Hope Over Fate - Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty

Fazle Hasan Abed (1936-2019) was a former finance executive with almost no experience in relief aid until he founded BRAC in 1972. BRAC went on to become the world's largest nongovernmental organization, and Abed’s methods changed the way global policymakers think about poverty. His story has never been told until now.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Fox That Killed My Goat
Chapter 2: A Moment of Awakening
Chapter 3: A Shy Boy
Chapter 4: The Swinging City
Chapter 5: Those Who Have Seen Death
Chapter 6: Catalyst for Revolution
Chapter 7: A Smoldering Ruin
Chapter 8: Visions and Revisions
Chapter9: Speak a True Word
Chapter 10: Can a Tiger Build a House?
Chapter 11: A Downward Spiral
Chapter 12: Small isn't Beautiful
Chapter 13: Names on the Wall
Chapter 14: The Proving Ground
Chapter 15: Falling Out
Chapter 16: A Lonely Burdon
Chapter 17: A Simple Solution
Chapter 18: Changing the Pattern
Chapter 19: The One-Room Schoolhouse
Chapter 20: The Ten-Year Plan
Chapter 21: The Mystery of the Poisoned Crew
Chapter 22: Self-Sustaining Mode
Chapter 23: From Tagore's Land
Chapter 24: They Cried Like They'd Lost a Son
Chapter 25: A Visit from an Old Friend
Chapter 26: The World's Most Persecuted
Chapter 27: If I Had a Little More Time
Epilogue
A Note on Sources

About the author

Scott MacMillan is the director of learning and innovation at BRAC USA, an affiliate organization of BRAC, where he has worked since 2011. A former journalist, he served as the speechwriter of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC, prior to Abed's death in 2019. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and daughter, along with a cat, dog, and four horses.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Macmillan, MacMillan Scott
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9798881803872
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0387-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Illustrations: 16 b/w photos
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Society & culture: general, Political activism, Poverty & unemployment, Central / national / federal government policies, Poverty & precarity, Central government policies, Housing & homelessness, Political activism / Political engagement, BRAC;Ending Poverty;Fazle Abed;Global Poverty;Poverty, BRAC; Ending Poverty; Fazle Abed; Global Poverty; Poverty