Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor

Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program of BRAC implements two interventions for the ultra-poor: a grant-based support package for specially targeted ultra-poor (henceforth STUP support package), and credit plus grant support package for other (bet...

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Principais autores:	Das, Narayan Chandra, Ahmad, Sibbir, Bhattacharjee, Anindita, Ara, Jinnat, Bayes, Abdul
Formato:	Working Paper
Idioma:	en_US
Publicado em:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division 2022
Assuntos:	Credit Labour supply Per capita income Poverty reduction Self-employment Ultra-poor
Acesso em linha:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15884

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spelling	10361-158842022-01-12T21:01:37Z Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor Das, Narayan Chandra Ahmad, Sibbir Bhattacharjee, Anindita Ara, Jinnat Bayes, Abdul Credit Labour supply Per capita income Poverty reduction Self-employment Ultra-poor Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program of BRAC implements two interventions for the ultra-poor: a grant-based support package for specially targeted ultra-poor (henceforth STUP support package), and credit plus grant support package for other (better off) targeted ultra-poor (henceforth OTUP support package). The target group of the OTUP support package is drawn from relatively well-off households than the STUP ones. Furthermore, the STUP support package is more expensive compared to the OTUP. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate these alternative approaches to poverty alleviation. Using non-experimental evaluation design, it was observed that both the STUP and OTUP support packages increase self-employment, total labour supply, per capita income, consumption of high-value food products, and productive asset-base of the ultra-poor. There is also evidence that these supports lead to some additional non-food improvements such as increased clothing and reduction in domestic violence against women. 2022-01-12T08:36:27Z 2022-01-12T08:36:27Z 2016 2016-10 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15884 en_US https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/grant-vs-credit-plus-approach-to-poverty-reduction-an-evaluation-of-bracs-experience-with-ultra-poor/ application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division
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topic	Credit Labour supply Per capita income Poverty reduction Self-employment Ultra-poor
spellingShingle	Credit Labour supply Per capita income Poverty reduction Self-employment Ultra-poor Das, Narayan Chandra Ahmad, Sibbir Bhattacharjee, Anindita Ara, Jinnat Bayes, Abdul Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
description	Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program of BRAC implements two interventions for the ultra-poor: a grant-based support package for specially targeted ultra-poor (henceforth STUP support package), and credit plus grant support package for other (better off) targeted ultra-poor (henceforth OTUP support package). The target group of the OTUP support package is drawn from relatively well-off households than the STUP ones. Furthermore, the STUP support package is more expensive compared to the OTUP. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate these alternative approaches to poverty alleviation. Using non-experimental evaluation design, it was observed that both the STUP and OTUP support packages increase self-employment, total labour supply, per capita income, consumption of high-value food products, and productive asset-base of the ultra-poor. There is also evidence that these supports lead to some additional non-food improvements such as increased clothing and reduction in domestic violence against women.
format	Working Paper
author	Das, Narayan Chandra Ahmad, Sibbir Bhattacharjee, Anindita Ara, Jinnat Bayes, Abdul
author_facet	Das, Narayan Chandra Ahmad, Sibbir Bhattacharjee, Anindita Ara, Jinnat Bayes, Abdul
author_sort	Das, Narayan Chandra
title	Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
title_short	Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
title_full	Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
title_fullStr	Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
title_full_unstemmed	Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor
title_sort	grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: an evaluation of brac’s experience with ultra poor
publisher	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15884
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Grant vs. credit plus approach to poverty reduction: An evaluation of BRAC’s experience with ultra poor

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