| OUTPUT TO PURPOSE REVIEW OF THE CHALLENGING THE FRONTIERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION PHASE I AND APPRAISAL | |
| Name: | Output to Purpose Review of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction Phase I and Appraisal of Phase II |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Client: | DFID |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Background: | In 2002, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) established a new programme – ‘Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra-Poor Targeting Social Constraints’ (CFPR). It was designed to address the constraints affecting rural women who live in extreme poverty, who have been largely by-passed by the mainstream development programmes, including the micro-finance programmes. The CFPR programme targeted the ultra-poor effectively and was one of the few programmes that reach large numbers of the ultra poor. The recent cost-benefit analysis indicates that investments in the Specially Targeted Ultra-Poor (STUP) component bring high returns (a positive benefit-to-cost ratio of 5.21, which far exceeded most rural development programmes). These returns were consistent with what could be expected of a well targeted and coherent ultra poor programme. |
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| Activities: | The following were conducted:
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