Today was the last day of One BRAC week. We learned about the Ultra Poor Graduation Initiative – a BRAC project run in conjunction with countries. It is estimated there are 700 million people living on less that $1.90 per day – the ultra poor. BRAC initially addressed this group of people living in poverty…
After a day touring the activities of BRAC, we had a day of meetings. The day began with a keynote address from Degan Ali, Executive Director of Adeso. Her address was thought provoking and although I did not agree with all her points, she highlighted the need for social and economic empowerment to come from…
BRAC began in Bangladesh. It decided later to expand internationally believing that its model for addressing inequality and poverty would be applicable in other countries which face similar issues as Bangladesh. Because of BRAC’s roots in a country with a high level of poverty, its approach provides a useful template for other countries with issues…
Starting with a visit to Rwanda last week and continuing with time in Tanzania this week, I am honored to be part of the OneBRAC week as a member of the BRAC International Holding BV supervisory board. I plan to post a series of blogs over BRAC and their work as I consider it one…
Occasionally when reading an article, a new insight pops into my head. On 11 January Lex in The Financial Times provided commentary on the efforts of Lina Khan to eliminate the broad use of non-compete clauses in the US workplace. This effort by Khan is worth discussing with nuance and facts. Lex notes that: “(i)n…