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Women's control over productive assets: role of credit based development interventions
(BRAC, 1998)
This paper examines the degree to which participation in BRAC's development intereventions has any
impact on women's ownership and control over assets. Information was collected under BRAGICDDR,B
joint research project ...
Struggling TUP members: lessons from case studies
(BRAC, 2004-10)
A note on reasons of dropout from BRAC's matlab village organizations
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1995-11)
Poverty outreach and BRAC’s microfinance interventions: programme impact and sustainability
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003)
This paper is based on the experience and evolution of a large microfinance provider BRAC -
which is working in Bangladesh. The paper stresses that poverty is not homogeneous, but is
manifested in different ways and in ...
Asset transfer programme for the ultra poor: a randomized control trial evaluation
(BRAC, 2011-07)
Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR), an innovative approach to address extreme
poverty, was launched in 2002 in rural Bangladesh. Evaluation of the first phase of the programme
revealed that livelihoods ...
The very poor who participate in microfinance institutions and those who never did: a comparative analysis
(BRAC, 2004)
Despite the general consensus that the very poor have not been adequately reached by existing microfinance institutions, very little focussed research exists on the financial market participation of the very poor in general ...
A study on membership overlap among different NGOs in selected villages: its impact on micro-credit programmes and rural poor
(BRAC, 1999-12)
For several decades BRAC and many other NGOs have been working with micro credit for
alleviating rural poverty. The growth of micro credit has therefore been phenomenal, and so
has the number of smaller NGOs working along ...
Patterns and trends in food consumption in poor urban and rural households in Bangladesh: major food sector studies
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-09)
This paper examines six major food sectors in Bangladesh namely rice, wheat, fishery,
poultry, dairy, and fruits and vegetables, concentrating on production and consumption
changes with evidence from the BRAC/Imperial ...
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 ...
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 ...