erkely presentations including brac ultra poor

 ultra poor

machine earning alg to find out who ultra poor are

Reajul Chowdhury, University of Illinois Agricultural and Applied Economics | Improved Targeting in BRAC’s Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) Graduation Model

originally brac had 40 branches - where it could lok  for ultar poor but unless you are bootom up network finding the poor iws contextual challenge

-- 2007 -2009 2011 3 surveys in bangladesh

this paper draws on brac data - cargoriatsions - housing expenditure

claims estimate traeatment effect by machine elarning targeting (who would benefot, who wouldnt)

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his findings similar to original literature

surveyed 50 baseline characteristics