Bangladesh programs / PACR
PACR of the Women's Entrepreneurship Development Program (WED-1) (1981-12/90), a component of the Rural Industries Project. The purpose of WED-1 was to strengthen the capacity of the WEDP Unit of the Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) to promote women-owned, -operated, or -managed microbusinesses and to expand women's profitable participation in cottage industries. Despite the negative economic conditions constraining poor Bangladeshi women, WED-1 was generally successful, demonstrating that businesses managed by women can succeed in rural Bangladesh and that a public sector entity such as BSCIC's WEDP Unit can implement an informal enterprise lending activity at least as well as local and foreign-supported NGOs in similar circumstances. Though unable to aggressively promote women entrepreneurship, WED-1 did set the stage for further improvement in this area. WED-1 had a positive impact on rural women because it was a women-managed program. The majority of the staff both at headquarters and in the field were women, many of them young university graduates. The presence of these women provided rural women with positive role models and persuaded them to asser
Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABM-454 (1996). The source's own text.
Operated in: Bangladesh.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
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| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) | implementer | 1981 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
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Operated in Bangladesh, 1981 to 1996 2 sources
Scope: country: Bangladesh. The award code belongs to this country's mission. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.9.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Mission to Bangladesh |
| 1981 |
| Stated in a document |
| 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1981 to 1996 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
Sector profile (computed): Financial sector (banks, credit, microfinance, markets) 29%; Social policies, regulations and systems (incl. gender, population) 29%; Economic opportunity (microenterprise, jobs, skills, poverty reduction) 16%
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