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  Rural non-farm economy in Bangladesh: a view from household surveys

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2004

  In Bangladesh, the Rural Non-Farm Economy (RNFE) accounts for a large proportion of rural employment and incomes and grows faster than agriculture with the development of the overall economy.
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  Towards a profile of the ultra poor in Bangladesh: findings from CFPR/TUP baseline survey

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2004

  This report is a baseline study of the ultra poor population living in some of the poorest districts of Bangladesh. The baseline study was carried out as a part of BRAC's new targeted programme for the ultra poor, called Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) introduced since 2001. The programme aims to reach 70,000 ultra poor households by 2006.
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  Engaging elite support for the poorest: BRAC's experience with the ultra poor programme

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2004

  This paper describes and draws lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in Bangladesh in supporting the ultrapoor and suggests that motivations behind the elite support are likely to be based on:the overlap between wealth, influence and the requirements of local social and political leadership.ways in which the Gram Shahayak Committees (GSC) helped foster a sense of local
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  Combining methodologies for better targeting of the extreme poor: lessons from BRAC’s CFPR/TUP programme

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2004

  This paper aims to assess the effectiveness and draw lessons from a targeting strategy used in identifying the ultra poor.
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  A project framework for a development strategy targeting the ultra poor

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This paper aims to provide a project framework based on features of poverty described by the 'ultra poor' themselves.
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  From social assistance to social development: targeted education subsidies in developing countries

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2003

  A joint project of the Center for Global Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), this book compiles published and unpublished material on existing conditioned transfer for education (CTE) programs and evaluates their ability to advance poverty reduction and education goals.
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  Targeted development programmes for the extreme poor: experiences from BRAC experiments

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002

  This paper, published by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), analyses Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD), a programme initiated by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) which aimed to link food aid with training, savings and credit.

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