BRDB's Success at a glance( June 2012).
(1) District Covered : 64
(2) Upazila Covered : 476
(3) Upazila Central Cooperative Association (UCCA) : 459
(4) Upazila Bittaheen Central Cooperative Association (UBCCA) : 169
(5) Upazila Mohila Bittaheen Central Cooperative Association (UMBCCA) : 20
(6) Mohila Bittaheen Kendriyo Unnayan Samity (MOBIKUS) : 21
(7) Upazila Kendriyo Mohila Unnayan Samity : 01
(8) Cooperatives & Groups (nos).
Cooperatives ( Farmers) : 70973
Cooperatives ( Asset less Male) : 10011
Cooperatives ( Asset less Female) : 20981
Cooperatives ( Women) :8690
Informal Groups ( Male) : 29640
Informal Groups (Female) : 37243
(9) Members (Nos)
Cooperatives ( Farmers) : 2174165
Cooperatives ( Asset less Male) : 292427
Cooperatives ( Asset less Female) : 678705
Cooperatives ( Women) : 307659
Informal Groups ( Male) : 767768
Informal Groups (Female) : 943912
(10) Capital formation in the form of share & savings (Taka in million)
Cooperatives ( Farmers) :1683.77
Cooperatives ( Asset less Male) : 210.04
Cooperatives ( Asset less Female) : 1341.60
Cooperatives ( Women) : 478.97
Informal Groups ( Male) : 825.33
Informal Groups (Female) : 1188.99
(11) Micro- Credit Disbursement : 8795.31 ( million taka)
(12) Realizable Credit recovery (%) : 94%
Impact on Poverty :
BRDB's anti poverty interventions have resulted alleviation of rural poverty to a remarkable extent. Approx. 31% of its beneficiaries in general have crossed the poverty line with visible progress in attaining a better standard of living as evidenced under RD-5 Project of BRDB as follows:
Indicators: Changes
1. Afford three meals a day 70%
2. Ability for improved housing 40%
3. Arrangement for safe drinking water 98%
4. Improved health care & sanitation 71%
5. Primary education for children 93%
6. Afford improved and alternative dress 80%
7. Increase of assets 70%
8. Adopted family planning measure 91%
9. E.P.I 95%
10. Vegetable cultivation in homestead 76%
11. Social A forestation 80%
12. Participation of women in decision making 92%
13. Employment for members (43 hrs/week) 80%
14. Alternative employment opportunities 60%