Smillie, Ian.

Freedom from want : the remarkable success story of BRAC, the global grassroots organization that's winning the fight against poverty / Ian Smillie. - Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2009. - xiii, 285 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index.

age of ambition -- Sonar Bangla -- Arms and the man -- plan -- problem -- Learning and unlearning -- Dulling the edge of husbandry? -- learning organization -- chicken and egg problem -- simple solution -- Of pink elephants and 9/11 -- mulberry bush -- Water and milk -- Millennium Development Goal 6 (Target 8) -- Educating Bangladesh -- Challenging the frontiers -- University -- On being ready -- democratic deficit -- Afghanistan -- source of the Nile -- In larger freedom. Introduction: The The The The A A The The The

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BRAC (Organization)


Rural development--Bangladesh.
Non-governmental organizations--Bangladesh.

HN690.6.Z9 / C66453 2009

362.5 / SMF 2009