This appendix describes the sampling and survey design of the longitudinal study on which the papers in this collection are based. Special attention is paid to the design of the treatment and comparison groups, tracking of households, and the integrated nature of the quantitative and qualitative...

This paper provides an overview of a research project that assessed the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh - the introduction of new agricultural technologies, educational transfers, and microfinance - on monetary and non-monetary measures of well-being. It begins...

This paper applies Carter and Barrett’s theory of assets poverty traps to a unique longitudinal survey from rural Bangladesh. Non-parametric and parametric methods are used to examine the shape of the dynamic asset frontier, the number of equilibria, and whether land and nonland assets...