Information on "Development Programs and Projects" and "Bangladesh"
November 2011
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25 Nov 2011
Social Business: A Way to Solve Society’s Most Pressing Problems
Author: Muhammad Yunus
Publisher: Chatham House
Muhammad Yunus shows in his speech how he started empowering the poor by founding microfinance. More on «Social Business: A Way to Solve Society’s Most Pressing Problems»
January 2011
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2011
Thinking Beyond: Acting on the Ground
Author: Øyvind Eggen, Thomas Costa, SM Rahman
Publisher: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
This report investigates the performance of the ICCB programme (Integrated Programme for Community Capacity Building) in Bangladesh. More on «Thinking Beyond: Acting on the Ground»
October 2009
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Oct 2009
State Elites and the New Poverty Agenda in Bangladesh
Author: Neil Webster, Zarina Rahman Khan, Abu Hossain Muhammad Ahsan, Akhter Hussain, Mahbubur Rhaman
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
This paper analyzes Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), which is part of the country's effort to pursue poverty reduction with the financial assistance of donor countries and looks at the role of the state elites in it. More on «State Elites and the New Poverty Agenda in Bangladesh»
September 2008
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Sep 2008
Is Water Lagging behind on Aid Effectiveness?
Author: Katharina Welle, Barbara Evans, Josephine Tucker, Alan Nicol
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
This paper examines the reasons for the relatively slow progress of water aid compared with health or education in Bangladesh, Uganda and Ethiopia. More on «Is Water Lagging behind on Aid Effectiveness?»
June 2007
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Jun 2007
Implementation of Policies for Reducing Chronic Poverty
Author: Sajjad Zohir, Abantee Harun, Naser Farid, Iftekharul Huq, Ful Kumar Modak, Lenin Azad, ERG, CPRC, ODI
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This study identifies areas where improvements may be made in policy and policy processes relevant for reducing chronic poverty in Bangladesh. More on «Implementation of Policies for Reducing Chronic Poverty»
November 2006
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23 Nov 2006
Bangladesh Today
Author: International Crisis Group
Publisher: International Crisis Group
This background report analyzes the world's third most populous Muslim country, Bangladesh. More on «Bangladesh Today»
February 2006
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Feb 2006
Affordability to Finance Poverty Reduction Programs
Author: Omar Haider Chowdhury, Zulfiqar Ali
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
Trapped in the realm between market failure and social justice, Bangladesh's objective of alleviating poverty is marred by its inability to mobilize enough domestic resources to launch large-scale anti-poverty programs. More on «Affordability to Finance Poverty Reduction Programs»
January 2002
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2002
Targeted Development Programmes for the Extreme Poor
Author: Imran Matin
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
Despite a phenomenally rapid growth of outreach of NGOs and in particular the microfinance programs in Bangladesh, they tend to fail a significant proportion of the poor and especially those living in extreme poverty. More on «Targeted Development Programmes for the Extreme Poor»
