BRAC's Microfinance and Social Responsibility Initiatives
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Case Details:
Case Code : BECG107
Case Length : 19 Pages
Period : 1980-2009
Pub Date : 2010
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : BRAC
Industry : Microfinance
Countries : Bangladesh
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Micro-Insurance
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In July 2001, BRAC launched a pilot for Micro Health Insurance for Poor Rural Women in Bangladesh (MHIB). After the success of the pilot project, in November 2001, the project was launched. Support for the project was provided by the International Labor Organization (ILO)...
Non-Formal Education Program
BRAC had also started providing primary education for poor children in 1985. The program was aimed at children from poor families who had not enrolled in schools or had dropped out. It started with 22 schools and expanded to cover over 34,000 schools by 2000, with 1.2 million students...
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Replicating the Model
BRAC's model was scalable and was replicated in several countries across the world. Instead of implementing the existing models, BRAC analyzed the problems faced by each country separately and tried to arrive at solutions for these problems at the grassroots level...
The Benefits
Apart from the core programs relating to microfinance, healthcare, education, etc. BRAC also operated several commercial enterprises, to provide value-chain linkages to the borrowers. These enterprises were strategically linked to BRAC's development programs, and were aimed at increasing the productivity and reducing the risks of the borrowers...
Exhibits
Exhibit IA: Loan Application, Processing and Disbursement Procedure
Exhibit IB: Installments and Savings Collection, Documentation and Reporting
Exhibit II: BRAC's Microfinance Canvas
Exhibit III: BRAC Microfinance - Key Statistics (2006-08)
Exhibit IV: BRAC Microfinance - Backward and Forward Linkages
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