis is given on the number of rice meals
taken and the sources of rice consumed during the ...
NGO intervention and the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This report mainly discusses the perceptions of the ultra poor regarding NGO
membership and their future development needs if they join NGOs like BRAC. It also
focuses on reasons for membership discontinuation, issues ...
Female-headed households and the ultra poor in Bangladesh
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)
This report focuses on the magnitude of FHHs among the poorest and examines their
socio-economic profile to highlight the distinction between FHHs and the entire
sample. Female-headed households (FHHs) are of two types: ...
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: ...
The impact of BRAC on poverty dynamics and poverty transition: results of panel data analysis
(BRAC, 2002-09)
This paper looks into the issue of economic graduation of the poor and tries to finding out the impact of
BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) on it. Economic graduation is defined by the upward
mobility of the poor ...
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 ...
Workshop proceedings of imp-act thematic group meeting on understanding the wider impacts of microfinance
(BRAC, 2002-03)
The proceedings brief the outcomes of the third Imp-Act thematic group meeting on
understanding the wider impacts of micro finance (MF) as a part of the three-year Global
Impact Assessment Project funded by Ford Foundation. ...