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The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) and BRAC will scale effective programs to end global poverty, starting with initiatives on climate adaptation and mental health. NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT — September 16, 2022 — The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) has launched a new partnership with BRAC, the world’s largest non-governmental organization, to...

The Pursuit to End Poverty Shameran Abed, Executive Director of BRAC International, gave a keynote address at the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue at the World Food Prize Foundation. He spoke about the urgency to scale impactful, evidence-backed programs like the Graduation approach to end extreme poverty. 

The Urgent Planning on Climate Change Adaption at COP 27 By Asif Saleh Below is a piece originally published by the Center for Global Development One third of Pakistan has recently been underwater, resulting in the displacement of up to 33 million people. Somalia is on the brink of famine, amidst its worst drought in...

The digital transformation of thousands of community health workers in Bangladesh has dramatically enhanced their work, while enabling the creation and tracking of a healthcare database covering 64 million people. The resulting model holds remarkable promise for the health of the world, especially in the context of evolving pandemics. By Morseda Chowdhury   This piece...

The greatest challenge in early childhood development is to enable those children who are the least privileged to enter kindergarten as well-prepared as those who are the most privileged. By Erum Mariam   This piece was originally published in FE News. It has been reposted below. New research finds that BRAC’s Play Lab model in...