BDI Recent Events

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Training on Management of Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (MLARR)

A three days training on MLARR from April 10-12, 2012 and a two days session thereafter on Training of Trainers (TOT) was conducted at professional developmental center of NESPAK House, Lahore, Pakistan.  The training was successfully carried out by one international trainer, the Academic Coordinator of BDI, Ferdous Jahan and two national NESPAK representatives. (Link)

3ie-LIDC Seminar-“Reaching the Poorest:  Lessons from the Graduation Model”

BRAC Development Institute (BDI) and CGAP were invited by 3ie-LIDC to present on lessons from the Graduation Model as part of their seminar series on ‘what works in international development?’ Syed M. Hashemi presented on the conceptual design of the Graduation Model and the need for transformative pathways for the poorest by linking safety nets to access to financial services. (Link)

Seminar on Responsible Finance and Consumer Protection

BRAC Development Institute (BDI) and Credit and Development Forum (CDF) organized a seminar on “Responsible Finance: What’s Relevant for Bangladesh from the Global Movement?” on February 2, 2012 at the YWCA Guest House. (Link)

MDMP Field Trip

The MDMP students had a six-day long field visit to the district of Rangpurfrom March 31 to April 5, 2012. A total of 12 students including 3 exchange students from University of Ottawa attended the field trip.  During the trip the students visited various projects such as TUP of BRAC, Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR) Project, Share Cropper project of BRAC as well as projects undertaken by RDRS and CARE.  (Link)

Centre for Gender and Social Transformation (CGST) Activity

Maheen Sultan, the Deputy Coordinator of CGST and the Research Programme Coordinator of BDI, attended the 12th Association of Women in Development (AWID) Conference that was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 19- 22 April, 2012.  (Link)

Seminar held titled “Towardsa Public Policy on Microfinance in Bangladesh”

Professor Syed M. Hashemi was a designated discussant at a seminar on “Towards a Public Policy on Microfinance in Bangladesh” organized jointly by Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) and the Institute of Microfinance (InM). (Link)

Urban Poverty Workshop on “Building Capacities and Creating Communities: Towards a Multi-Sector Initiative in Urban Slums of Bangladesh”

Urban Poverty wing of BDI has organized a workshop on December 29th, 2011 to reflect on the finding of the action research and lessons learnt during the last three years.  The action research is based on the urban slums studies and called “Building Capacities and Creating Communities: Towards a Multi-Sector Initiative in Urban Slums of Bangladesh.” (Link)