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BRAC

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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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Storymakers 2014: Meet Our Esteemed Judges

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Joaquin was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University. " She holds an MBA in sustainable business from Bainbridge Graduate Institute at Pinchot University, where she also serves on the board of trustees. Bailey Rosser. Bailey Rosser.

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

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He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. He has an MBA in Supply Chain and Finance from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness from the National University of Rwanda.

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Vinod Sena in memoriam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just after returning from India and Bangladesh, I received word that one of my key contacts and hosts had suddenly passed away. Professor Vinod Sena was a retired professor of English literature at the University of Delhi. Vinod Sena in memoriam I had a very unfortunate reminder of the fragile state of each human being this week.

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First day in Davos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There are roughly thirty social entrepreneurs here at the Forum, headlined by such famous leading SEs as Muhammad Yunus and Fazle Abed of Bangladesh. We then joined the social entrepreneurship dinner.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

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The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Global University of Islamic Finance , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is working on developing Islamic oriented socially conscious investing in cooperation with Sharia law. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes To.

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According to the organization's web site: The Grameen Bank provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh, without any collateral. With 2,226 branches, GB provides services in 71,371 villages, covering more than 100 percent of the total villages in Bangladesh. As of May 2006, it has 6.61