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1 Ahmed, A. U.; Quisumbing, A. R.; Nasreen, M.; Hoddinott, J. F.; Bryan, E. 2009. Comparing food and cash transfers to the ultra poor in Bangladesh. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 224p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291737RR163]
Food consumption ; Food security ; Households ; Surveys ; Poverty ; Women ; Gender ; Case studies / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.8 G584 AHM Record No: H042961)
http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/rr163.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042961.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042961.pdf
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Bangladesh has some social safety net programs that transfer food to the poor, some that transfer cash, and some that provide a combination of both. This study evaluates the relative impacts of food and cash transfers on food security and livelihood outcomes among the ultra poor in Bangladesh. The programs impacts are evaluated according to various measures, including how well transfers are delivered; which transfers beneficiaries prefer; how accurately the programs target the extremely poor; effects on food security, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment; and cost effectiveness. The report identifies what has and has not worked in food and cash transfers and recommends ways of improving these programs. This study will be valuable to policymakers and others concerned with poverty reduction in Bangladesh and elsewhere.
2 Kundu, D. K.; Gupta, A.; Mol, A. P. J.; Nasreen, M.. 2016. Understanding social acceptability of arsenic-safe technologies in rural Bangladesh: a user-oriented analysis. Water Policy, 18(2):318-334. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2015.026]
Arsenic ; Contamination ; Groundwater ; Deep tube wells ; Drinking water ; Water quality ; Filters ; Water users ; Social aspects ; Acceptability ; Technology assessment ; Consumer behaviour ; Health hazards ; Rural communities ; Households / Bangladesh / Chandpur / Kushtia / Manikganj
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047664)
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Contamination of shallow tube well drinking water by naturally occurring arsenic is a severe societal and human health challenge in Bangladesh. Multiple technological interventions seeking to ameliorate the problem face hurdles in securing social acceptance, i.e. the willingness of users to receive and use a technology. While most papers focus on expert understanding of social acceptability, this paper analyzes how users themselves understand the factors shaping the social acceptability of safe drinking water options in rural Bangladesh. We then deploy such understanding to comparatively assess which factors users see as most important in securing social acceptance for three safe drinking water options in rural Bangladesh: the arsenic removal household (Sono) filter; the deep tube well; and an improved dug well. We draw on focus groups and semi-structured interviews with technology users in six villages across three districts to analyze how users assess the social acceptability of specific arsenic-safe technologies. Our findings highlight that factors such as availability, affordability and compatibility with existing water use practices, as understood by users, are key to securing users’ acceptance of a specific arsenic-safe option. In concluding, we point to a future research agenda to analyze user-oriented social acceptability of arsenic-safe technologies in developing country contexts.
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