Topic: Sustainable Development Goals

The Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (Bihan) Signs MoU with BRAC International for Chhattisgarh-Samaveshi Ajeevika Yojana (CG-SAY)

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The Chhattisgarh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (Bihan) under the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of Chhattisgarh, the nodal agency for implementing DAY-NRLM interventions across the state, has signed an MoU with BRAC International, a Global South-led organization dedicated to empowering people and communities. This partnership will support the implementation of CG-SAY, a Graduation-inspired … Continued

Engaging in the Systems for Poverty Reduction: the Role of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

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In 2000, Jane Jacobs wrote about the complexity and unpredictability of development in her book The Nature of Economies. She described development as an open-ended process, a qualitative change that “can’t be usefully thought of as a line, or even a collection of open-ended lines. It operates as a web of interdependent co-developments.”  The idea … Continued

Targeting the Ultra-Poor Through the Graduation Approach: Insights from BRAC (VoxDev)

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This episode was originally published by VoxDev on April 9, 2025. In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Tim Phillips speaks with Shameran Abed, Executive Director of BRAC International, about the ‘Graduation approach’: a pioneering intervention model developed by BRAC in Bangladesh to help the ultra-poor build sustainable livelihoods and escape extreme poverty. More than 20 years after … Continued

Brazil Launches a G20 Plan to Slash Hunger Across the World – Devex

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Devex originally published this article on November 18, 2024. The G20 summit has officially begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — and the first thing on the agenda was world hunger. “Hunger and poverty is not the result of scarcity or a natural phenomenon,” said Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking at the opening of … Continued

How We Can Get Back on Track to End Extreme Poverty – The Good Feed

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This blog was originally published on the Good Feed on August 11, 2024 If current trends continue, 690 million people across the world will still be living in extreme poverty by 2030. However, that doesn’t have to be our reality. Decades of experience and rigorous evaluations show us that multifaceted, ‘big push’ approaches offer one of several pathways … Continued

From Poverty to Prosperity: How Scaling Ultra-Poor Graduation Programmes Drive Sustainable Change – Oxford Martin School

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This article was originally published on the Oxford Martin School’s blog on July 12, 2024.  With around 700 million people globally living on less than $2 per day, there is an urgent international agenda to eliminate extreme poverty. The Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) approach, first launched by the international development organisation BRAC in the early 2000s, … Continued

How to Scale Up: An Interview with the Authors of ‘Scaling Up Development Impact’ – The Good Feed

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This article was originally published on the Good Feed on July 9, 2024. Siddhant Gokhale and Jossie Fahsbender, co-authors of Scaling Up Development Impact, talk about their new book, the challenges local organisations face when trying to scale up successful interventions, and how organisations like BRAC offer insights for scaling that can benefit the world. The … Continued

Esther Duflo, 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and Shameran Abed, President of BRAC: “Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger in the World is Doable and It Must be Done” – Le Monde

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This op-ed was originally published in Le Monde on May 31, 2024.  Shameran Abed and Esther Duflo advocate for supporting and expanding programs that have proven successful in developing countries in this op-ed. One of the main projects for the G20 under the Brazilian presidency is the creation of a global alliance against hunger and … Continued

National Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (NRLPS), MoRD signed MoU with BRAC International for Economic Inclusion and Social Protection for the Poorest of the Poor Women

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This press release was originally published on February 2, 2024 by the Press Information Bureau, Delhi, Government of India. Caption for image above (left to right: Mona Dave, Consultant for BRAC International, Shameran Abed, Executive Director of BRAC International, Shweta Banerjee, Country Lead for India, BRAC International, Shri Charanjit Singh, Additional Secretary and CEO of … Continued

BRAC International Advocates for Scaling Evidence-Based Solutions at ECOSOC Partnership Forum

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BRAC International, represented by Heidi McAnnally-Linz, participated in the 2024 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on January 30, 2024. The theme of the forum was “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and Eradicating Poverty in times of Multiple Crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, … Continued