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Economic and social analysis of primary education in Bangladesh: a study of BRAC interventions and mainstream schools
(BRAC, 2011-11)Bangladesh has achieved significant progress in enrolment in primary schools including gender parity. Currently, two major problems are dropout before completing primary education and poor quality of education with low ... -
Ecosystem services and poverty linkages in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 2008-01)What is the relationship between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Finding answers to this question is vital if resources are to be used sustainably and to alleviate poverty. However, this is a question that ... -
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 ... -
The effects of wage employment and credit for women in Bangladesh
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Emlploynent creation and viability of rural enterprise projects: cases of laundry and tailoring in Khulna and Gopalganj
(BRAC, 1998-11)This study aimed to assess the viability of t\vo rural enterprises, laundry and tailoring shop from both the organization and members' perspectives, using ratio analysis. The study also attempted to measure the extent ... -
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 ... -
Empowerment of women: the impact of BRAC's rural development programme
(BRAC, 1998-08)The paper conceptualizes empowerment as a continuous process o/change that is greatly influenced by the length of time a woman has been involved in BRAC. Women's participation in economic activities, and ownership and ... -
Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's experience with the ultra poor programme (TUP working paper -3)
(BRAC, 2004-09)This paper describes and draws lessons from the experience of engaging village elite in support of the ultra poor through the Gram Shahayak Committees (GSC), as part of BRAC's CFPR/TUP programme. The paper addresses the ... -
Environmental compliance of BRAC microfinance enterprises: an assessment
(BRAC, 2013-04)BRAG is concerned about environmental aspects in its development programmes. In this backdrop, a cross-sectional comparative study was designed to assess environmental performance in BRAG microfinance enterprises. Total ... -
Environmental performance of BRAC microfinance programme: an assessment
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Eradicating extreme poverty in Bangladesh: national strategies and activities
(Brac University, 2013-04)Although Bangladesh has achieved fairly steady economic growth, as of 2011, almost half of its population still lived in extreme poverty. As a result, the Government of Bangladesh and its development partners have recently ... -
Exploring changes in the lives of the ultra poor: an exploratory study on CFPR/TUP members
(BRAC, 2004-09)Since January 2002, BRAC has started a new experimental programme for the ultra poor called, 'Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor' (CFPRffUP). This programme targets the ultra poor who ... -
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 ... -
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 ...