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Years of implementing, studying, and iterating on cash transfer programs have revealed some important lessons about achieving long-term impact. By Imran Matin   This piece was originally published in Stanford Social Innovation Review. It has been reposted below. The development community has been heavily researching and discussing cash transfers over the past decade, publishing hundreds...

Safiqul Islam describes how we can reach those left behind with education. By Safiqul Islam   This piece was originally published in Devex. It has been reposted below. The world needs almost 69 million new teachers by 2030 to achieve universal primary and secondary education — part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4....

Research from the South Asian country shows that defeating a pandemic at the national level requires engagement at the community level. By Morseda Chowdhury   This piece was originally published in U.S. News & World Report.. It has been reposted below. As the world seeks to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s vital that we learn...

BRAC reveals new evidence on playful early learning in Bangladesh and launches the PlayBook  BRAC’s innovative Play Lab model, developed in partnership with the LEGO Foundation, brings joyful, play-based early learning to young children ages three to five and provides children living in contexts of poverty, crisis, and conflict with the early start they...

BRAC’s Play Labs achieve a key but elusive aim of preschool education. NEW YORK, NY – BRAC USA announced today the results of a two-year study of BRAC’s Play Lab early childhood development initiative in Bangladesh, which has been created in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. The study was conducted by researchers at the University...