Chronic Poverty Research Centre

8th April 2008

Dhaka, Bangladesh

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CPRC, in partnership with the Data Analysis and Technical Assistance (DATA) Ltd., are undertaking quantitative and qualitative research focussing on the long-term impact of three interventions - microfinance, new agricultural technologies, and food/cash transfers for education - on the livelihoods and well-being of poor Bangladeshis. The project builds on IFPRI data collected during the 1990s on the impact of the three interventions on 1,787 households in rural Bangladesh. By resurveying these original households a decade later, the study analyses and compares the long-term impacts of these anti-poverty interventions.

Read articles from Bangladesh's newspapers (links open in new window): 

• The New Nation - Anti-poverty scheme: Govt officials, civil society men meet April 8
• The Daily Star - New Project in the Offing: Donors meet Tuesday to design development schemes in Bangladesh