Freedom from want : the remarkable success story of BRAC, the global grassroots organization that's winning the fight against poverty / Ian Smillie.
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TextPublisher: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2009Description: xiii, 285 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN: 9781565492943 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781565492851 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): BRAC (Organization) | Rural development -- Bangladesh | Non-governmental organizations -- BangladeshDDC classification: 362.557709 LOC classification: HN690.6.Z9 | C66453 2009| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index.
Introduction: The age of ambition -- Sonar Bangla -- Arms and the man -- The plan -- The problem -- Learning and unlearning -- Dulling the edge of husbandry? -- The learning organization -- A chicken and egg problem -- A simple solution -- Of pink elephants and 9/11 -- The mulberry bush -- Water and milk -- Millennium Development Goal 6 (Target 8) -- Educating Bangladesh -- Challenging the frontiers -- University -- On being ready -- The democratic deficit -- Afghanistan -- The source of the Nile -- In larger freedom.
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