Posted on July 04, 2015
UPPR’s Education Grant (EG) in urban slums was undertaken in 23 towns/cities, provided direct cash to the extreme poor and poor households to support the education of children in primary and secondary level. The overall objective of EG was to increase primary and secondary school Enrolment and completion rates among the children aged between 5 […]
Posted on June 18, 2015
Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) is Bangladesh’s primary urban poverty initiative, which has been working with communities in 23 towns and cities across the country since 2008 to reduce urban poverty by sustainably improving the livelihoods and living conditions of 3 million poor and extreme poor people living in urban areas, especially women and […]
Posted on March 01, 2015
The Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) Project is the largest poverty reduction project in Bangladesh perhaps in the whole region. UPPR works in partnership with communities and local government institutions in 23 towns and cities across the country to build capacity of the poor people to identify their needs and tackles those by themselves […]
Posted on March 01, 2014
A key strategy of UPPR for reducing poverty is creating opportunities for the poor and extreme poor to acquire skills for establishing a new liveli-hood. A job boosts household income while also contributing to the em-powerment of poor women and men, which, in turn, sparks further indi-vidual actions to overcome poverty. Urban livelihoods promotion enable […]
Posted on February 22, 2014
Reducing poverty remains a formidable challenge for Bangladesh. Although economic growth has improved in recent years, the better economic performance has not translated into satisfactory poverty reduction. Recognizing this disjuncture between the country’s record on economic growth and progress in poverty reduction, current policies emphasize that strong economic growth alone is not adequate for sustained […]
Posted on January 01, 2013
Since its inception in 2008, Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) has grown to be Bangladesh’s principal urban poverty reduction initiative. Currently active in 23 and soon 30 major towns and cities, it provides services to more than 3.5 million people living in some of the country’s most challenged communities and aims to secure sustained […]
Posted on March 01, 2012
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries of the world. Due to rapid industrialization and population growth, its citizens are migrating every day from rural to urban areas to seek better income generation opportunities. Unable to break the poverty cycle, migrant soften times settle in low income settlements where guarantee in household food […]