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Improved targeting for the largest safety net program for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh, reaching 750,000 women and their 3.5 million family members

PIM’s assessment of the largest safety net for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh, the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) program, identified key deficiencies in the program's targeting criteria and recommended new criteria grounded more firmly on available poverty data. These criteria were adopte...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Subjects:
poverty
women
income
development
assessment
data
bangladesh
deficiencies
targeting
safety
world bank
programmes
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121613
Summary:PIM’s assessment of the largest safety net for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh, the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) program, identified key deficiencies in the program's targeting criteria and recommended new criteria grounded more firmly on available poverty data. These criteria were adopted by the VGD program and by the new World Bank-supported Income Support Program for the Poorest.

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