Effective Foreign Aid at Work: Majeda Begum Shiru

A local leader is leveraging a tiny investment of US foreign aid to enable women to speak up to improve health and education services in Bangladesh.

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Published: Feb 21, 2013

Publication Summary

US foreign aid works best as a tool in the hands of the right local leaders—those trying to solve their own problems in their own nations and neighborhoods. Majeda Begum Shiru is one of them.

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