Building resilience in the chars of Bangladesh
An impact assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21594153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farzana Misha (0000-0003-0177-4027, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health Brac University Dhaka Bangladesh, corresponding author), Syeda Sitwat Shahed (0000-0003-3740-2559, 2030 Water Resources Group, Water Global Practice World Bank Washington District of Columbia USA), Naphtali Wagner (0000-0003-0830-6429, Institute for Management Research Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands), Arjun S Bedi (0000-0001-5659-6569, International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam Hague The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1547-1569 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of International Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jid.3653 |
| OpenAlex | W4224292698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Recent evidence highlights that integrated interventions have sustainable impacts on household welfare. This paper evaluates the ‘Char Development and Settlement Program,’ which targets marginalized, coastal populations of Bangladesh and is implemented by the NGO BRAC, which pioneers integrated programs in over 20 countries. The analysis exploits household panel data (2012, 2016) for over 2500 households living in 11 chars to measure the impact of a programme, comprising microfinance, health services and legal aid. Employing a difference‐in‐difference approach, we find considerable, programme‐induced increases in consumption, food security and legal awareness suggesting that an integrated ‘big push’ is efficient for poverty alleviation
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Exploit · Food security · Geography · Impact evaluation · Panel data · Poverty · Psychological intervention · Psychological resilience · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Welfare · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |