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100			_aKhanom, Nilufa Akhter
245			_aThe effect of public - private partnerships on ultra - poor households in Bangladesh: Evidence from the IGVGD programme
260			_c2011
300			_ap.117-141.
362			_aDec
520			_aThe problems of poverty is particularly; severe in Bangladesh. To achieve the national development goals and especially to reduce poverty, the Government of Bangladesh his started to experiment with cooperative approaches involving the private sector and NGOs. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) have been introduced as one of these novel approaches to poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD) is one of the important PPP arrangements under the Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNP) in Bangladesh. This article explores the effects of the IGVGD programme from the survey of sixty-six IGVGD household from fifteen Unions of five Districts. The survey results show an insignificant improvement in income levels. However, the survey results reveal that IGVGD is effective for ensuring food security. The programme also demonstrates noteworthy attainments in improving the rates of school enrolments of children; and in health consciousness such as immunization of children, access to safe drinking water, and hygienic sanitation. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic private partnerships - Bangladesh
650			_aPublic private partnerships
773			_aAsian Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a96481
999			_c96481 _d96481