Who are the ultra-poor and how can development policy address their particular needs? In today’s blog, Professor Robin Burgess discusses the results of a research project with the Bangladesh-based development NGO BRAC
We study how women’s choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and w...
This article describes the process of refining a participatory method to investigate the poverty dyn...
Labeled as one of the poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh is accustomed to poverty. Beginning...
Results are in: Research shows that BRAC’s one-shot, ‘big-push’ intervention targeting the ultra-poo...
This paper describes BRAC experiences of working with the ultra-poor over the last two decades. The ...
An initiative in Bangladesh, led by the international non-governmental organisation BRAC, to provide...
A household survey of a randomized control trial in rural Bangladesh conducted in 2014 which collect...
Addressing extreme poverty remains a key challenge for development in Bangladesh. BRAC initiated the...
Can the world’s poorest people become entrepreneurs? This column outlines results from an evaluation...
Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS), a leading microfinance institution in India, has implemented an innovati...
The Extreme Poverty Research Group (EPRG) develops and disseminates knowledge about the nature of ex...
Microcredit is advocated as a development tool that has the potential to reduce poverty, empower par...
Bangladesh has achieved notable progress in poverty reduction including reduction in extreme poverty...
Poverty reduction has become the central goal of development policies over the last decade but there...
A large scale programme that provides grants along with background support services was implemented ...
We study how women’s choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and w...
This article describes the process of refining a participatory method to investigate the poverty dyn...
Labeled as one of the poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh is accustomed to poverty. Beginning...
Results are in: Research shows that BRAC’s one-shot, ‘big-push’ intervention targeting the ultra-poo...
This paper describes BRAC experiences of working with the ultra-poor over the last two decades. The ...
An initiative in Bangladesh, led by the international non-governmental organisation BRAC, to provide...
A household survey of a randomized control trial in rural Bangladesh conducted in 2014 which collect...
Addressing extreme poverty remains a key challenge for development in Bangladesh. BRAC initiated the...
Can the world’s poorest people become entrepreneurs? This column outlines results from an evaluation...
Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS), a leading microfinance institution in India, has implemented an innovati...
The Extreme Poverty Research Group (EPRG) develops and disseminates knowledge about the nature of ex...
Microcredit is advocated as a development tool that has the potential to reduce poverty, empower par...
Bangladesh has achieved notable progress in poverty reduction including reduction in extreme poverty...
Poverty reduction has become the central goal of development policies over the last decade but there...
A large scale programme that provides grants along with background support services was implemented ...
We study how women’s choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and w...
This article describes the process of refining a participatory method to investigate the poverty dyn...
Labeled as one of the poorest countries in the world, Bangladesh is accustomed to poverty. Beginning...