LEADER 03203nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910782879203321 005 20230721005010.0 010 $a1-56549-315-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000718655 035 $a(EBL)422098 035 $a(OCoLC)476256205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360290 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360290 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10325073 035 $a(PQKB)11005643 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3328890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422098 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3328890 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288529 035 $a(OCoLC)732955735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422098 035 $a(OCoLC)437108254 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000718655 100 $a20090108d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom from want$b[electronic resource] $ethe remarkable success story of BRAC, the global grassroots organization that's winning the fight against poverty /$fIan Smillie 210 $aSterling, Va. $cKumarian Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56549-285-4 311 $a1-56549-294-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-267) and index. 327 $aPraise for Freedom From Want; Title Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Age of Ambition; Chapter 1: Sonar Bangla; Chapter 2: Arms and the Man; Chapter 3: The Plan; Chapter 4: The Problem; Chapter 5: Learning and Unlearning; Chapter 6: Dulling the Edge of Husbandry?; Chapter 7: The Learning Organization; Chapter 8: A Chicken and Egg Problem; Chapter 9: A Simple Solution; Chapter 10: Of Pink Elephants and 9/11; Chapter 11: The Mulberry Bush; Chapter 12: Water and Milk; Chapter 13: Millennium Development Goal 6 (Target 8); Chapter 14: Educating Bangladesh 327 $aChapter 15: Challenging the FrontiersChapter 16: University; Chapter 17: On Being Ready; Chapter 18: The Democratic Deficit; Chapter 19: Afghanistan; Chapter 20: The Source of the Nile; Chapter 21: In Larger Freedom; Glossary; Acronyms; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Also from Kumarian Press; 330 $aBRAC, arguably the world's largest, most diverse and most successfulNGO, is little known outside Bangladesh, where it formed in 1972.Author Ian Smillie predicts, however, that this is bound to change.BRAC's success and the spread of its work in health, education, socialenterprise development and microfinance dwarfs any other private,government or non-profit enterprise in its impact on tens of thousandsof communities in Asia and Africa. Freedom From Want traces BRAC'sevolution from 606 $aRural development$zBangladesh 606 $aNon-governmental organizations$zBangladesh 615 0$aRural development 615 0$aNon-governmental organizations 676 $a362.5/577095492 700 $aSmillie$b Ian$0714002 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782879203321 996 $aFreedom from want$93867826 997 $aUNINA