Recent Posts
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
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