2001 brac university founded --current vc vincent chang - back in 2001 founding board advisers included the epidemiologist who had led swarthmore to be a uniquely innovative-community enriching university- where students are celebrated for team projects in communities as much as passing written exams from the outset the first world class college of brac university is james grant school of public health- in the late 1970s abed, chinese barefoot doctors and unicefs james grant collaborated first in oral rehydration - a solution for saving infants in tropical areas from death by diarrhea- up to third of bangla infants were dying of this and lack of nutrition when bangla was born poorest and 8th most poulous nation 1971; grant was so pleased with oral rehydration which he became worldwide knowledge ambassador that he asked abed if he had a second movemnt to scale nationwide- abed said vaccinate the nation soon extrended by abed and china to vaccinate continental east asia bill gates jim kim paul farmer became hugely interested in abed's work when they found abed had the most economical village networks for cotaining tb regarded as one of big 3 global fund diseases along with hiv/aids and malaris- see gates global health prize to abed; see jim kim and paul farmer recommendations of abed to soros | .- as a microfranchiser abed always talked about 3es- effective does this partner concept solurton work; efficient is it unbeatable in multiplying goodwill because it is lean on costs but high on quality; expandable - one of abeds catchphrases he also lived by- small may be beautiful but in bangladesh large scale is absolutely essential- ie he did not value a solution in a few villages unless he could see affordable replication to potentially 100000 villages 2007 brac usa ny founded with help of george soros who found chair for brac usa at mailman college of medicince columbia u -current head donella rapier brac international founded in netherlands - now headed by fazle abed's so shameran in dhaka the field force which may still include 100000 village coaches is headed by mr and mrs saleh- son-in law and daughter of fazle abed- regarding financial systems: brac microfinance is led by shameran abed who also has a coordination role in the other 2 big financial systems brac city bank and bkash- bkash as a cashless bank has a board of tech wizrds and tech investors founded by the quadir family- kamal has led bkash in dhaka having sold cell bzaar to grammenphone; iqbal in boson founded legatum/dubain networks at mit, is now with harvard - related to his networks are the tech wizard nick hughes who designed mpesa while working for vodaphone in kenya, abdul latif which is the foundation of toyota's middle east franchise; mit jpal poverty lab whose founding investor is abdul latif as new millennium approached, brac village networking across what had started as 90% rural bangladesh represented over a quarter of a century of fazle abed's dedication to BRA - women empowered Bangladesh Rural Advancement ; duaghters and sons of village mothers were part of the trend of moving from village to city which was to make bangladesh 30% urban by sir fazle's death in 2019- quite a slow change explained by the double colinisation of the peoples until their freedom in 1971 dismissively called a basket case nation by henry kissinger |
still abed had founded silicon-valley- japan internet partner establishing bracnet from 1996 - and it was vital to tme nation leading enterprises in 20 rural sectors so that brac orchestrayed agricultural supply chains to maximum sustainability of villagers -all part if the rural keynesiaism model which empowered a billion women villagers to end extreme poverty 2020 vs 1970
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is there a way to tabulate top 1000 abed alumni by sustainability compass - we start with regional and goal compasses-q&a welcome chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
abed 1000 alumni for billion women empowerment - nominate top 1000 loyal friends of abed and billion women empowerment rsvp chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk
currently missing is tech networks - they do exist but often so deeply embedded in particular platforms that it is best to check with functional leaders
GAMES OF TWO HALVES - ABEDS FORST 25 YEARS WERE SPENT EXCLUSIVELY ON PERSON TO PERSON NETWORK SOLUTIONS- villagers without electricity had no other need for global partners -96 hara networks silicon valley - japan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.01 university eg hackathon networks. