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How do intra-household dynamics change when assets are transferred to women? Evidence from Brac’s “targeting the ultra poor” program in Bangladesh
(International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2013-12)
Growing evidence shows that the distribution of individuals’ ownership and control of assets within a household can have important implications for women’s empowerment and children’s well-being. Interventions that target ...
Can ultra-poverty be sustainably improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-06-19)
With more than one-fifth of Bangladesh's population living in extreme poverty, surmounting it still remains a substantial predicament for development practitioners. To combat this issue, BRAC initiated the multifaceted ...
How much can asset transfers help the poorest? Evaluating the results of BRAC's ultra-poor programme (2002–2008)
(Taylor and Francis, 2012-02-28)
The impacts of an innovative programme in rural Bangladesh, which has assisted extremely poor households, literally the poorest of the poor, were assessed over a six-year period (2002–2008). The provision of a substantial ...
Labor markets and poverty in village Economies
(Oxford Academic, 2017-03-20)
We study how women's choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable ...
“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
(Science Direct, 2015-11)
Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation ...
Ultra poor and asset transfer in Urban setting: Evidence from slums in Bangladesh
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-08-09)
We use cross-sectional data to assess the impact of the programme on livelihood where propensity score matching technique has been adopted in analysing the data. Results show that programme participants' self-employment, ...
Credit and land contracting: A test of the theory of sharecropping
(Wiley Online Library, 2019-03-26)
Choice of a share vs. fixed rent land rental contract has figured prominently in the theory of industrial organization. This theory tells us that, while a share contract is inefficient in a first-best world, it may be the ...