TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a livelihood promotion program on income generation and food consumption among ultra-poor households in rural Bangladesh
AU - Volpenhein, Paige
AU - Kim, Hee Sun
AU - Kim, Yunjeong
AU - Hussein, MD Iqbal
AU - Biswas, Jaganmay
AU - Byun, Sunwoo
AU - Kang, Yunhee
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was financially supported by World Vision Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; World Vision Korea, Seoul, South Korea; Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea; and Global Visiting Fellowship, Brain Korea 21 Four, Seoul National University, South Korea (URLs: https://en.snu.ac.kr/research/units/bk21-groups). All authors thank the entire staff at the Joypurhat project office of World Vision Bangladesh for kindly arranging subjects of the BRDMCN project. We also thank Shinhye Min, Yoonho Cho, Jaehwan Kim, and Mokreon Cho (former) of World Vision Korea for communication with World Vision partners and providing administrative and dissemination support. Additionally, we thank Bipasha Dutta, National Coordinator - Strategy, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Md.Mezanul Rahman, Senior Technical Program Manager- Health, Nutrition and WASH TP at World Vision Bangladesh for his support to this research project. We authors thank Prof. Yanghoon Song of Chungbuk National University for providing his kind advice on analytic approach.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Bangladesh has achieved notable economic progress in recent decades while economic inequality increased. Special attention is warranted on the ultra-poor population of the country. An 18 month-long economic development program, designed based on an ultra-poor graduation approach, was implemented to alleviate poverty and improve child nutrition in rural Bangladesh. Objective: The study examined the impact of livelihood components of an economic development program on outcomes related to poultry/crop production, consumption, and income generation among the ultra-poor throughout quarterly follow-ups. Methods: This secondary data analysis used the monitoring records of 2960 poor or ultra-poor households receiving assets of (1) 9–26 ducks (n = 2125), (2) 11 chickens (n = 872), and/or (3) vegetable seeds (n = 2407). Data measuring the production of assets, income generation, and consumption of assets were collected quarterly throughout 2019. To examine a one-year-long trend in participation, production, income generation, and consumption of assets, a one-way analysis of variance was conducted across the follow-ups. Additional analyses of annual income and consumption comparing duck and chicken groups were performed using linear regression models. Results: The number of poultry assets per household decreased between the April– June and July–Sep follow-ups, while consumption of poultry and vegetable assets increased during the monsoon season (p < 0.001 for all). The vegetable production reflected seasonal fluctuations, where the lowest production and income were reported during the monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons. We observed increasing voluntary adoption of poultry farming among the non-asset group for both duck and chicken over the follow-ups (p < 0.001 for all). The households provided with duck assets gained a greater mean annual income compared to the households provided with chicken assets. Conclusions: Our findings highlight opportunities for strengthening the ultra-poor graduation approach on livelihood promotion in future scale-up in rural Bangladesh.
AB - Background: Bangladesh has achieved notable economic progress in recent decades while economic inequality increased. Special attention is warranted on the ultra-poor population of the country. An 18 month-long economic development program, designed based on an ultra-poor graduation approach, was implemented to alleviate poverty and improve child nutrition in rural Bangladesh. Objective: The study examined the impact of livelihood components of an economic development program on outcomes related to poultry/crop production, consumption, and income generation among the ultra-poor throughout quarterly follow-ups. Methods: This secondary data analysis used the monitoring records of 2960 poor or ultra-poor households receiving assets of (1) 9–26 ducks (n = 2125), (2) 11 chickens (n = 872), and/or (3) vegetable seeds (n = 2407). Data measuring the production of assets, income generation, and consumption of assets were collected quarterly throughout 2019. To examine a one-year-long trend in participation, production, income generation, and consumption of assets, a one-way analysis of variance was conducted across the follow-ups. Additional analyses of annual income and consumption comparing duck and chicken groups were performed using linear regression models. Results: The number of poultry assets per household decreased between the April– June and July–Sep follow-ups, while consumption of poultry and vegetable assets increased during the monsoon season (p < 0.001 for all). The vegetable production reflected seasonal fluctuations, where the lowest production and income were reported during the monsoon and pre-monsoon seasons. We observed increasing voluntary adoption of poultry farming among the non-asset group for both duck and chicken over the follow-ups (p < 0.001 for all). The households provided with duck assets gained a greater mean annual income compared to the households provided with chicken assets. Conclusions: Our findings highlight opportunities for strengthening the ultra-poor graduation approach on livelihood promotion in future scale-up in rural Bangladesh.
KW - food security
KW - graduation approach
KW - livelihood program
KW - poverty eradication
KW - Ultra-poor population
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U2 - 10.1080/16549716.2022.2031595
DO - 10.1080/16549716.2022.2031595
M3 - Article
C2 - 35467494
AN - SCOPUS:85128802472
SN - 1654-9716
VL - 15
JO - Global health action
JF - Global health action
IS - 1
M1 - 2031595
ER -