Mahira Khan - NextBillion

Mahira Khan
BRAC

Mahira Khan is a manager of knowledge management and communications for BRAC Urban Development Programme

Prior to working at BRAC, Khan worked as a counsellor for community and social services at the Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre in Toronto, Canada. Since joining the Urban Development Programme at BRAC, Khan’s passion has led her to publish works on sustainable low-cost housing solutions and rural-urban migration.

Khan holds a master’s degree in gender, development and globalisation from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Articles by Mahira Khan

Guest Articles

Monday
November 13
2017

Asif Saleh / Mahira Khan

Reimagining Slums: Innovative Solutions to Bangladesh’s Urban Housing Dilemma

Bangladesh's housing deficit has quadrupled in the last decade and, in the absence of adequate measures, it is projected to increase to 8.5 million units by 2021. Due to extreme demand and lack of rent control in slums, housing prices are sky-high. BRAC's Asif Saleh and Mahira Khan say these challenges highlight an opportunity for testing out models for urban development that leverage government, private business and the development sector.

Categories
Investing, Uncategorized

Tags
Base of the Pyramid, housing, innovation, NGOs, poverty alleviation, public health

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Mahira Khan
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Articles by Mahira Khan

Reimagining Slums: Innovative Solutions to Bangladesh’s Urban Housing Dilemma

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Mahira KhanBRAC

Articles by Mahira Khan

Reimagining Slums: Innovative Solutions to Bangladesh’s Urban Housing Dilemma

Mahira Khan
BRAC