The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s progress in economic growth and extensive social protection interventions have contributed to a reduction in the headcount poverty rate of around 1.5 percentage points a year since the early 1990s. This progress in poverty reduction is, however, little comfort: the overall incidence of...
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| author | Ahmed, Akhter Rabbani, Mehnaz Sulaiman, Munshi Das, Narayan C. |
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| description | Bangladesh’s progress in economic growth and extensive social protection interventions have contributed to a reduction in the headcount poverty rate of around 1.5 percentage points a year since the early 1990s. This progress in poverty reduction is, however, little comfort: the overall incidence of poverty persists at a high level. The most startling consequence of widespread poverty is that a quarter of the country’s population — 37 million people — cannot afford an adequate diet. Chronically underfed and highly vulnerable, they remain largely without assets (other than their own labor power) to cushion lean-season hunger or the crushing blows of illness, flooding, and other calamities. These extreme poor are a group that straddles the outer limits of human survival. The need for targeted interventions to improve food security and livelihoods of the extreme poor therefore remains strong. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1594742025-11-06T04:11:51Z The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh Ahmed, Akhter Rabbani, Mehnaz Sulaiman, Munshi Das, Narayan C. livelihoods poverty food aid Bangladesh’s progress in economic growth and extensive social protection interventions have contributed to a reduction in the headcount poverty rate of around 1.5 percentage points a year since the early 1990s. This progress in poverty reduction is, however, little comfort: the overall incidence of poverty persists at a high level. The most startling consequence of widespread poverty is that a quarter of the country’s population — 37 million people — cannot afford an adequate diet. Chronically underfed and highly vulnerable, they remain largely without assets (other than their own labor power) to cushion lean-season hunger or the crushing blows of illness, flooding, and other calamities. These extreme poor are a group that straddles the outer limits of human survival. The need for targeted interventions to improve food security and livelihoods of the extreme poor therefore remains strong. 2009 2024-11-08T22:31:21Z 2024-11-08T22:31:21Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159474 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute BRAC Research & Evaluation Division Ahmed, Akhter U.; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Sulaiman, Munshi; Das, Narayan C. 2009. The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh. BRAC Research Monograph Series 39. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159474 |
| spellingShingle | livelihoods poverty food aid Ahmed, Akhter Rabbani, Mehnaz Sulaiman, Munshi Das, Narayan C. The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh |
| title | The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh |
| title_full | The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh |
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| title_short | The impact of asset transfer on livelihoods of the ultra poor in Bangladesh |
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| topic | livelihoods poverty food aid |
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