Tag: urban
Making urban areas more female friendly
By Anjali Sarker What happens when you see the familiar neighbourhood through a lens of innovation? New ideas, solutions and opportunities start popping up from every corner! That’s exactly what hap... Read More
Social Innovation in Bihar and Orissa
By Maria A. May For the “Doing while learning” project, I visited two of our Indian practitioner partners at the end of July. First, Amanda Misiti and I spent a week in rural Orissa with Gram Vik... 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
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
The plight of slum dwellers in urban Bangladesh
In response to the Korail eviction that took place on April 4th, 2012, on April 8, BRAC and several other organizations submitted a demand of justice notice to ensure that the government is in complia... Read More
@ BRAC’s young blood: chance to win UN-HABITAT’s grant and lead a project of your own!
Are you a BRAC staff person aged below 32 years? Is your organization working on innovative and sustainable projects that will improve urban-slum communities and the lives of young people? The answer ... Read More
Urban strategy write-up for BRAC Governing Body
The last Innovation Forum on ‘Urban Poverty’, organized by the Social Innovation Lab, managed to bring together people with a wealth of experience and insights into the nature of development chall... Read More