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Futureproofing RMG Factory Floors in Bangladesh- STITCH FOR RMG Announces its Inaugural Cohort
Futureproofing RMG Factory Floors in Bangladesh- STITCH FOR RMG Announces its Inaugural Cohort
Launched in October 2021, the STITCH for RMG: Global Innovation Challenge has finally come to an end after three-month-long rigorous…
Salman Sabbab
Feb 9, 2022
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A 5-step guide to build your next board game for behaviour change
A 5-step guide to build your next board game for behaviour change
Are you a development practitioner who is interested in using games to change behaviour? Whether it is because you think your target group…
Kazi Ashfaqul Huq
May 23, 2023
A radical experiment to identify scopes to place well-being at the center of education system
A radical experiment to identify scopes to place well-being at the center of education system
Does our overall education system properly address the connection between mental and physical health? 1.5 years of Prolonged school closure…
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Jan 30, 2022
BRAC Social Innovation Lab awarded for its radical experiment on wellbeing in education at RewirEd…
BRAC Social Innovation Lab awarded for its radical experiment on wellbeing in education at RewirEd…
BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab (SIL) has been recognized as one of the top six radical experiments recently at the RewirEd Summit in Dubai…
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Jan 29, 2022
The Nuts & Bolts of Designing Rapid Prototypes for Social Sector
The Nuts & Bolts of Designing Rapid Prototypes for Social Sector
Social problems are always evolving- so does the approach of designing the solutions of social problems. To understand what works and what…
Salman Sabbab
Jan 14, 2022
July 2021 Newsletter — Innovation for recovery and resilience
July 2021 Newsletter — Innovation for recovery and resilience
Get your quarterly gist of the latest in frugal innovation
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Aug 24, 2021
Suggestion, not prescription: what can an experiment with pharmacies tell us about hygiene uptake
Suggestion, not prescription: what can an experiment with pharmacies tell us about hygiene uptake
Amid information clutter and low willingness to comply, nudges may encourage people to adopt recommended hygiene practices better.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Aug 24, 2021
Embracing EdTech: four critical questions answered through a rapid prototype programme on teachers’…
Embracing EdTech: four critical questions answered through a rapid prototype programme on teachers’…
Onneshon is a Bengali word that means ‘in pursuit of knowledge’. At the Social Innovation Lab (SIL), we designed the Onneshon rapid…
Salman Sabbab
Jul 14, 2021
Distributed Manufacturing: Building Resilience through Local Manufacturers in a Post-COVID South…
Distributed Manufacturing: Building Resilience through Local Manufacturers in a Post-COVID South…
Crossposted from Frontier Technologies. Written by Kuldeep Aryal and Chathuri Weerasinghe.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Jun 2, 2021
New tools for doing old tasks better
New tools for doing old tasks better
Running projects during a pandemic can be difficult. Here are three web-based tools to help your collab teams work better.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Apr 20, 2021
Evidence-driven approach to increase access to hand hygiene
Evidence-driven approach to increase access to hand hygiene
Publication that highlights key tools and instruments used in collaborative and evidence-driven approach to hand hygiene behaviour change.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Apr 14, 2021
Can electronic registration forms help bridge the gender gap in financial inclusion?
Can electronic registration forms help bridge the gender gap in financial inclusion?
Registration using next-gen tech may be easier for the poorest clients than paper-based forms
Raiya Ashraf
Apr 14, 2021
Proxies and assisted services for digital financial services: In people I trust
Proxies and assisted services for digital financial services: In people I trust
Written by Anwar Shadat and Raiya Ashraf
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Apr 14, 2021
Why doesn’t innovation and technology always work in low-income schools? — SILverlining Episode 3
Why doesn’t innovation and technology always work in low-income schools? — SILverlining Episode 3
Produced by Anwar Shadat and Raiya Ashraf
Raiya Ashraf
Jan 24, 2021
An Innovation Fund for the RMG Sector
An Innovation Fund for the RMG Sector
The RMG industry in Bangladesh has rightly been pointed out as a lifeline for Bangladesh’s economy. When COVID -19 disrupted businesses…
Rakib Avi
Dec 13, 2020
School’s out; the awakening of minds and souls is in
School’s out; the awakening of minds and souls is in
By centering on the well-being and emotional intelligence of the students, both Sands School and Project Rangeet didn’t just fill up…
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Nov 23, 2020
October 2020 Newsletter
October 2020 Newsletter
Get your quarterly gist of the latest in frugal innovation
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Nov 11, 2020
Stepping up hand hygiene: How to make hand hygiene more accessible and inclusive
Stepping up hand hygiene: How to make hand hygiene more accessible and inclusive
Can installing handwashing stations in public places help people adopt the habit of washing hands with soap? Here are our key findings.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Nov 11, 2020
How do we get more people to wash hands?
How do we get more people to wash hands?
What can we learn from successful global initiatives which promote hygiene behaviour change at scale?
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Nov 11, 2020
#BuildingBackBetter strategies to improve the education of children from low-income communities —…
#BuildingBackBetter strategies to improve the education of children from low-income communities —…
SILverlining: Tales of Innovation is a podcast from BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab on how to do frugal innovation at scale.
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Oct 3, 2020
How to raise social enterprises for success?
How to raise social enterprises for success?
A walkthrough of BRAC’s innovation incubation journey
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Sep 22, 2020
A Bolt from the Land of Blues
A Bolt from the Land of Blues
As COVID-19 was waiting in the wings to make its presence felt in Bangladesh during 1st week of March in 2020, I had an incredible…
Salman Sabbab
Sep 17, 2020
Masks, phone calls and G-suites tools: the new normal of design research
Masks, phone calls and G-suites tools: the new normal of design research
Written by Kazi Prottoy and Shafqat Aurin
Kazi Prottoy
Sep 16, 2020
June 2020 Newsletter
June 2020 Newsletter
Mobile money as digital lifeline in a pandemic, behavioural change communication to keep millions safe, and designing health centres right
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Aug 31, 2020
A Digital Lifeline in a Public Health Crisis
A Digital Lifeline in a Public Health Crisis
Five lessons from a global development organisation in Bangladesh that used a digital cash transfer program to help poor families…
BRAC Social Innovation Lab
Aug 26, 2020
How to innovate with digital finance in a pandemic?
How to innovate with digital finance in a pandemic?
SILverlining: Tales of Innovation is a podcast from BRAC’s Social Innovation Lab on how to do frugal innovation at scale. From financial…
Raiya Ashraf
Aug 16, 2020
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