Our solutions ecosystem
Poverty and inequality are human-made, which means they can be unmade.
For over 50 years, we have challenged the status quo of development. We approach poverty as a complex, systemic challenge that demands integrated, locally-driven and scalable solutions.
At the heart of BRAC is a radical belief: anyone living in poverty or inequality, given the right tools and opportunities, can change their life.
That’s where we come in.
Our ecosystem spans education, health, financial inclusion, livelihoods, social enterprise, humanitarian response, investments, and even a university. We are a constantly evolving constellation of organizations that have the same ethos - to solve social problems with whatever it takes. Each solution is designed to be community-led, practical, adaptable, and scalable.
We don’t parachute in. We stay. We build. We evolve. Whether it’s a rural teacher lighting a spark in a child’s mind, a woman building her first business, or a farmer increasing their yield — our work is grounded in real lives, real challenges, and real solutions.
From Bangladesh to the world, we partner with governments, donors, and changemakers to scale what works — proving that development, when done differently, can deliver dignity at scale.
145 million
people reached with BRAC's holistic solutions
90%
of development programs funded by social enterprise & microfinance in Bangladesh
12
social enterprises in Bangladesh, Tanzania and Uganda
BRAC sees four interconnected and reinforcing pathways to deliver economic and social empowerment for people living in poverty:
- Livelihoods and markets
- Financial inclusion
- Essential services
- Agency and empowerment
IMPACT STORIES
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Asif Saleh | Profit for Good Conference | BRAC
What if doing good, and doing business, can be two sides of the same coin? Maybe it already is. BRAC’s Executive Director, Asif Saleh, spoke at the first-ever Profit for Good Conference. He shared BRAC’s experience in becoming home to one of the largest, most successful social enterprise ecosystems in the world, proving business can be a force for lasting good.
(BRAC's founder) made sure that BRAC was not a charity where people living in poverty are passive recipients of aid - but active actors in the process of finding solutions to these fundamental problems. -Asif Saleh
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Development needs to change. Bangladesh can show us how
The world is changing – and the way we approach development must change, too. Bangladesh's success story is a lesson in development for the modern world. Here's a guide to what has worked so well – and why.
Long-term development is about building capacity, raising awareness about harmful behaviors and giving people the tools to change their own futures. -
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'People think BRAC only works for the poor, but we work with many different models for nation-building'
A big share of BRAC's success can be attributed to its social businesses under BRAC Enterprises, which is currently headed by Tamara Abed. In a recent interview with The Business Standard, she discusses the current scope of work of BRAC Enterprises, how it plans to support the larger BRAC organization in the days to come, and ambitions of international expansion.
BRAC is relevant to the needs of people. So, as the country develops, there are changing needs, and more needs will emerge. And we are starting to work in new areas. -
“For too long, people thought poverty was something ordained by a higher power, as immutable as the sun and the moon. This is a myth. Giving people hope and self-esteem may be the greatest investment in human capital.””
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Founder, BRAC
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