Good Fortune is an Emmy-winning PBS documentary that is a provocative exploration of how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘aid’
September 27th, 2011 - 6:16 am § in Uncategorized
PBS Documentary on Aid Shines a Light (and wins an Emmy!)
September 1st, 2011 - 4:58 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
Another Must Listen
Highlighting This American Life’s Episode 444: Gossip (Originally aired 8/26/11), which covers research relevant to HIV prevention in Malawi.[...]
June 22nd, 2010 - 6:14 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
A Must Listen
This American Life 408: Island Time (Originally aired 5/21/10) brilliantly covers the “byzantine system of aid agencies, NGOs, and government bureaucracy” administering the $9 billion(!) of pledged Haitian relief.[...]
