Resilience: new utopia or new tyranny? Reflection about the potentials and limits of the concept of resilience in relation to vulnerability reduction programmes

C Béné, RG Wood, A Newsham… - IDS Working Papers, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Resilience is becoming influential in development and vulnerability reduction sectors such
as social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Policy makers …

Promoting resilient livelihoods through adaptive social protection: Lessons from 124 programmes in South Asia

M Davies, C Béné, A Arnall, T Tanner… - Development policy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive Social Protection refers to efforts to integrate social protection (SP), disaster risk
reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA), the need for which is increasingly …

Microfinance and household poverty reduction: Empirical evidence from rural Pakistan

AK Ghalib, I Malki, KS Imai - Oxford Development Studies, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines whether household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan
and, if so, how and to what extent. It draws on primary empirical data gathered by …

Randomized control trials and qualitative evaluations of a multifaceted programme for women in extreme poverty: Empirical findings and methodological reflections

N Kabeer - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper sets out to synthesize key lessons from studies using alternative methodologies
to impact assessment. Drawing on Sen's capability approach as a conceptual framework, it …

An integrated approach to increasing women's empowerment status and reducing domestic violence: Results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in a West African …

L Ismayilova, L Karimli, E Gaveras… - Psychology of …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: This is the first experimental study testing the effects of an economic intervention
alone and in combination with a family focused component, on women's empowerment …

Explaining equity gains in child survival in Bangladesh: scale, speed, and selectivity in health and development

AM Adams, A Rabbani, S Ahmed, SS Mahmood… - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
By disaggregating gains in child health in Bangladesh over the past several decades,
significant improvements in gender and socioeconomic inequities have been revealed. With …

[PDF][PDF] Reaching the poorest: Lessons from the graduation model

SM Hashemi, A De Montesquiou - Focus Note, 2011 - socialprotection.gov.bd
One of the world's largest nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), BRAC works in 70,000
rural villages and 2,000 urban slums in Bangladesh. BRAC has always had a strong focus …

Understanding resilience: Lessons from lived experiences of extreme poverty in Bangladesh

M Maîtrot, G Wood, J Devine - Development Policy Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation A large donor‐funded programme in Bangladesh implemented multiple
measures designed to graduate individuals and households out of extreme poverty. The …

Dealing with displacement: Can “social protection” facilitate long-term adaptation to climate change?

CA Johnson, K Krishnamurthy - Global Environmental Change, 2010 - Elsevier
This article explores the possibilities of using social protection to manage and reduce the
risks of forced displacement resulting from climate change. It reviews the relevant literature …

Assessing the frontiers of ultrapoverty reduction: evidence from challenging the frontiers of poverty reduction/targeting the ultra-poor, an innovative program in …

MS Emran, V Robano, SC Smith - … Development and Cultural …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article uses household panel data to provide robust evidence on the effects of BRAC's
(Building Resources across Countries) Targeting the Ultra-poor (TUP) program in …