Akbar, Birbal, and a South Asia Regional Meeting on Monitoring and Evaluating Legal Empowerment

On April 19 and 20, 2012 in Dhaka, Namati, BRACMarg, and the Open Society Justice Initiative held a regional meeting on methods of monitoring and evaluating legal empowerment.  The gathering brought together more than 50 people from all over the region, representing grassroots groups, development agencies, governments, and evaluation experts.  Namati CEO Vivek Maru began the meeting with a story about  Akbar and Birbal, a Mughal emperor and his trusted adviser.