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House Panel Spares One Area From Fiscal Discipline

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Video, Brac, Defense Bill, Obama Defense Cuts, Obama, Obama Defense Budget, Pentagon Budget, Defense Budget, Drones, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta slammed a House panel on Thursday for adding billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's defense...

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What It Will Take To 'Graduate' 1.2 Billion People Out Of Extreme Poverty

Susan Davis | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Brac, Global Poverty, Microfinance, International Development, Trickle Up, Poverty, Charity, Millennium Development Goals, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, Impact News

As we celebrate our success in defeating global poverty, let's not forgot the portion of those still caught in its trap, struggling to reach the bottom rung - and the innovative solutions being deployed to get them there.

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Microfinance: Why Care About Institution Building?

Elisabeth Rhyne | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Brac, Microloans, Microcredit, Microfinance, Equity Bank, Financial Inclusion, Mibanco, Promujer, Roodman, Books News

Rather than complaining that microloans aren't enough, those who support microfinance can work on figuring out how to use these great institutional resources to accomplish more.

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Microfinance in Bangladesh: It's Not What You Thought

Elisabeth Rhyne | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Brac, Microcredit, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh, World News

One of the interesting things about microfinance in Bangladesh is that its intense market saturation has not resulted in a crisis of over-indebtedness or unmanageable default. "Overlapping" is common -- that is, clients taking loans from several MFIs at the same time.

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Defense-Dependent Communities

Sanford Gottlieb | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Base Realignment and Closure Commission, Brac, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, Military Spending, Politics News

Defense factory workers, Pentagon civilians and restaurant owners near military bases, among others, have to start thinking of the possibility of life in the civilian economy. Fortunately, the U.S. has some experience in cushioning the impact of shifts in defense spending.

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Letter From Uganda: Given the Tools to Fight Poverty, Africa's Women Tend to Win

Susan Davis | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: African Women, Microcredit, Brac, Uganda, Microfinance, International Development, Bangladesh, Women News

When we invest in girls and women, we end up with healthier families, a more flexible workforce, lower HIV rates and a more stable society.

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Back to Bangladesh -- Day 2

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Dfid, Brac, Unfpa, Care, Erin Thornton, Impact News, Julie Smolyansky, Christy Turlington Burns, MDG 5, Chris Austin, Bangladesh, Maternal Health, Usaid, Heather Armstrong, Women News

Narshingdhi, in Bangladesh, is a community that has suffered the losses of too many women in pregnancy and so has organized itself to make a change.

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Back to Bangladesh -- Day 1

Christy Turlington Burns | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Dfid, Brac, Fazle H. Abed, Care, Unfpa, Erin Thornton, Julie Smolyansky, Christy Turlington Burns, MDG 5, Chris Austin, Bangladesh, Maternal Health, Heather Armstrong, Usaid, Impact News

Given that Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world with the highest burden of maternal mortality rates, the latest news of significant improvement on that front gives me great hope.

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A Most Meaningful Birthday Gift From Pakistan

Susan Davis | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Poor, Brac, Ngos, Poverty, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Impact News

BRAC's Ultra Poor program starts with asset transfers, but the main intervention is two years of continuous ongoing support.

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Climate Change -- A Glimpse of the Future

Mary Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Robinson, Aila, Bangladesh Cyclone, Brac, Cyclone Aila, Bangladesh Environment, Bangladesh, Green News

Travelling by seaplane to Koyra, in the delta area of Bangladesh, was the equivalent of a journey some years into the future, when the devastating effects of climate change will be an accepted reality worldwide.

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3 Comments on Chairman of the Joint Chiefs' Memorandum

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Warrior, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Army, Brac, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Navy, Military Healthcare, Walter Reed, Politics News

As the Department of Defense squanders over 1.5 Billion dollars on the less than average New Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Admiral M...

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Walter Reed Closure Begins; Wounded Warriors Surge

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

As a truly world class rehabilitation facility closes at Walter Reed, that facility is being replaced by fragmented and geographically separate facilities. Now care for our combat wounded is about to suffer further.

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Pakistan Floods Deserve Better Media Attention

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan Floods, Clinton Global Initiative, Media, Brac, The Pakistan Action Network, BRAC Pakistan, Emergency Relief, Impact News

We need to show greater compassion and solidarity with the people of Pakistan at this critical time. The task for Pakistan is monumental; the recovery and rebuilding will take months and years.

