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The case against data: Part I
Guest post by Toby Norman (PhD candidate in Management Studies at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). Managers love data. Pre-computer the constraints of crunching too many numbers may ... Read More
Innovators of BRAC
Innovation encompasses all the values of BRAC especially Effectiveness and Inclusiveness because innovation cannot take place in a vacuum and innovation usually comes out of doing things more effectiv... Read More
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