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The U.S. Agency for International Development in Bangladesh (USAID/Bangladesh or the Mission) engaged Integra Government Services International (Integra) through the Learning, Evaluation, and Analysis Project III (LEAP III), to conduct an assessment (the Assessment) and prepare a draft scope of work (SOW) for an upcoming five-year, $10-15 million activity under the Mission’s Feed the Future (FtF) program (the Activity). Through this new activity, the Mission will improve policy implementation in four key pillar areas: 1) seeds, 2) food safety, 3) social safety nets (SSN) and 4) nutrition.

A review of trends in modern contraceptive prevalence rates across low- and middle-income countries has led stakeholders to develop a normative S-shaped pattern for how family planning markets grow. In this model, low prevalence and little growth occur on one end, with high prevalence and low growth on the other, and a period of potentially rapid growth in between.

This paper was written by International Development Enterprises as part of the Pathways out of Poverty Case Study series.

Improving market systems to benefit the poor.

Enabling environment and value chain/sector development are important for the successful integration of SMEs in the economy.

Looking at the opportunities in the Bangladesh shrimp sector to raise productivity and wages, and foster growth.

Hiring women to be sales agents to develop the embroidered garment value chain in Pakistan.

Explores a market development approach for sustainable health care products to underserved populations in Bangladesh.

Recent experiences of a number of MFIs with disaster loan funds (DLFs).

How MFIs might use the Bangladeshi experience to inform efforts to develop products to protect against disasters.

This report presents the methodology and results from the 2007 household survey as part of the AMPER project.