Tag: aid accountability
It’s the end of foreign aid as we know it, and I feel fine
Someone has to say it. Four reasons why I am Michael Stipe-ing a Foreign Policy headline and why I don’t think aid cuts are the end of the world.
Does aid need a 12-step program?
Step 1: We admit we are powerless over a project-based mentality–that when we considered the changing world, our frameworks and tools as they had come to define us have become obsolete.
Hot money or cold money?
“The problem with all these outsiders is that you come in with your money and you don’t warm it up.”
How US foreign aid can support a locally-driven fight against corruption
4 new ways to think about foreign aid’s role in fighting corruption around the world.
Briefcase NGOs: How widespread is this, really?
Is the phenomena of briefcase NGOs is not as common as people think? Are they a legitimate reason donors creating stronger accountability mechanisms?
Hallowed Halls or Ghost Towns?
Are aid workers fighting while propagating the very organizations in which they serve? It’s as if the perpetuation of the institutions themselves slowly, silently becomes what consumes people, rather than the needs and priorities of those they are ultimately meant to serve.