Poverty and inequality are human-made, so they can be unmade.
Embedded in every person is the potential to build a better life. What is missing too often is the opportunity.
Every day, one in ten people across the world is forced to live in extreme poverty, on less than USD$3 a day. With half a century of experience of working with people living in the most vulnerable circumstances, we have learned that anyone can change their life, if they have the tools needed to unlock their agency, rebuild their confidence and become self-reliant.
A proven approach to break the cycle of poverty
Our pioneering Graduation approach, one of the most evidence-backed approaches to sustainable poverty alleviation, is a packaged set of sequenced interventions that over a two-year period simultaneously tackle multiple reinforcing constraints. We also work with smallholder farmers, who produce nearly 83% of the food across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, but often live in poverty.
In hard to reach situations, where geographical or social isolation keeps people in poverty, we reach people with the tailored solutions, tools and support they need to rediscover their path towards self-reliance,confidence and hope.
Our impact
2.3 million
households have graduated from extreme poverty in Bangladesh
93%
participants in BRAC's Graduation program in Bangladesh maintained or increased their income, assets and consumption even after seven years
23,000
households on a pathway out of poverty through their own Graduation-style programming in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Rwanda and South Africa.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Graduation Approach
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The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty
African countries seeking to drive sustainable development – and address the triple challenge of poverty, climate change, and conflict – must help women in poverty realise their potential.
The evidence is clear: investing in marginalized women and girls can lead to transformative change. By embracing proven approaches, African countries can improve their economic future and help build a better, more equitable world. -Rudo Kayombo, BRAC International
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How we can get back on track to end extreme poverty
One in ten people in the world lives in extreme poverty, and this is predicted to worsen. We need big investments in multifaceted, evidence-backed approaches to reverse these trends.
Extreme poverty is not insurmountable, and we have the resources and the know-how to sustainably combat it. -Aude de Montesquiou and Syed M Hashemi | The Good Feed
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The World Bank’s evolution is a chance to accelerate the end of extreme poverty
The World Bank is evolving, but can it widen its mandate without losing focus on ending extreme poverty?
The World Bank’s evolution roadmap process is a rare opportunity to adjust course and better deliver sustainability and resilience in the face of an increasingly complicated reality. -Shameran Abed, Executive Director, BRAC International & Joanne Carter, Executive Director, RESULTS