Ian Smillie, author of Freedom From Want, revisits BRAC’s origins and success as a homegrown development movement in “The Story of Fazle Abed” video clip posted below.
Click here to watch the video.
Much of BRAC’s success in Bangladesh is often attributed to its Bangladeshi roots, making the case that real development must come from the inside. As an organization headquartered and operated in Bangladesh, BRAC benefits from a unique perspective and understanding of the country’s people, challenges and needs.
But this begs the question: Can the BRAC model be applied and taken to scale in other countries?
BRAC put this theory to the test in 2001 when it started international activities in Afghanistan:
BRAC’s knowledge, experience and commitment to its localized approach has helped the organization become the largest NGO in Afghanistan. Based on this experience and in an effort to scale the BRAC approach throughout the developing world, BRAC now operates in nine countries in Asia and Africa including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Freedom From Want, a tell-all book about the evolution of BRAC is coming out in April. Click here to preorder your copy now!
Click here to learn more about BRAC's International Programs
Click here to watch the video.
Much of BRAC’s success in Bangladesh is often attributed to its Bangladeshi roots, making the case that real development must come from the inside. As an organization headquartered and operated in Bangladesh, BRAC benefits from a unique perspective and understanding of the country’s people, challenges and needs.
But this begs the question: Can the BRAC model be applied and taken to scale in other countries?
BRAC put this theory to the test in 2001 when it started international activities in Afghanistan:
…most of its staff were Muslim; they were Asian; and they had been invited by the Afghan government… Secondly, its cost structures were vastly lower than any other international operation, which made it appealing to the Afghan government and donors alike. ... BRAC’s staff live modestly, and while more than 200 Bangladeshis work in the program, they represent only 6% of the total BRAC workforce… if they were going to succeed, this is the way it had to be done: they had to be in the village, and of the village; they had to be able to go to the homes of the people they wanted to reach.
-Excerpt from: Freedom From Want, by Ian Smillie
BRAC’s knowledge, experience and commitment to its localized approach has helped the organization become the largest NGO in Afghanistan. Based on this experience and in an effort to scale the BRAC approach throughout the developing world, BRAC now operates in nine countries in Asia and Africa including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Freedom From Want, a tell-all book about the evolution of BRAC is coming out in April. Click here to preorder your copy now!
Click here to learn more about BRAC's International Programs
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