"Nobody helps us": Insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach [Personne ne nous vient en aide : Points de vue de femmes bangladaises ultra-pauvres sur le fait qu'elles sont hors de portee]

Abstract

This paper documents the exclusion from formal assistance of 43 Bangladeshi ultra-poor female heads of household, which forces women to rely on overstretched forms of informal assistance that are not culturally prescribed and are often experienced as sham Show more