Causing ripples through the layers of DC aid bureaucracy

What happens when Haitian farmers give their perspectives on the effectiveness of US aid programs meant to support them? Well, here you go:

Oxfam article on Feed the Future in Haiti causes a stir in Washington DC” (via Oxfam America’s Politics of Poverty blog)

Check out the feature article I wrote below, “We are spectators no more” (on pages 11-14), and the response it garnered from USAID.

From the article: “USAID showed that they must be more…intentional about getting accurate information…from people on the ground. Without this, development aid often becomes just a check-box system of delivery that disregards local priorities and local realities.”

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