Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program

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dc.contributor.authorHossain, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorMatin, Imran
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-24T07:05:50Z
dc.date.available2022-02-24T07:05:50Z
dc.date.issued2007-11-22
dc.descriptionThis article was published in The Development in Practice [©2007 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701336923 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09614520701336923
dc.description.abstractThis article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive livelihood support and productive assets to the extreme poor. Based on field research in the rural north-west, the article examines the conditions under which elites can support interventions for the ultra-poor, and the risks and benefits of such engagement. It describes the impact of committees mandated to support ultra-poor programme participants, and attempts to understand the somewhat paradoxical success of this intervention. Conclusions and lessons from the experience involve revisiting assumptions that dominate scholarship and programmes relating to the politics of poverty in rural Bangladesh.
dc.identifier.otherhttps://dspace.bracu.ac.bd/server/api/core/items/5b2f5430-3da6-486f-93e0-62385d955f7c
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/16342
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.sourceBRAC University Institutional Repository
dc.subjectAid
dc.subjectLabour and livelihoods
dc.subjectMethods
dc.subjectSocial sector
dc.subjectSouth-East Asia
dc.titleEngaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC`s experience with the ultra-poor program
dc.typeJournal Article

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