BRAC BLOG

• Building resilience in the midst of ensuing chaos in the Philippines

  29/09/2020

  When Jenalyn Dizon, a mother of five, joined BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative’s DOLE Graduation Pilot in 2018, she was not prepared to overcome the severe disruption and devastation that would be brought about by COVID-19. Yet, two years after the pilot started, when the lockdowns and travel restrictions were enforced to prevent further spre… Read more

• Towards the great reset: How do we build a more inclusive post-COVID world?

  28/09/2020

  Global Shapers Dhaka Hub of the World Economic Forum and Amra Notun Network of BRAC Youth Platform launched the webinar series Shapers and the Solvers, with The Daily Star as the media partner, and Torun Digital as the youth outreach partner. Taking lessons from top practitioners, the first webinar of the series kicked off on 22 September 2020 with… Read more

• August Khichuri Index for Bangladesh

  15/09/2020

  Economic figures often make sense to economists and not many others. To figure out how changes in Bangladesh’s economy are affecting different groups of people across the country during the pandemic, BRAC has begun constructing an index similar to the Financial Times’ ‘Breakfast Index’. The ‘Khichuri Index’ reflects the weighted average… Read more

• Culture clash: The ‘not-so-dirty’ secret of digital transformation

  09/09/2020

  The COVID-19 pandemic has led many institutions to fast track the implementation of digital technology across its business functions. Now, it has become a necessity for the survival of any business. But what does it take to transform into a digital organisation? Digital transformation is all about changes – from strategy, technology, to proce… Read more

• A new survey sheds light on non-member RMG factories

  07/09/2020

  “How many factories on the MiB map do not have BGMEA and/or BKMEA membership?” – is a common question that the MiB team receives whenever they reach out to its stakeholders, be it academicians, worker associations, trade associations, NGOs or policymakers. There has always been a debate on the exact number of export-oriented RMG factories in… Read more