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December Innovation Forum: Thinking about innovation
The Social Innovation Lab is pleased to announce that Professor Johanna Mair and Professor Christian Seelos (see bios below) of Stanford University will be speaking at our December Innovation Forum ... Read More
November Innovation Forum: Supporting Migrant Workers.
The UAE is currently home to 1.6 million migrant workers who left Bangladesh in search of a more prosperous future. Unfortunately, many of these workers face financial and personal struggles that sign... Read More
Innovation Forum 2.0: BRAC meets the brains behind ‘Digital Bangladesh’.
Historically, BRAC’s low tech but innovative solutions are what have made it so successful. But now, the organization is looking at technology as something that can fundamentally change its deli... Read More
Universal Access to Modern Energy: Engaging BRAC to ‘EnDev’ Activities
According to a UNDP publication, 1.4 billion people across the globe lack access to electricity (85% of whom live in rural areas). Looking at the global context, the energy access challenge is particu... Read More
October Innovation Forum: Digital BRAC
Innovation Forum 2.0 Digital BRAC? Government initiatives + Technology = Better empowerment and services for the poor Technology can be a powerful, even disruptive force in development. With the ... Read More
Ideas galore
Ideas galore @ the 3rd Annual Social Good Summit-2012 On September 24, UNDP Bangladesh and Access to Information (A2I) Programme (housed under the Prime Minister’s Office) jointly hosted this ev... Read More
The power of maps
This post was written by Anjali Sarker, SIL intern and student from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka. Drawing the boundaries of a large area on a paper and communicating... Read More
Engaging Youth: Going Beyond Skills
In Bangladesh, close to two million young people join the workforce annually. Many of the opportunities are not that of employment in the formal sector, but rather entrepreneurship in the growing info... Read More