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BRAC's achievements in generating employment in Jhikargacha RDP area: a quantitative study
(BRAC, 1995-04)By involving the rural poor in different BRAC financed activities, BRAC achieves its one of the main objectives - to generate new employment, mostly self-employment among the women folk. This study in Jhikargacha BRAC ... -
BRAC's contribution to gross domestic product of Bangladesh
(Research and Evaluation Division, Brac, 2000-07)This paper estimates the contribution of BRAC programmes to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bangladesh. BRAC's contribution to GDP of Bangladesh has been divided into four components. These are 1) Value added in BRAC ... -
BRAC's microfinance canvass: financial services and strategic linkages
(BRAC, 2002-12)The poor are a diverse group with diverse livelihoods, needs and potential, which change over time due to lifecycle, new opportunities and external shocks. This diverse and dynamic reality of poor peoples' lives forms ... -
BRAC's pilot savings project of RDP: monitoring and evaluation
(BRAC, 1997-04)During July and August of 1996, the BRAC Rural Development Programme (RDP) initiated a Pilot Savings Project (PSP), whereby three experimental savings systems were implemented in various areas of Bangladesh, with a ... -
BRAC's pilot savings project: status reports
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Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?
(BRAC, 2013-04)Does the lack of capital and skills drive occupational choice and poverty? We provide evidence from a large scale and long term randomized control trial of a programme that simultaneously provides assets and training to ... -
Case studies of some selected rural enterprise projects in Kishoreganj: a tentative financial analysis
(BRAC, 1999-01)This study aimed to assess the viability of eight small scale potential economic enterprises covering the production of sweet toy, rubber shoe, toothpowder, ball pen candle, plastic bag, spice packet and rice mill ... -
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 ... -
Cause and effect analysis membership discontinuation: a case study
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-08)Research and evaluation division of BRAC initiated the case study to look into the dropout matter for in-depth understanding of the causes and effect and policy implication of the issue. Two BDP area offices, one from ... -
Changes in socio-economic condition of Ex-VGD women: a review report
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Changes in the pattern of BRAC loan use and its impact on poverty
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Changing food consumption patterns: implications for nutrition and livelihoods
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)This report presents a review results on the trends and patterns in food intake and nutritional status of the poor rural and urban households of Bangladesh during the period 1991-2000. It then looks at the socio-economic ... -
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 ... -
Combining targeting methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: some preliminary findings from BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme
(BRAC, 2002-09)Since January 2002, BRAC has started a new program targeted at the extreme poor, called, 'Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor' (CFPR/TUP). This Programme seeks to challenge the frontiers ... -
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: ... -
Cumulative environmental effects assessment of BRAC's agriculture, fisheries and poultry Program
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Dairy production, consumption and marketing in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)This study was a part of RED-Imperial College joint research, conducted in July 2003. The broad objective of this study is to review the existing milk production, consumption and marketing situation in Bangladesh and to ...