Can Ultra-Poverty be Sustainably Improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh

Type Journal Article - Journal of Development Effectiveness
Title Can Ultra-Poverty be Sustainably Improved? Evidence from BRAC in Bangladesh
Author(s)
Volume 4
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
Page numbers 257-276
URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19439342.2012.686046#.VFfI5PmsX85
Abstract
With more than one-fifth of Bangladesh's population living in extreme poverty, surmounting it still remains a substantial predicament for development practitioners. To combat this issue, BRAC initiated the multifaceted Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction programme with a grant-based approach, reinforcing its efficacy with background services such as health and social development. Using propensity score matching, this paper analyses a three-round panel dataset (2002–2005–2008) to evaluate the impacts of the programme. We find that Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction is successfully able to increase the per-capita income, the productive asset bases and the overall food security of its participants in the long run.

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