Developing urban space
The changing role of NGOs in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3887369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, Ferdous Jahan (0000-0001-6494-376X), Rehnuma Rahman (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 260-271 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2017.1287162 |
| OpenAlex | W2600553964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
Rapid urbanisation has been an emerging issue in recent decades, particularly for developing countries such as Bangladesh. As one of world’s largest international NGOs, BRAC, based in Bangladesh, is transiting towards a more integrated approach for alleviating urban poverty. This article presents BRAC’s current journey for eradicating urban poverty and outlines the characteristics of urban poverty, key issues faced by the urban poor, and learning that BRAC has accumulated through its urban interventions. Introducing the concept of “coproduction”, the article identifies BRAC’s priorities to eradicate urban poverty within the context of an overall urban strategy
Coproduction · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Poverty · Urban poverty · Urbanization · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance
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Community Environment Co-Production and Environmental Satisfaction of Older Urban Residents in Shanghai, China
Survival to Dignity? The Precarious Livelihood of Street Food Vendors in South Mumbai and Their Path Toward Decent Work
Repositioning urban bias
Civil society and the contemporary threat to religious freedom in Bangladesh
Civil Society Organisations and LGBT+ Rights in Bangladesh
Limited Gains, Enduring Violations
Intersectionality challenges for the co-production of urban services
Third‐Sector Organizations as Intermediaries in Climate Action
The Impacts of Urbanization Processes on Human Rights
Co-production, the third sector and the delivery of public services
Neglecting the urban poor in Bangladesh
Planning for sustainable urbanisation in fast growing cities
World Poverty, Pauperization and Capital Accumulation
Interesting but irrelevant
Consumers as Coproducers of Public Services
Crossing the great divide
| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |