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From Despair to Dignity: How a Bangladesh Ngo Pioneered Global Human Development

From Despair to Dignity: How a Bangladesh Ngo Pioneered Global Human Development

Chowdhury, Mushtaque

Hardcover

General Political ScienceGeneral SociologyIndian & South Asian History

PREORDER - Expected ship date May 1, 2027

ISBN10: 0268211574
ISBN13: 9780268211578
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: May 1 2027
Pages: 240
Language: English

In From Despair to Dignity, Mushtaque Chowdhury provides a definitive insider account of how Bangladesh transformed itself from a war-torn nation into a global beacon of social and economic development.

Growing up amid the trauma of the 1971 Liberation War, Mushtaque Chowdhury witnessed his country's birth pangs firsthand. Part memoir and part national history, From Despair to Dignity charts his personal and professional trajectory alongside that of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which evolved from a modest, temporary relief effort into the world's largest nongovernmental organization. Drawing on nearly five decades of engagement with BRAC and global human development, Chowdhury documents the hidden processes behind successful interventions: the field observations, mistakes, debates, monitoring systems, and organizational culture that often remain invisible in conventional histories of development. From grass-roots campaigns teaching oral rehydration therapy to historic mass immunizations, his narrative demonstrates how evidence-driven development can empower marginalized communities.

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