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Benetech Analyzes Key Bangladeshi Human Rights Data

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In my recent blog postings, I documented personal impressions during my recent trip to Bangladesh. Silva's analysis presented in the report, " Judge, Jury, and Death: Torture and Executions by Bangladesh's Elite Security Force." This post takes a look at how Benetech is helping to document human rights abuses in that country.

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BRAC

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My primary destination in Bangladesh was to meet with BRAC , which is the world's largest NGO (nonprofit organization) with nearly 100,000 employees. Abed has accomplished an incredible amount since founding BRAC more than 30 years ago, but he is charging forward with expansion both inside and outside of Bangladesh.

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This That’s how many residents of India have enrolled in the world’s largest biometric identification system. Much of the Aadhaar identification system’s potential has yet to be realized. 1,171,000,000.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Eric manages the Food and Climate Justice Unit at Oxfam America, part of the Food Systems Unit. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Senior Consultant, Slalom. Eric Munoz.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. Full disclosure: Fight CRC is a Whole Whale client, but we really do love their annual report!).

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Blockchain Explained: Risks And Opportunities For Philanthropy

Global Giving

This is particularly critical when these services are developed and tested on people who are already facing major risks, like Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Like any new technology, it’s important to consider the social implications of blockchain before rushing to build new social services around it.

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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Across the globe there are many recent and well-known cases of social entrepreneurship that follow this pattern of independent sector or civil society working with government, such as Muhammad Yunus’ Grameen family of ventures and Fazle Abed’s BRAC in Bangladesh. The Early Bird deadline ends tonight! Click here to register to attend!