Recent Posts
Change is everywhere: rural perspectives on urbanization
(cross-posted on the BRAC blog) “I want both my daughter and son to get a job as soon as they’re done with their studies…it may be in Rangpur, it may be in Dhaka…it doesn’t matter….but the... Read More
Innovation Forum on Action Research
Say you have $100 and want to find out how to improve your program. What do you do? Munshi Sulaiman (see details below) shares some fascinating tips and experiments from BRAC Uganda. All are welcome! ... Read More
Want to create innovations that work? Get out and listen.
Last week I visited a few families that have taken microfinance loans from BRAC in Sri Lanka. One woman had used a loan to start a business making black tamarind paste, an essential ingredient of ma... Read More
Steps towards artisan development: an account of my first BRAC field visit
– Guest post by Nameera Nuzhat, intern at the Social Innovation Lab On my fourth day as an intern at BRAC, I made a trip to Manikganj, my first ever BRAC field visit. In fact, it was my first ... Read More
STAR: Building Workforce and Entrepreneurs
Few days back Social Innovation Lab team along with Pushpita Apa, who is currently in charge of setting up low cost secondary schools project, went for a field visit, in Savar, Dhaka. The project we w... Read More
Halfway around the world: Reflections after a month in Bangladesh
Guest post by Luke Pardue. Luke is in his second year studying Economics and Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He is currently completing a two-month internship ... Read More
Innovative and sustainable ways to work with senior citizens
“Ora hashlo jokhon oder bollam je ami chole jabo.” “They laughed when I told them that I would leave.” This is how Amina Begum, a 76 year old mother, expressed her sorrow and helplessness. Aft... Read More
Hope in the middle of complexity: working with the urban poor
During the Social Innovation Lab’s last field trip to Hazaribag – a very poor area on the edge of West Dhaka– the team met Feroz (on the far left of the picture, wearing an orange lungi) a ricks... Read More