Abstract: Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries of the world. Over 52% of its population lives under the poverty line. Almost 60 million people are identified as poor people by Bangladesh standards. So, Poverty is pervasive in Bangladesh. Among the poor the most vulnerable are those who live in villages. The NGOs have been playing a signification role in changing the socio-economic condition of hard-core rural poor at grass root level across the county. But do they reach the poor? What services do they provide and how much does it help in alleviating poverty of the rural poor? This article attempts to answer these questions and tries to see whether NGOs in Bangladesh can make a change in the lives of the millions of poor in Bangladesh.
, 2005. Institutional framework of NGOs in rural poverty alleviation: Bangladesh Perspectives . Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 3: 314-321.