The ‘fishnet approach’ to livelihood improvement in depressed basins: Evidence from BRAC’s Integrated Development Programme
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2020-02-27
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
The multidimensional nature of poverty renders comprehensive development efforts encompassing livelihoods, health, and education as well as communal support, essential for achieving equality in growth. Such an integrated service approach has neither been widely practiced nor assessed: therefore, this article analyses the impact of BRAC’s Integrated Development Programme implemented in remote depressed basins in north-eastern Bangladesh. Households within the intervened area are not only economically better off due to higher purchasing power, insurance against crisis as well as occupational diversity, but also have stronger social cohesion, especially women.
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This article was published in Development and Practice [©2020 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2020.1719978 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09614524.2020.1719978
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Labour and livelihoods, Poverty reduction, Microfinance, Economics, Social sector, Health, Water and Sanitisation, South Asia