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Ultra Poor and Asset Transfer in Urban Setting: Evidence from Slums in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Ara Jinnat,
Hossain Nusrat Zaitun,
Das Narayan Chandra,
Bayes Abdul
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3241
Subject(s) - slum , sanitation , empowerment , propensity score matching , asset (computer security) , livelihood , business , economic growth , consumption (sociology) , poverty , public economics , socioeconomics , economics , environmental health , geography , medicine , sociology , population , social science , computer security , archaeology , pathology , computer science , agriculture
We use cross‐sectional data to assess the impact of the programme on livelihood where propensity score matching technique has been adopted in analysing the data. Results show that programme participants' self‐employment, income, food consumption, saving, health seeking behaviour, empowerment and social awareness have been increased significantly. However, we find that addressing sanitation and hygiene practices remains the key challenge. So to bring a sustainable solution to the issue, a collective effort of slum owners, dwellers and slum community people along with program is needed. These findings are potentially important for expansion and replication of this type of programme. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.