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Funding the Risk Frontier in Microfinance

Elisabeth Rhyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bancosol, Grameen, Oxfam, Opportunity International, Microplace, Brac, Accion, Care, Microfinance, Calvert Foundation, Kiva, Social Investing, Equity Bank, Sks, Compartamos, Business News

The recent IPO of SKS Microfinance, India's largest microfinance institution (MFI), was a watershed event whose ripples are affecting the public perception of microfinance.

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BRAC Providing Flood Relief in Pakistan

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonprofits, Flooding, Brac, Disaster Relief, Pakistan State of Emergency, Pakistan, World News

With the heavy rainfalls and the ensuing flood in Pakistan, BRAC has temporarily halted its normal operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and is focusing on providing relief work.

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Empowering Women and Children for Global Health at Star Island's 2010 International Affairs Conference

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women, Brac, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Children, Health, Nonprofits, Impact News

I had the opportunity to speak at Star Island's 2010 International Affairs Conference off the coast of New Hampshire. It was a very moving experience as I got the chance to interact with a unique group of people.

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Making Preventing Maternal Mortality Within Reach

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Poverty, Women's Health, Bangladesh, Millennium Development Goals, Maternal Mortality, Impact News

While the UN says that the world is on track to reach the first Millennium Development Goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015, progress toward reducing maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 remains disappointing.

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Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Wounded Veterans, Brac, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Veterans, White House, Vfw, Military, American Legion, Military Families, Healthcare, Politics News

The Department of Defense (DoD) is denying our troops the best medical treatment. "From: Perry, Cyndi I Ms CIV USA MEDCOM HQ Sent: Thursday, April 0...

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DoD Invokes LBJ - Wrong for Vietnam; Wrong for the Walter Reed Debacle

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Military, Army, Brac, Department of Defense, Obama, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Healthcare, US Navy, Politics News

The U.S. Navy continues to stoke the fires of failure at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Diversion of Wounded From Walter Reed to Less Capable Hospitals Ordered (Part II) the Sanctity of BRAC

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Brac, Obama Administration, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Military Healthcare, Healthcare, Walter Reed, Bethesda, Depart of Defense, Politics News

The Department of Defense (DoD) continues to resist Congressional concerns for military healthcare at Walter Reed and the transformation of military h...

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If You Care About Peace, Now is the Time to Invest in Southern Sudan

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Profits, Microcredit, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Susan Davis, Brac, Microfinance, Impact News

BRAC USA aims to aid southern Sudan in the areas of microfinance, health, education and agricultural development. BRAC is now the largest microfinance provider in the country.

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Film as a Message to the World: Yunus and Sundance 2010!

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yunus, Microcredit, Brac, Poverty, Grameen America, Vidar Jorgenesen, Queens, Grameen, Bill Megalos, Unbanked, Gayle Ferraro, Shah Newaz, Social Business, Ashoka, Susan Davis, To Catch a Dollar, Jeff Skoll, Poor, Sundance, Entertainment News

I want to congratulate filmmaker, Gayle Ferraro, whom I met when she first began this journey of making To Catch a Dollar, which premiered Saturday night at Sundance with Dr. Muhammad Yunus present.

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Make Navy Bethesda a Joint Military Installation

Hal Donahue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Wounded Warrior, White House, Bethesda Naval Hospital, Congress, Department of Defense, Military, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Health Care, Defense Department, Veterans, Walter Reed, US Navy, Politics News

Fort Myers, long a venerated Army post, is now a joint military installation. The transformation displayed extreme common sense and, by all accounts,...

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Creating Hope and Opportunity in Haiti for Extremely Poor Women and their Families

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Women, Clinton Global Initiative, Susan Davis, Microfinance, Ultra Poor, Fonkoze, Haiti, Muhammad Yunus, Haiti Earthquake, World News

After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.

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Reflections on Afghanistan

Susan Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brac, Women, Sheryl WuDunn, Susan Davis, Half the Sky, Microfinance, BRAC Afghanistan, Nicholas Kristof, World News

I was glad to discover during my travels in Afghanistan that a mood of despair was giving way to hope and determination.

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