BRAC University

May 4, 2011

Building Bridges Between Bangladeshi Americans and Dhaka’s Dynamic Business and Civil Society Sector

The following was posted by Mitul Desai on Dip Note, the US Department of State blog. She serves as as Senior Advisor for Outreach for South and Central Asian Affairs.
February 22, 2011

Bangladesh makes notable growth in primary healthcare

Below is an article published on The Hindu by Aarti Dhar about BRAC's health interventions in Bangladesh “Bangladesh focussed strongly on the disadvantaged section of society, particularly women, in the past three decades that led to employment, availability of micro-credit, education and overall empowerment. These were the building blocks of good health in the country,” according to Timothy G. Evans, Dean of James P. Grant School of Public Health at the BRAC University in Dhaka.
February 17, 2011

Climate Change – a Glimpse of the Future

Below is a post from Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice and a member of the BRAC USA Advisory Council. Mary Robinson recently visited BRAC's programs in Bangladesh. This post was originally published on the Huffington Post on February 15.
July 22, 2010

BRAC and the Economics of Microfinance

“ … perhaps the most fully realized “integrated” provider, offering financial services along with schools, legal training, productive inputs, and help with marketing and business planning. If you are in Dhaka these days, for example, you can buy Aarong brand chocolate milk, which is produced by a BRAC dairy marketing affiliate. A different BRAC subsidiary produces Aarong brand textiles made by poor weavers, and still another subsidiary runs craft shops that sell the goods of microfinance clients.”