Project update and additional information

additional information: Views from and about Bangladesh - for a better understanding

about the elite perception of poverty in bangladesh - a nice pinch of Brecht's alienation

Private-public investment in infrastrucutre

A different view we are used to - an article about Dr. Yunus

a quick review Dr. Yunus' visit in Berlin

general information about Bangladesh

Finally a blog by a respected Bengali journalist who was recently picked up by the police




the newsletter will be out at the end of this week
therefore mail to transparency.for.development@gmail.com to be added

final information brochure no. 1

On friday we finished our information brochure - transparency for development - supported by Marius, Tanya, Ulf, Nils, Christoph, Joy, Joerg and many more. A big thank you to everybody.

We also finished the sponsoring modalities, media papers, budget paper, cvs, etc. AND we incorporated a GbR (Gesellschaft buergerlichen Rechts) which will provide and ensure the needed financial reliability for our sponsors.


Here is a link for our brochure:

-> please send us your comments and suggestions for improvements to

transparency.for.development@gmail.com

we are continously updating the brochure

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history II - the first Weekend

On the 21st and 22nd of April we first met to create an outline for the project. Bryan visited Jochen and me in Mannheim and Aleksandra joined us on skype. In two very effective days we gave our project a basis.





We were very much inspired by Joy Kiiru from Kenia and Somansh Bansal from india who both made a great presentation about micro loans in Muenster earlier in April. One obvious problem appeared to be the evolvement of present human potential. The availability of capital seems to be one important criterion but without the right infrastructure, education and transparency & chances – however – the available capital leads to nothing.





Therefore, it was our aim from the beginning to create an integrated scientific research combining all these issues and find possible synergies in alternative scenarios for a future development of Bangladesh. Together with Professors from our universities (Mannheim, Cologne and Moscow) we discussed a proper way to design the research papers.

So far everybody made an abstract and summarized methods, references and goals of his/her paper. However the heart of our work will be the one-month stay in Bangladesh in August, which will give us the insights!!
- more imaginary: turn our pink glasses transparent. We believe that the right view on the data is essential to be successful with our mission: to create more transparency. Admittedly we do not obtain the needed perceptions for this project in our universities.




Nevertheless we are all familiar with certain issues shaping the situation in Bangladesh through our personal travel experiences including the religion, the overpopulation and the natural circumstances.



22nd of April:



6 am Sunday



2 am Monday

history I - how everything started

In March of 2007 the three of us, Bryan Simis, Bjoern Herrmann and Jochen Wolf met Bibi Russell in Cologne at the “11th World Business Dialogue” congress. Bibi Russell talked about her development aid program she conducts in Bangladesh with her own project called “Fashion For Development”. A very successful program that can stand as an example of how successful developmental aid can be when it has the right appendages.

Bibi Russell, who believes devoutly in the handcraft of her fellow landsmen, helps the poor by giving them occupation in the textile business and by that, a chance to overcome poverty by themselves, in dignity.
In our conversations we discovered mutual cogitations and ideas and finally found ourselves inspired to start a project of our own.



Bibi



Jochen and Bryan



Bryan with Bibi's scarf



Bjoern