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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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Programme Components

Four Programme Components:

1.Enterprise Development Training

2.Asset Transfer

3.Tailor Made Essential Health Care

4.Tailor Made Community Mobilization Works

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Class-room Training

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Livestock Enterprise

Non-farm (Small Business)

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GDBC Meeting

Free Coaching

Donating Warm Cloths

Donating School Bags

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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 ProgrammeLength 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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AchievementsTotal 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

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Include urban poorest

In house capacity building

CFPR-TUP Replication

CHALLENGES

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At URBAN STUP: From 2010OTUP: From 2013Urban Street Children Project: From 2013

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Thank You