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What’s it like to live with the person who sold you?

I still remember Liza (pseudonym). She lived in Jashore in southwestern Bangladesh, with the demon who tore her life apart.…

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• health

Tackling non-communicable diseases with social capital and smart tech

What is the biggest killer of people globally? Perhaps war comes to mind, or famine, or natural disasters? The answer…

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Ayesha Abed: The soul of BRAC

In the early days of BRAC, an indomitable name was intimately associated with all the endeavours undertaken by BRAC. The…

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• equality

A New Global Financial Pact: 5 asks from Bangladesh

When it comes to climate financing models, what do you think needs to be done to support people living on…

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• equality

Green and social investments in the global south will show returns worldwide

If you want to predict the effects of global warming in Europe, just look to Bangladesh. Despite producing merely 0.56%…

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• financial inclusion

5 tips for developing your very own behavioural board game

So you want to gamify your interventions? Maybe, you think the people you are working with will respond better to…

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• financial inclusion

The entrepreneurs continuing Bangladesh’s sanitation revolution

Toilets are still a taboo in many parts of the world. So too, is entrepreneurship for women. Bhuli Begum took…

• equality
• skills

Deconstructing gender narratives brick-by-brick

Name an industry dominated by men. Construction. This might just be one of the first industries that comes to one’s…

• health

Correcting the eyesight of 2 million people

Presbyopia. Don’t let the medical term scare you off. If you are reading this article with reading glasses, chances are…

• financial inclusion

Confronting marginalisation with meetings. Can it foster indigenous leadership?

“A day’s water or a day’s wage, which one would you choose?” asks Panmoni Pahan. Panmoni lives in a small…

• climate

Climate crisis: Youngsters taking charge of local water conversations

“Some say nature hates us and having to drink salt water is our punishment,” says Wasim Biswas in a steely…

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• crisis
• health

3 key insights from Frugal Innovation Forum 2022

Fallouts of the pandemic demanded a critical examination and reinvention of our approaches towards development. Against this backdrop, the calls…