This article was originally published on March 21, 2023, by IPS News. Last week, BRAC International signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rwanda under the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) to support efforts to empower people in extreme poverty to develop sustainable livelihoods and break the poverty trap long term. This is part of the … Continued
KIGALI, RWANDA – BRAC International recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rwanda under the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) to support efforts to empower people in extreme poverty to develop sustainable livelihoods and break the poverty trap long term. This is part of the Government’s broader efforts to eradicate extreme … Continued
This article was originally published with Project Syndicate on March 10, 2023. We are at the halfway point for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (from 2015 to 2030), but we are not halfway to achieving them. In fact, in many critical areas – from poverty to food security – progress has been reversed in recent years, owing to … Continued
BRAC International Executive Director, Shameran Abed, is interviewed at the SDG Action Space on March 7, 2023, during the Fifth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC 5) in Doha, Qatar.
This was originally posted by the United Nations covering the first high-level thematic roundtable at the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries on March 5, 2023. Read the full article here. With least developed countries fast approaching tipping points across a range of interlocking crises — including climate change, conflict, and the … Continued
Stephanie Brockerhoff joins the BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) as its new Global Lead for Program Design and Impact. Stephanie joins the team with more than a decade of experience in supporting governments, development partners, and NGOs across Africa and Asia in facilitating policy dialogue, providing direct technical assistance, and generating research insights on social … Continued
Heidi McAnnally-Linz joins the BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative (UPGI) as its new Global Lead for Policy and Partnerships. Heidi joins the team with significant global organization leadership experience, expertise in moving evidence-to-impact at scale, building teams and coalitions, and mobilizing resources. She was most recently Deputy Director at the MacMillan Center for International and Area … Continued
Shanti Kumar | Technical Advisor, Program Design and Impact The wide-reaching and durable impacts of Graduation programs are often attributed to the multifaceted set of interventions that make up the approach. The sequence of their delivery is less often considered, though just as critical as the interventions themselves. Sequencing, also known as timing or layering, … Continued
Continued learning and partnership will play a critical role in extreme poverty eradication efforts in the coming years as governments re-evaluate their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. During a recent immersion visit to learn more about JEEViKA’s Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY) program, followed by the Inclusive Finance India and Livelihoods India Summits hosted … Continued
By Maxwell Gollin, Policy Officer, BRAC Ultra Poor Graduation Initiative | Carolina de Miranda, Director of Social and Livelihood Promotion, Fundacion Capital | Taddeo Muriuki, Chief Government Relations Officer, Village Enterprise While governments face significant obstacles in designing and delivering approaches for people living in extreme poverty, a substantial body of research shows that programs … Continued