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 Institute Updates
June 2008 Bangladesh Trip The Goldin Institute staff recently made a return visit to Bangladesh to follow up on work for our Improving Microcredit by Listening to Recipients project. On this trip, we were hosted by Goldin Institute Fellow Monower Mostafa, who continues to play a key role in our ongoing work both in and outside of Bangladsh. In addition to meeting with a number of members of our Bangladesh partner network, we had an opportunity to revisit Joyrampur-Anwar and meet with the villagers who worked as fieldworkers during our research in 2007. They reported that little had changed since we were last there and asked us provide them with additional training in how to use the research they were involved in to negotiate and advocate for change with local NGOs and government agencies. We will be working with them on this exciting project in the fall of 2008.
 Other developments from this trip included an invitation to form a working group on Critical Dialogues with Microcredit with our friends at ActionAid Bangladesh. This group will work with a broad variety of organizations, both national and international, to promote a discussion on ways to improve, better understand, and imagine alternatives to microcredit in rural areas in Bangladesh. We anticipate that in 2009, the working group will host a major international meeting in Dhaka to collectively share findings, projects, and new ideas.
 Unquestionably, the highlight of the trip was a visit to Monower's ancestral village in the Southern District of Khulna. Though the village was devastated by the Sidr 2007, we found almost no traces of cyclone damage and heard many stories from villagers about the successful responses to the disaster both by government and non-government organizations. It was a rare and uplifting success story in a country that frequently bares the brunt of both natural disasters and ineffective responses to them. Best of all was sharing the companionship and delicious food offered by Monower's family and enjoying the serene, lush setting of Southern Bangladesh in June. |
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