The President of the Poor People | The Daily Star
BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed talking to some of the NGO’s beneficiary farmers during a field visit. Photo: BRAC He is the "president of the people", more precisely the "president of the poor people". This is what the then UNDP chief said when conferring the Human Development Award in 2004. The first Human Development Award, after its introduction two years earlier, was given to Fernando Cardoso, President of Brazil. It provided a general idea that the award was meant for politicians, presidents or prime ministers. Names of presidents and prime ministers came in the list of nominees fo...
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