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  1. BRAC Blog: BRAC launches new website http://ow.ly/163Z6K
  2. Steve Strauss mentions BRAC's work in Ask an Expert column on Entrepreneurs in USAToday #microfinance #SocEnt http://ow.ly/EXHD
  3. BRAC Blog: Your vote can help BRAC win up to $1 million! http://ow.ly/1639KP
  4. AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers http://ow.ly/E1jB
  5. RT @OptINnow: New Blog Post: #Mifimon: BRAC’s “Microfinance Plus” Approach http://bit.ly/2KsmDe
  6. Thanks for all the great questions on #mifimon!
  7. microfinance wont end poverty alone, but prov platform to deliver other services to give poor ppl tools to climb out of poverty #mifimon
  8. @mix_market in addition to traditional M&E, BRAC has a research dept that does impact studies of progs: http://ow.ly/ANYv #mifimon
  9. @amycarolwolff partner w/lawyers groups in Bangladesh to provide legal advice, arbitration and court claims if necessary #mifimon
  10. @amycarolwolff BRAC program countries are not food self sufficient, so first goal w/agr is to prod enough food domestically #mifimon
  11. @CIPEglobal BRAC has dist networks via #socent for poultry & dairy, so can integrate agric products when yield is big enough
  12. @amycarolwolff BRAC's MF members in Bangladesh take a legal ed course teaching them their rights. We also do arbitration &legal aid #mifimon
  13. RT @ibl: @BRAC_USA To me, BRAC epitomises the power of the network as a distributor whether for microfinance, health education, anything.
  14. @ibl BRAC USA & UK work together to support BRAC's progs. Engaging diaspora is part of both of our initiatives. #mifimon
  15. @amycarolwolff We teach green practice for agr.: all farming is organic, local and subsistence farming #mifimon
  16. @sonjkelly Health channel is through trained health promoters. In Ag, we develop seeds for better yields & teach best practice #mifimon
  17. MF + Agriculture: We also research and develop higher quality seeds - have Seed Dist. #socent in Bangladesh #mifimon
  18. MF + Agriculture: BRAC trains model farmers from its MF groups, who in turn teach best agric. practices to 20+ farmers in comm #mifimon
  19. @mix_market Health prog in Bangladesh has led to reduced maternal and child mortality, lower fertility #mifimon
  20. @CIPEglobal 95% of staff in Afghan is local, we offerlivelihood training, MF and SME loans to nearly 200,000 members #mifimon