WHICH KINDS OF SOCIAL SAFETY NET TRANSFERS WORK BEST FOR THE ULTRA POOR IN BANGLADESH? Operation and Impacts of the Transfer Modality Research Initiative Akhter U. Ahmed, John F. Hoddinott, Shalini Roy, Esha Sraboni, Wahidur R. Quabili, and Amy Margolies WHICH KINDS OF SOCIAL SAFETY NET TRANSFERS WORK BEST FOR THE ULTRA POOR IN BANGLADESH? Operation and Impacts of the Transfer Modality Research Initiative Akhter U. Ahmed, 1* John F. Hoddinott,** Shalini Roy,* Esha Sraboni,*** Wahidur R. Quabili,* and Amy Margolies**** In collaboration with Data Analysis and Technical Assistance International Food Policy Research Institute Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program House 10A, Road 35, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh World Food Programme, Bangladesh IDB Bhaban (17th Floor), E/8-A, Rokeya Sarani Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh February 2016 This study was supported and guided by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and conducted with financial support from the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views and opinions contained in the report are those of the authors and are not necessarily shared by BMZ, DFID, SDC, UNDP or USAID. 1Akhter Ahmed (
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