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Researcher: Kanij Fatema Kanoni
Project Status: On-going
The broad objectives of the study include to (i) investigate
into the nature and dimension of poverty of the study
village; (ii) explore the efforts of the women in the
village to alleviate their poverty; and (iii) help the
poor women to increase their level of awareness regarding
various poverty alleviation efforts (i.e. income generating
activities, corporate action etc.) and self-reliance.
Specific objectives of the project are to (i) know the
demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the
poor women; (ii) identify the causes of poverty and
to explore the role of rural women in taking various
measures for alleviation of poverty; and (iii) assess
the effectiveness of various efforts made by the women
to overcome their poverty. The study will be concentrated
in two selected villages in Naogaon district of the
country's northern region. A complete enumeration procedure
will be followed for both the villages to gather basic
socio-economic data about the households in the villages.
The field work for the study will be conducted in three
phases, i.e. (i) census of approximately 450 households;
(ii) conducting the main study among the poor households
using PAR methodologies and tools; and (iii) in-depth
case studies of 15 poor households. This study is undertaken
primarily for capacity-building of young researchers.
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