Context

• Bangladesh-based international development organization BRAC has retained its position as the top NGO of the world for the 5th consecutive year.
• The rankings for 2020 were announced by the Geneva-based organization NGO Adviser which publishes the rankings every year based on publicly available data for the top 500 global NGOs.
• In drawing the rankings the Public Adviser focuses on the impact, innovation, governance and sustainability of the NGO.

• About BRAC:

• • BRAC was founded by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 immediately after Bangladesh came into existence as an independent nation in 1971 to help the returning war refugees with small-scale relief and rehabilitation project.
  • BRAC also runs a university, a bank, insurance company, a seed company among other things. 
  • BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organisation in the world, in terms of number of employees as of September 2016.