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- How much can asset transfers help the poorest? The five Cs of community-level development and BRAC's Ultra-Poor Programme
- ( A. Krishna;M. Poghosyan;N. Das (ed) / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2010)
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This paper evaluates the impact of an innovative programme that was implemented by BRAC in rural Bangladesh, aiming at assisting extremely poor households. The document clarifies that asset transfe...
- Addressing extreme poverty in a sustainable manner: evidence from CFPR programme
- ( N.C. Das;F.A. Misha / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2010)
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Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction (CFPR) is an innovative programme that was initiated in 2002 to address extreme poverty in Bangladesh. Studies indicate that the programme has had sig...
- Self-Perceived Health of Ultra Poor Women: The Effect of an Inclusive Development Intervention
- ( V. A. Prakash; A. K. M. Masud Rana / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- This paper reports on the health component of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) project entitled ''Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor'' (CFPR/TUP)...
- Protecting the poor against health shocks
- ( H. Lucas;G. Bloom / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- Ill-health is one of the most serious challenges that many households have to face. This short paper from the Institute of Development Studies provides a background to catastrophic illness, health per...
- Insights from people's self-initiatives in Bangladesh and the poverty and development discourse
- ( A. Rahman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2007)
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This paper outlines grass-roots experiences in Bangladesh of creative self-reliant initiatives of disadvantaged people to promote their lives independent of government and NGO programmes. It argues...
- Taking doctors where the ultra poor are: assessment of the panel doctor scheme of CFPR/TUP program
- ( S. M. Ahmed;M. A. Hossain / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2007)
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To facilitate access of ultra poor households to qualified allopathic care, especially for moderate-to severe and chronic morbidities, the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting t...
- Social capital and economic well-being
- ( F. Ameen; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
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Is economic well-being related to one's social networks? These two papers explore the links between social capital and well being among households in rural Bangladesh.
The first paper, entitled "Do...
- Using change rankings to understand poverty dynamics: examining the impact of CFPR/TUP from community perspective
- ( M. Sulaiman; I. Matin / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
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Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can overestimate transient poverty and underestimate the persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest.
This s...
- Targeting the poorest in microfinance: poverty outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme
- ( P. Barua; M. Sulaiman / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- In 2001 the BDP microfinance ultra-poor programme was established in rural Bangladesh. To attract and sustain the participation of the ultra-poor, this experimental programme provides credit and enter...
- Change in food and nutrient consumption among the ultra poor: is the CFPR/TUP programme making a difference?
- ( F. Hanseen / Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee , 2006)
- This paper investigates the impact of Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP), on changes in food and nutrient consumption between 2002 and 2004. This progra...
