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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 ... -
Features of loan disbursement at matlab RDP during 1992-1995
(BRAC, 1996)BRAC's credit programme forms the core of the Rural Development Programme (RDP), itself the central programme of BRAC's development interventions. In the context of the BRAC - ICDDR,B Joint Research Project in Matlab, ... -
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: ... -
Financing SMEs and its effect on employment generation: a study of brae bank's SME lending
(BRAC, 2005)Financial and development assistance designed specially for small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh is a new and upcoming trend. After the surge of micro-finance in the last two decades, small and medium enterprises ... -
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 ... -
GO-NGO relations: the BRAC experience
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Gram Shahayak Committees: a profile study
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Health domain of the ultra poor: an exploration
(BRAC, 2004-10)There has been an increasing amount of materials surrounding health-seeking behaviour in recent years. However, a relatively small proportion of literature has focused upon health behaviours and types of health services ... -
Hybrid rice adoption in Bangladesh: a socio-economic assessment of farmers' experiences
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)The study aimed at finding the farm-level adoption pattern, differential performances, relative profitability and constraints to adoption of two hybrid rice varieties viz., Alok 6201 and Sonar Bangia (CNSGC 6). These ... -
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 ... -
Impact evaluation and client satisfaction of Northwest Microfinance Expansion Project
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2007-09)Bangladesh is known for its microfinance outreach. However. the density of microfinance is not evenly distributed. The poorer region, specially the northwestern part of Bangladesh has long been underserved by the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Income status of the ultra poor
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-12)This paper reports on income status, major sources of income and determinants of income of the ultra poor Mean per capita income was calculated to be Tk.3,385, per annum that was even less than the estimated lower poverty ... -
An investigation into sources of weekly installment payments in RDP
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Investment opportunities in Samangan province: a feasibility study
(BRAC, 2005-12)