On Invisible Children's latest Kony2012 campaign: What does "the founder's inability to just 'stay' with Jacob in that dark, low moment" [when he talks about how much he misses his slain brother] say about the organization's approach?[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arab Spring’
March 6th, 2012 - 11:02 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Bad guys, good guys, and the people in between
December 15th, 2011 - 6:30 am § in Reflection & Rumination
The Year Ends. The Pendulum Swings.
2011 has been a “shake-up” year for those involved in “flipping the aid system” to put more local and national actors in the driver’s seat of development. How-matters.org is shutting down until January 15th to reflect and plan for 2012![...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, Arab Spring, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, Devex, donors, Fahamu, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots grantmaking, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Kenya, NGOs, Occupy Movement, responsive grantmaking, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., small grants, social movements, The Chronicle on Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal 1 Comment
October 5th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Reflection & Rumination
What’s missing from the aid effectiveness debate? Overlooking the capacity of local organizations
Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? My guest post on The Broker Online argues that rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, local indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.[...]
Tags: accountability, Accra Agenda for Action, alternatives, Arab Spring, Busan, Center for Global Development, Chet Tchozewski, climate change, community participation, community-based organizations, complexity, conflict, food crisis, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGreengrants, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, NGOs, Oxfam, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, poverty, power dynamics, Rajiv Shah, Robert Zoellick, social change, social movements, Somalia, South Africa, Todd Moss, USAID, WiserEarth, women’s groups, World Bank 4 Comments
