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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Targeting the Poorest in Microfinance: Poverty Outreach of BDP Ultra Poor Programme
Working Paper No. 13 |
| Proloy Barua, Munshi Sulaiman |
| August - 2006 |
| Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest.... |
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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data
Working Paper No. 12 |
| Mehnaz Rabbani, Vivek A. Prakash, Munshi Sulaiman |
| July - 2006 |
| This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey.... |
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Change in food and nutrient consumption among the ultra poor: Is the CFPR/TUP programme making a difference?
Working Paper No. 11 |
| Farhana Haseen |
| June - 2006 |
| This study is based on a panel data of a sample of programme selected ultra poor and non selected ultra poor households that examines changes in food and energy consumption between the two groups of households over time… |
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Self-perceived Health of Ultra Poor Women: The Effect of an Inclusive Development Intervention
Working Paper No. 10 |
| Vivek A. Prakash, AKM Masud Rana |
| March - 2006 |
| This study examines changes in the self-reported health status of the ultra poor women in northern Bangladesh over a period of one and half years since the launch of this programme. The data for this study come from a baseline survey performed in 2002 and a follow-up survey from 2004.... |
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Microfinance Engagementsof the ‘Graduated’ TUP Members
Working Paper No. 9 |
| Munshi Sulaiman, Imran Matin, M Shahadat Hossain Siddiquee, Proloy Barua, Safeena Alarakhaia, Vidya Iyer |
| February - 2006 |
| Despite the slogan of ‘credit for the poorest of the poor’, the poorest have not fully benefited from the microfinance revolution of late 90s in Bangladesh... |
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