Welcome to PRCPB Archive. The section presents the selected writings on poverty by different individuals and organizations in the context of Bangladesh. While all are welcome to consult the papers of this section, users of this site are requested to mention PRCPB ARCHIVE as the source of the papers.

Anti-Poverty Measures from Colonial Periods to Post-Colonial Period (PDF)
(A report prepared by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies for a workshop held in Bangkok from 28th January to 8th February 1979).

Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Poverty: A Synoptical Note (PDF)
(Presented in the Rural Studies Workshop, BIDS, 10-11 January, 1981)
By S.R. Osmani

An Evaluation of Selected Policies and Programmes for Alleviation of Rural Poverty in Bangladesh (PDF)
(Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad and Mahabub Hossain)

Health Dimension of Poverty in Rural Bangladesh: Some Evidence (PDF)
(Sharifa Begum, 1997)

Not Quite, Not Enough: Financial Allocation And The Distribution Of Resources In The Health Sector  (PDF)
(Sharifa Begum and Binayak Sen)
Research Report 167, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

Poverty, Household Food Security and Targeted Food Programmes (PDF)
(Omar Haider Chowdhury Carlo Del Ninno
June 1998, FMRSP Working Paper No. 5)

Methodology for identifying the poorest at local level (PDF)
(Binayak Sen Senior Research Fellow and Sharifa Begum Senior Research Fellow, BIDS)

The Poorest of the Poor and the Social Programs of the NGOs: Exposing Some Evidence on Exclusion (PDF)
(Atiur Rahman and Abdur Razzaque)

Review of Food Sector and Policy Options for Food Security (PDF)
(Quazi Shahabuddin)