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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 ...
Sector scan of TUP enterprises: identifying determinants of sustainability
(BRAC, 2005-03)
A key objective of the CFPR-TUP programme to assist the ultra poor is the development of sustainable
livelihoods, through the transfer of assets and skills to specially targeted ultra poor members for income
generation. ...
Women in carp pond cultivation: a case of BRAC
(BRAC, 1999-08)
This is a case study on 106 female fishermen who made success in increasing their
household income with the help of BRAC provided services. Fish cultivation was
found to be highly correlated with many factors such as ...
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 ...
Agricultural practice and its relation to poverty and food security in selected river basins in Bangladesh: a situation analysis
(BRAC, 2011-08)
Poverty and food security in the context of Bangladesh has become a major concern
over time. While efforts have been intensified to increase crop yield through increased
land use, using inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, ...
Poverty alleviation of the hard core poor in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1997-11)
BRAC launched IGVGD Programme to improve the condition of the poorest women covered
by Vulnerable Groups Development (VGO) Programme. In this context high yielding variety
(HYV) poultry birds rearing was introduced as ...
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 ...
Women-focused development intervention reduces delays in accessing emergency obstetric care in urban slums in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
(BRAC, 2010)
Background: Recognizing the burden of maternal mortality in urban slums, in 2007 BRAC (formally known as
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) has established a woman-focused development intervention, Manoshi
(the ...
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 ...