The BRAC Development Institute (BDI - Bangladesh)

BRAC Development Institute (BDI), housed at BRAC University, seeks to promote research and build knowledge on practical solutions to problems of the poor in the global South. It takes as its starting point the hugely successful and massively scaled up development interventions of BRAC, Grameen Bank, Gonoshasthaya Kendra, and many others in immunization, oral rehydration therapy, family planning, health awareness, non-formal primary schooling, microfinance, etc. BDI intends to build knowledge around such exciting initiatives in the South, develop new ideas and strategies, pilot test these strategies, and furnish practitioners, policy makers and funders with important good practice lessons. More specifically, BDI will serve as a resource centre for issues surrounding poverty and the poor. :

www.bracdevelopmentinstitute.org

Researchers

Simeen Mahmud (Country Convenor)

Photos

Simeen Mahmud, BIDS, with female workers in Bagatiparan, Bangladesh

Simeen Mahmud with women from the landless movement, Bangladesh