Development practitioners and international “do-gooders” insert themselves in the difficult, yet ultimately fulfilling space between the inherent complexities of engaging communities in social change. Thus, I believe any notion of impact in international development will be achieved only through the awareness, knowledge, and skill of how to accept this, navigate it, and work more effectively within this reality.
I loved this post, it was definitely a thought-provoker. I stumbled across this paper, and thought it had interesting/relevant themes:
http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423986/?utm_source=nl_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_weekly_071310&