Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Anindita Bhattacharjee, Narayan C. Das, PhD, Marzuk A. N. Hossain
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Khandker Wahedur Rahman, PhD, Shaila Ahmed, PhD, Marjan Hossain
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Mohima Gomes, Suranjit Paul
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD, Narayan C. Das, PhD, Nusrat Jahan, Mohima Gomes, Tanvir Shatil
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Economic Development
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Imran Matin, PhD, Narayan C. Das, PhD, Sheikh Touhidul Haque, PhD, Semab Rahman
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Tasfia Mehzabin, Rohini Kamal, PhD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Munshi Sulaiman, PhD, Christine Nabulumba
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Ongoing
Researcher(s): Tasfia Mehzabin
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Cities, Climate Change, COVID-19, Skills and Jobs, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Status: Completed
Researcher(s): Rohini Kamal, PhD, Tasfia Mehzabin
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Climate Change, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Development in Practice
Date: 2024
Author(s): Hashemi, Syed M.; Montesquiou, Aude de
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): BIGD
Topic(s): Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation, BRAC Programs, Economic Development
Publisher: BIGD, Innovations for Poverty Action
Date: 2023
Author(s): Jahan, Nusrat; Mozumder, Tanvir Ahmed; Hsu, Sam; Arman, Md. Raied; Arif, Akmam Binte
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2023
Author(s): Gomes, Mohima; Kamruzzaman, Md.; Tahsin, Nabila; Islam, Md. Karimul; Biswas, Dipika
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Journal of International Development
Date: 2023
Author(s): Rahman, Atiya; Bhattacharjee, Anindita; Nisat, Rafia; Das, Narayan
Topic(s): Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2022
Author(s): Gomes, Mohima; Shatil, Tanvir; Jahan, Nusrat; Tahsin, Nabila; Das, Narayan C; Matin, Imran
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, COVID-19, Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network
Date: 2022
Author(s): Diwakar, Vidya; Kamninga, Tony; Mehzabin, Tasfia; Tumusiime, Emmanuel; Kamal, Rohini; Pabony, Nuha Anoor
Topic(s): Climate Change, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: BIGD
Date: 2022
Author(s): BIGD
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, Social Transformation, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Advisory Network
Date: 2022
Author(s): Diwakar, Vidya; Kamninga, Tony; Mehzabin, Tasfia; Tumusiime, Emmanuel; Kamal, Rohini; Pabony, Nuha Anoor
Topic(s): Ultra-Poor Graduation
Publisher: Development in Practice
Date: 2022
Author(s): Das, Narayan C.; Kamruzzaman, Md.; Ahmed, Md. Shakil
Topic(s): Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation
Caregiving is a crucial aspect of ensuring the wellbeing of persons with disabilities. However, due to several reasons including the absence of institutional arrangements and formal training on caregiving, the needs of persons with disabilities get little attention from policymakers and other stakeholders.
A significant segment of the populace in Bangladesh continues to live in ultra-poverty. How effective is BRAC’s redesigned Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme in addressing their plight?
I joined some research work, visiting families prior to the interventions, and listened as women described what they had to eat in their home. How rice with a little garlic or chilli was their main meal, and the cooking water with a little rice in it would do for breakfast.
One of my earliest encounters with extreme poverty was through BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) program. Although I grew up in a village myself and was accustomed to poverty, UPG made me realize what it really means to be extremely poor.
I met Parveen in a Khulna slum back in August 2021. It was the height of the monsoon, hot and humid. The narrow, meandering mud road that led to her home was waterlogged by the trapped rainwater mixed with the saline water that the encroaching sea was pushing inward and the thick, blackish fluid oozing from the leaking sewer. We hopped from one brick to the next which was laid on the path about a foot apart for walking.
Parveen emerged from her humble home, a tall, strong woman with a beaming face. She invited us inside.
Development practitioners use various interventions or models to provide services to beneficiaries. For example, the ultra-poor graduation model is used to help people come out of extreme poverty. There are numerous models used by development practitioners and each one is different from the other. All these models have different goals and are designed for a specific target group. For example, a reintegration model is used for returnees and victims of human trafficking to help them get into society and find work suitable for their skills and experiences.
For three days, I embarked on this journey with a dearth of knowledge on village etiquette, a language barrier (weak spoken Bengali), tainted with urban hues. Yet I was accepted into their homes with open arms and wide-eyed grins. And…
A child often dreams big, despite its circumstances, blissful and naive. That is why when we ask a poor child what it wants to be in life, we often get somewhat audacious answers like a pilot, a doctor, or a...
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Publisher: The Daily Star
Date: 2020
Topic(s): BRAC Programs, Economic Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation
