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.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘complexity’
October 5th, 2011 - 7:34 am § in Reflection & Rumination
What’s missing from the aid effectiveness debate? Overlooking the capacity of local organizations
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
January 24th, 2011 - 8:00 pm § in Poetry Pause, Reflection & Rumination
Coming out of the closet
I am a poet, now loud and proud. Sharing a selection of my unpublished poems that may ring familiar in aid workers’ souls. [...]
November 8th, 2010 - 9:10 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
What’s missing from the DIY aid debate? Overlooking the Capacity of Local NGOs
Are we overlooking the capacity of local NGOs? Rather than being the lowest common denominator of international assistance, indigenous organizations should be regarded as the fundamental unit of effective development aid.[...]
Tags: accountability, aid workers, alternatives, capacity building, community participation, community-based organizations, complexity, DIY aid, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGreengrants, grassroots organizations, HIV/AIDS, international aid, international development, JLICA, Malawi, Namibia, NGOs, Nicholas Kristof, organizational development, power dynamics, Robert L. Woodson, social change, social movements, South Africa, Uganda, UNICEF, voluntourism, WiserEarth 21 Comments
October 31st, 2010 - 2:01 pm § in Good Practice
Dipping into the reading pile
Sharing excerpts of twelve papers on international development and aid effectiveness from my reading pile. [...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid workers, alternatives, Andrew Natios, Aspen Institute, AWID, CAFOD, Camfed, capacity building, community participation, complexity, economic growth, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, Global South, globalization, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, INTRAC, Kenya, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, philanthropy, solidarity, Tearfund, USAID, values, World Bank 4 Comments
A New Discipline for Development Practitioners
Organizational development is a discipline that needs to become more central to the practice of the development sector as a whole, not just a small professional enclave. [...]
Tags: ActionAid, aid workers, alternatives, CDRA, civil society organizations, Community Development Resource Association, community-based organizations, complexity, crisis, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, NGOs, organizational development, organizational learning, Oxfam, partnership, power dynamics, social change, social movements, South Africa, sovereignty, The Barefoot Guide, values, VSO 4 Comments
July 20th, 2010 - 2:26 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
Diving into the Deep End
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. [...]
