Jinnat Ara
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jinnat Ara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jinnat |
| FAMILY NAME | Ara |
| SIGNATURE | ARA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | BRAC |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9419-9043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Economic Gains
This study explores how asset transfer programs influence the psychological well‐being (PWB) of ultra‐poor women in rural Bangladesh. Using an adapted version of Ryff's PWB model, culturally tailored to this population, the study analyses data from 1800 households. Results show significant gains in self‐acceptance, autonomy and environmental mastery among program participants. These improvements are closely tied to enhanced economic well‐being su…
Beyond Loans
We examine the impact of an anti-poverty program which complements credit with tailored support, on empowerment of female beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This intervention uniquely targets the sandwiched segment of poor households that are often excluded from traditional microfinance and grant-based support. Utilising two years of panel data from a randomised intervention by BRAC, we estimate the program’s average intent-to-treat effects using a dif…
The 'fishnet approach' to livelihood improvement in depressed basins
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. Household…
How Far Does a Big Push Really Push? Long-Term Effects of an Asset Transfer Program on Employment Trajectories
BRAC launched its Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in 2002 to address ultrapoverty in Bangladesh using an asset transfer approach combined with multifaceted training over a 2-year period. However, evidence of long-term employment trajectories is limited, and it is crucial to understand whether the program truly has a transformative long-term income effect. We evaluate the long-term impact…
Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women
Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation of the transfers affects women's empowerment. We study these dynamics in the context of BRAC's randomized CFPR-TUP program in Bangladesh, which provides livestock and training to rural women in “ultra poor” households. Our ana…
Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women
Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation of the transfers affects women's empowerment. We study these dynamics in the context of BRAC's randomized CFPR-TUP program in Bangladesh, which provides livestock and training to rural women in “ultra poor” households. Our ana…
Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women
Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation of the transfers affects women's empowerment. We study these dynamics in the context of BRAC's randomized CFPR-TUP program in Bangladesh, which provides livestock and training to rural women in “ultra poor” households. Our ana…
How Far Does a Big Push Really Push? Long-Term Effects of an Asset Transfer Program on Employment Trajectories
BRAC launched its Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) program in 2002 to address ultrapoverty in Bangladesh using an asset transfer approach combined with multifaceted training over a 2-year period. However, evidence of long-term employment trajectories is limited, and it is crucial to understand whether the program truly has a transformative long-term income effect. We evaluate the long-term impact…
The 'fishnet approach' to livelihood improvement in depressed basins
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. Household…
Beyond Economic Gains
This study explores how asset transfer programs influence the psychological well‐being (PWB) of ultra‐poor women in rural Bangladesh. Using an adapted version of Ryff's PWB model, culturally tailored to this population, the study analyses data from 1800 households. Results show significant gains in self‐acceptance, autonomy and environmental mastery among program participants. These improvements are closely tied to enhanced economic well‐being su…
Beyond Loans
We examine the impact of an anti-poverty program which complements credit with tailored support, on empowerment of female beneficiaries in Bangladesh. This intervention uniquely targets the sandwiched segment of poor households that are often excluded from traditional microfinance and grant-based support. Utilising two years of panel data from a randomised intervention by BRAC, we estimate the program’s average intent-to-treat effects using a dif…
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Poverty (2 works)