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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
Lessons Learned from the Facebook Innovation Competition Winner
This spring, Daniel Ng was the winner of BRAC’s first Facebook Innovation Contest . He visited us in August to work with the Social Innovation Lab on advancing his idea. His reflections are below. Y... Read More
From research to action
This post was written by Toby Norman, SIL intern and visiting researcher from Cambridge University What would your program do with $100? This very real question was addressed by Dr. Munshi Sulaiman, R... Read More