| Asset Transfer Programme for the Ultra Poor: A Randomized Control Trial Evaluation (Revised edition) |
| Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Narayan C Das, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, Raniya Shams, and Munshi Sulaiman |
| January - 2013 |
| The worlds poorest people lack both capital and skills and are trapped in low return occupations. Whether their economic lives can be transformed by programmes which attempt to tackle both constraints by providing assets and training to enable them to run small businesses is however unknown..... |
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| Integration of the Ultra Poor into Mainstream Development: How Effective is CFPR? |
| Raniya Shams, Sharif Mahmud and Narayan C Das |
| December - 2010 |
| This paper aimed to understand the dynamics of participation of the TUP (Targeting the Ultra Poor) members of CFPR (Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction) phase I in the financial market since their graduation from the CFPR programme... |
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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 |
| Anirudh Krishna, Meri Poghosyan and Narayan Das |
| October - 2010 |
This study aims to explore five important elements: confidence, cohesion, capacity, connections and cash in rural Bangladesh...
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Education Under Gram Daridro Bimochan Committee: Present Status and Future Directions
Working Paper No. 20 |
| Rafiath Rashid, Nazia Sharmin, Notan C Dutta, Samir Ranjan Nath |
| August - 2010 |
| This study aims to explore the present status of this component of the programme and to provide future direction... |
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Addressing Extreme Poverty in a Sustainable Manner: Evidence from CFPR Programme
Working Paper No. 19 |
| Narayan C Das, Farzana A Misha |
| June - 2010 |
| This study explores sustainability of livelihood impacts of the first phase of CFPR. The findings show that programme impacts on income, employment, food security and asset holding were mostly sustainable in the long-run... |
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How Sustainable is the Gain in food Consumption of the CFPR/TUP Beneficiaries?
Working Paper No. 18 |
| Farhana Haseen, Munshi Sulaiman |
| October - 2007 |
| Despite some remarkable improvements in nutritional status, malnutrition in Bangladesh is still highly prevalent, especially among the poorest. How has CFPR programme of BRAC fared in this respect? How sustainable are the gains, if any?.... |
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Taking Doctors Where the Ultra Poor are: Assessment of the Panel Doctor
Working Paper No. 17 |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, Mohammad Awlad Hossain |
| May - 2007 |
| 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 the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP) programme appointed a panel of doctors in its Area Offices... |
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Is the BDP Ultra Poor Approach Working? Survey of Some Key Issues
Working Paper No. 16 |
| Proloy Barua, Munshi Sulaiman |
| May - 2007 |
| Though BRAC’s CFPR/TUP is the specialized programme for the ultra poor, it is observed that a good portion of its microfinance clients are also very poor and require special attention... |
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Social Capital and Economic Well-being
Working Paper No. 15 |
| Farhad Ameen, Munshi Sulaiman |
| November - 2006 |
| These two papers begin to explore the impact of complex social networks and ties on the economic well-being of households in rural Bangladesh... |
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Using Change Rankings to Understand Poverty Dynamics: Examining the Impact of CFPR/TUP from Community Perspective
Working Paper No. 14 |
| Munshi Sulaiman, Imran Matin |
| September - 2006 |
| Studies of poverty dynamics relying solely on household income-expenditure surveys can yield noisy results, overestimating transient poverty and underestimating persistence of poverty, especially for the poorest. In this study, we make use of an approach that relies on community based change ranking to explore various directions and levels of change experienced by almost 6,000 households living in over 100 communities.... |
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