| Abstract: |
This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using
the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in
this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this
paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the changes in
the lives of the ultra poor. More information on programme selection, the
surveys and the methodology is presented in the following section. As an
analytical guide for inter-connecting the several programme components to
livelihoods improvement, we used the sustainable livelihoods framework. The
following section is a broad examination of the characteristics of the ultra
poor as structured by the model into various asset groups. Then we examined
how various shocks and vulnerabilities could have affected the households’
asset base. Next, we look at what strategies the ultra-poor seem to have
followed in three years to improve their livelihoods – changes in income
earning activities and migration. We examined the livelihood outcomes for the
ultra poor looking at household income, food security, reduced vulnerabilities
and shelter.[Working Paper No.12] |
| Keywords: |
assesst, performance, analysed, programme selection, livelihoods improvement, ultra poor, vulnerabilities, household income, food security, shelter, earnings, migration, occupations, credit, savings, malnutrition, poverty, poor, microfinance, villages, participants, housing, Bangladesh |