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.06 2g solution networks quadir brother legatum masrecard canada mpesa'a hughes; mid eas toyota abdul latif= mit poverty lab; mit development lab | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3g up alipay networks, un digital coop nets with melinda gates, yidan hong kong networks | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.note the 5 way challenge to tech: community engagement fintech foodtech healthtech edutech only finance can really be dvanced by 2g - unless you are embedded in communities the 4 techs with most social and deep data impact come 10 years after western digital dominated by financial so searching round abedmoocs 6 by 6 hunicorns needs to multiply both the human capital and rech wizardry to purposes of livesmatter key markets- this is something asia's two thords of humans do differently than the white western world which has so often had 10 years first comers advantages in all the componets of industrial rev 3,4 even though all needed to converge round aiforgod platforms if tech is to support 2020s sustainability generation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.health networks within bangladesh check dhaka office exec board. | ..RELATED GAVI; HSG YOUTUBE; PIH YOUNG CHRONICS;WHO GSTEST HEALTH PRIZE | .. | .. | .. | |
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Bangla Rising.. -village women mr & mrs saleh brac bangladesh- finance shameran abed L higher ed vincent chang; policy group | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.Rest Asia Rising. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
..Africa & Mid East Rising | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.Goal 1 finance to end poverty. shameran abed networks - brac intl brac ultra other brac financial networks design leadership | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
.goal 2 food asif & tamara saleh (brac dhaka office) mr & mrs saleh brac bangladesh . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
..goal 3 health sabina james grant college t together with alumni columbia u -country partnerships depending on types of health networks | .health networks within bangladesh check dhaka office exec board. | ..RELATED GAVI; HSG YOUTUBE; PIH YOUNG CHRONICS;WHO GSTEST HEALTH PRIZE | .. | .. | .. |
goal 4 education vincent chang brac university - erin esp 4.5 / sabina james grant college (yidan luminaries) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
..goal 5 100% community platforms: inclusion-livelihoods | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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*****academics sir paul collier
*****corporates: lego - mastercard
45 year co-workers
harvard's mrs martha chen author quiet revolution 1983, and china-health mr lincoln chen also with soros columbia university connector of launch brac usa 2007/8
other 30 year diarist/book
ian smillie freedom from want canadian author also extreme conflict resolutions eg beyond blood diamonds
deep regional correspondents
berkeley chowdhury center japan rikkyo u
practice leaders
internet silicon valley -bracnet case 5.3 since 1996 George Hara Founder at DEFTA Partners - abed/hara/japan cell leader
all goal 1 finance net 1.1-1.6 shameran abed including 200 ultra projects with world bank and poverty lab mit/abdul latif- toyota middle east foundation
brac u james grant college sabina
prof erin- coordinator brac u masters in education emotional brain from 3 up - ecp
brac international musa headhunted from care 2015 headhunted from care 2015
(Masa Isono Principal at Coyote Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Khadem mahmud Yusuf; Muhammad Musa Executive Director at BRAC)
legatum dubai investment bank main sponsor quadir family- cf 2019 nobel economic laureate
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billionnaires
soros (see also quadir family including original grsnt village phone partnerships 1996, jim kim, launch brac usa, award-hist of open society laureate, new university collaboration osun)
gates bill and melinda
yidan
deep experts
jim kim, paul farmer health for poorest
historically unicef james grant- oral rehydration and vaccination
entrepreneurial revolutionaries
jack ma ant finance 20117 co-investor bkash
INSPIRATIONS
MRS STEVE JOBS
corporate foundations
mastercard foundation
lego foundation
german publication on university
practice prize alumni
world food prize borlaug alumni
world health prize bill gates senior
world vaccination prize -
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national leaders
gordon brown
sheikka moza first lady qatar, convenor wise & wish, global sdg advocate for un
princess maxim -netherlands second empire to give aged highest international honor- special un envoy digital finance for sdgs; netherlands legal home for brac international
queen rania jordan
liberia elene johnson sirleaf
japan leadership rural keynesianism started in japan taiwan, south korea 1950s - rice's irri lab founded in philippines 1960
rockefeller foundation ---- david rockefeller
curricula co-designers
financial literacy for primary aflatounn netherlands/india orphanage billimoria
practice leaders tech for poor and academics
quadir family see also -legatum, soros, nick hughes vodafone, jack ma ant finance, gates
ECONOMICS FORUM MEDIATORS
academics
harvard - tarun khanna author trust baker library abed (2014) 35-page interview “I’VE NEVER THOUGHT THAT YOU CAN DO GOOD ONLY THROUGH NONPROFIT ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN DO GOOD ALSO BY DOING BUSINESS.”
currently lancet citizens commission india health care
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