As a result of our limited confidence in how the Living Goods and
BRAC programs are monitored, we do not know how much we will be able to learn about the success of the programs in the future.
Previous
BRAC programs were conducted by an independent commission.
As discussed above, the RCT on Living Goods» program includes an evaluation of
the BRAC program that it has provided technical and financial assistance to.
Not exact matches
It found that the
program reduced under - five mortality by 27 %.79 The under - five mortality effect was smaller (though still statistically significant) in
BRAC branches than in Living Goods branches, but the cost per CHP was lower in
BRAC branches as well.80 The authors note: 81
Does
BRAC contribute additional resources to its CHP
program that Living Goods does not provide?
BRAC plans to gradually expand these additional
program components to its other 104 branches as part of the scale - up of the LG -
BRAC partnership in Uganda.»
Notes from GiveWell site visit to Living Goods and
BRAC, October 2014, see «Conversations with Sharmin Sharif (
Program Manager, Health,
BRAC Uganda), Rakib Bhuiyan (Manager of Operations, Health,
BRAC Uganda), Edgar Bakadde (Manager of Operations, Health,
BRAC Uganda), and Nakigudde Anita (Regional Health Coordinator,
BRAC Uganda)»
BRAC administers a written test at the end of the training
program.
Living Goods told us that it is still in the process of determining how it will monitor
BRAC's
programs in the future.113
Living Goods began, in 2008, as a partnership with
BRAC to operate a network of CHPs in Uganda, and in 2009 launched a directly - managed network of CHPs using the same model.42 Living Goods has provided both technical and financial support, totaling over $ 2 million, to
BRAC for the CHP
program.43
BRAC has 128 branches with active CHPs in Uganda, but only 24 of these branches currently receive significant funding from Living Goods and have additional features, such as incentive payments for CHPs and a higher number of CHPs per branch.44
The
program will leverage LG's new fortified food product development, healthy foods from
BRAC Uganda's agriculture
program, and some of our partners» expert guidance on nutrition strategy.
Other differences in
BRAC's CHP
program (listed above) generally reduced its costs relative to Living Goods»
program.
The things keeping them poor are usually complicated enough that no one individual fix is going to help, but one
program being run in Bangladesh by
BRAC, the world's largest nonprofit organization, and a few other places stands out.
UNICEF then used
BRAC's model for its worldwide diarrheal disease treatment
program, reducing deaths from diarrhea among children from 4.6 million in 1980 to 1.6 million in 2006.
This
program is excellent for
BRAC, reorganized organizations, and federal employees who are participating in career or leadership development
programs.
For federal workers affected by Base Relocation and Closure (
BRAC), the Priority Placement
Program (PPP) provides career transition assistance.
However, if you want this
program to work, you have to be ready with a proper
BRAC Resume.
Accountable for processing Below Threshold Reprogramming (BTR's) in
Program / Budget Information System (PBIS) and realigned funds from within
BRAC V appropriation using PBIS.