Friday, December 30, 1983
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2007- One of BRAC’s distinguishing features is its belief, and consequent investment in
capacity development. To this end, BRAC has set up a university. It has graduate schools in
public health, development studies, and governance studies. BRAC University works with
many universities in the North, including Harvard, to improve its curriculum in terms of both
the science and art. BRAC also works very closely with national governments to improve
governance of the public sector. In fact, BRAC works with the government in implementing
many of its programs. These include a focused effort on immunization, and the two serious
problems of tuberculosis and malaria. BRAC believes in synergy, and thus works in
partnership with other stakeholders, including the government, the private sector, and donors.
BRAC trains government bureaucrats and doctors through short certificate courses and longterm
master's programs. Dr. Gowher Rizvi helped BRAC design a master's degree program
for the government civil servants. Finally, Mr. Abed will conclude by highlighting another of
BRAC’s key distinguishing features—the fact that it finances its development programs. Of
the (USD)$430 million annual budget in 2007, BRAC generated 70% of it from its own
enterprises within the country.
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