●●● high
There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (A). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
BRAC: One of the world's largest NGOs. In Bangladesh, devastated by the 1971 war of independence, Fazle Hasan Abed founded BRAC to relieve returning refugees. Emergency relief soon turned into a long-term effort to cut poverty at its root. Today BRAC is one of the world's largest NGOs, bringing together education, health, microfinance, agriculture, and social enterprise. In particular, its “graduation” model — handing the extremely poor a productive asset such as livestock together with short-term cash, training, and regular hands-on support — has had its effectiveness confirmed by academic randomized controlled trials. The letter is A; certainty is high. (As of 2026-Q2; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
In Bangladesh, devastated by the 1971 war of independence, Fazle Hasan Abed founded BRAC to relieve returning refugees. Emergency relief soon turned into a long-term effort to cut poverty at its root.
Today BRAC is one of the world's largest NGOs, bringing together education, health, microfinance, agriculture, and social enterprise. In particular, its “graduation” model — handing the extremely poor a productive asset such as livestock together with short-term cash, training, and regular hands-on support — has had its effectiveness confirmed by academic randomized controlled trials.
One person’s story (N1)
+ before → after
A woman in the poorest households is handed a cow, short-term living expenses, and regular home visits. At first she didn't even know how to care for it; then she sells the milk, starts to save, and can send her children to school — this “graduation” path was confirmed as a durable rise in income and assets in randomized controlled trials across six countries (Banerjee et al., Science, 2015).
Source nature: Science (Banerjee et al.) / P1 cert/award/academic/international body. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
Positive / negative effects
+ effects
- See the N1 above for the main positive story; independently verified + will be added over time.
− effects (confirmed)
- No confirmed −.
Nothing of note at present.
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How to read this assessment
- Reachable upper bound (ceiling): a confirmed − sets the ceiling, and independently verified + decide the position within it. + do not cancel out −.
- The weight of evidence is not symmetric: only confirmed − are counted; the volume of disputes or allegations goes under “Watching.” + are counted from independent evidence, while an organization’s own PR is treated as “reference.”
- Size is not value: scale is not used in the assessment. Matters that stay within money or competition—investors, shareholders, sanctions, trade secrets—are also excluded.
- The letter (assessment) and certainty (how reliable the information is) are separate axes.
This is a translation; the Japanese version is authoritative. The assessments here are generated automatically by AI based on published criteria. The operator does not alter individual results. Because they are AI-generated they may contain errors, and they are opinion and commentary, not statements of fact. Where evidence is insufficient, the entry is marked “On hold.” Requests for correction are accepted via the form.
Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the story an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q2 | Back to top