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Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty-Targeting the Ultra Poor
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Challenging the Frontiers of
Poverty Reduction
Targeting the Ultra Poor
(CFPR-TUP)
Presented by: Rozina Haque
Programmw Manager, Ultra Poor Programme (CFPR-TUP)
BRAC
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Ultra Poverty Record: Bangladesh
• A country of 153m people of which 17% live
in ultra poverty (BBS 2010)
• Daily per capita calorie intake is equal or
below 1800 kcal (avg.)
• Although microfinance plays a role for
improving livelihoods of the poor, ultra poor
are often bypassed.
• Ultra Poor are largely left out of the
mainstream development programmes.
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Background of CFPR-TUP
• BRAC started its journey in 1972
• In 1985, BRAC started Income Generation
for Vulnerable Groups Development
(IGVGD)
• Since the traditional microfinance was not
reaching the extreme poor people, special
interventions were needed to „push down‟
• BRAC has launched the programme called
in short “CFPR-TUP” in 2002.
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Goal and Objective
• Assist the ultra poor to improve their
livelihood and bring about positive
changes in achieving economic, social and
asprirational changes
• Assist the ultra poor to access mainstream
development services
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Strategies
• Special Investment Programme (SIP)
model for the Specially Targeted Ultra
Poor (STUP)
• Grant Plus credit Support ( GPCS) model
for the Other Targeted Ultra Poor (OTUP)
• Addressing Climate Change related
destitution (ACCD)
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Definition of the Ultra Poor
• Household with less than 10
decimals of land
• Earn livelihood as beggars, day
laborers and/or domestic aid
• Household with no productive
assets
• Children of school-going age
taking up paid work
• No adult active male member in
the household
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Beneficiary Selection Process
Three steps selection process
Participatory Rural Appraisal Method
- Social Mapping
- Wealth Ranking
Mini survey through questionnaire
Final selection of eligible households
through verification
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Other Targeted Ultra Poor
(OTUP)
• The household owns no more than 30 decimals
of land ( home stead plus arable)
• Could not send children to school after primary
level
• Dependent on seasonal / irregular income
• Unable to make productive or effective use of
NGO services
• could not afford fish, meet or egg in any meal in
past three days before the interview
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Support Package for OTUP members
• Enterprise Development and life skill
training
• Soft Loan from
• Subsistence allowance
• Input supplies to support the enterprise
development .
• Tailor made health care services
• Tailor made community mobilization works
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Addressing Climate Change related
destitution (ACCD)
• Selection Criteria: Same as OTUP
• Support Package:
– Asset transfer for Livelihood Development
– Enterprise Development and life skill Training
– Training on Early Warning and Coping Mechanism
– Social Forestry
– Infrastructure Development
– Special Health care
– Mobilizing community support
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Graduation from the Programme
Length of Programme Intervention: 2
years
• Graduating from ultra poor to a better
economic and social condition
• Graduating into the mainstream
development programmes
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Achievements
Total Districts Covered: 40
Category 1st Phase
(Achieved)
2nd Phase
(Achieved)
3rd Phase
(On going)
Total Coverage
(achieved and
planned)
Year
2002-2006
Year
2007-2011
Year
2012-2016
Year
2002-2016
STUP 1,00,000 HH 2,71,700 HH 1,55,000 HH 5,26,700 HH
OTUP (BDP-
TUP)
6,50,000 HH 3,29,000 HH 1,62,000 HH 11,41,000 HH
ACCD - - 1,00,000 HH 1,00,000 HH
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SOME OF THE KEY LESSONS
LEARNED
• Capturing the
heterogeneity of the
poor is critical for
designing and
implementing extreme
poverty reduction
programmes
• „Intensive hand
holding‟ has to have
a central focus
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Special efforts needed to change the
“mind set at all levels” .
Social mobilization is necessary to create
an enabling environment for the ultra poor
Facilitated access to formal health care
services is necessary
