Freedom From Want:

"A well-told account of an unlikely NGO leader who learns early on that development is a humbling business.... Freedom from Want pays well-deserved tribute to an exemplar of indigenous development and its magnificent leader."—Stanford Social Innovation Review

"BRAC is the most astounding social enterprise in the world. This story combines the raw excitement of how a huge business can spring from one man's acumen with the emotive charge that comes when poverty and oppression are routed. Business can be exhilarating, and reading why can be a pleasure."—Paul Collier, University of Oxford

"Ian Smillie insightfully chronicles the work of BRAC and its founder, Fazle Hasan Abed, whom I was proud to present with a Clinton Global Citizen Award. BRAC’s enormous contributions to health, education, and economic development have improved the lives of more than 100 million people across the globe."—Bill Clinton

"A gripping account of how the practical intellect of one person and the trail-blazing activities of an organization have been able to achieve something close to a miracle."—Amaryta Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics

"Ian Smillie shows how BRAC has turned development orthodoxy on its head, challenging 40 years of conventional thinking about how to end poverty and, in the process, how it reached tens of millions of people with good education, better health, and sustainable livelihoods."—Mary Robinson, Realizing Rights

"This book has been crying out to be written. It is a powerful counterblast to cynics and pessimists. It challenges all of us working in development to raise our sights, aim high, and aspire to do the undoable."—Robert Chambers, University of Sussex