Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*

Over the previous two decades many poverty alleviation programmes have been implemented in developing countries. Evaluation of such programmes have traditionally looked at their success in increasing the income levels of participants but less on the broader goals of human well-being. This chapter...

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Главный автор:	Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R
Формат:	Research report
Язык:	English
Опубликовано:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Предметы:	Poverty alleviation Health BRAC Poverty > Bangladesh. Poverty reduction and growth facility.
Online-ссылка:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12965

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spelling	10361-129652019-11-14T21:01:19Z Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh* Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R Poverty alleviation Health BRAC Poverty--Bangladesh. Poverty reduction and growth facility. Over the previous two decades many poverty alleviation programmes have been implemented in developing countries. Evaluation of such programmes have traditionally looked at their success in increasing the income levels of participants but less on the broader goals of human well-being. This chapter looks a~ the poverty alleviation programme of BRAe, a large non-governmental organization in Bangladesh, and, based on a scientifically designed study, presents its impact on selected components of 'human well-being'. The study found better child survival and nutritional status in households served by the programme. Similar impacts were also found in other areas such as expenditure pattern, family planning practice and children's education. The likely influence of 'selectively bias ' on the above results is also discussed 2019-11-14T08:27:13Z 2019-11-14T08:27:13Z 1999 Research report Chowdhury, A. M. R. (1999). Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*. Research Reports (1999): Health Studies, Vol - XXVIII, 278–307. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12965 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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topic	Poverty alleviation Health BRAC Poverty--Bangladesh. Poverty reduction and growth facility.
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description	Over the previous two decades many poverty alleviation programmes have been implemented in developing countries. Evaluation of such programmes have traditionally looked at their success in increasing the income levels of participants but less on the broader goals of human well-being. This chapter looks a~ the poverty alleviation programme of BRAe, a large non-governmental organization in Bangladesh, and, based on a scientifically designed study, presents its impact on selected components of 'human well-being'. The study found better child survival and nutritional status in households served by the programme. Similar impacts were also found in other areas such as expenditure pattern, family planning practice and children's education. The likely influence of 'selectively bias ' on the above results is also discussed
format	Research report
author	Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R
author_facet	Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R
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title	Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
title_short	Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
title_full	Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
title_fullStr	Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
title_full_unstemmed	Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*
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publisher	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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Poverty alleviation programmes reduce inequities in health : evidence from Bangladesh*

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