When people ask me why this farm-girl-turned-aid-worker has devoted herself to placing community-driven development initiatives at the forefront of aid, here’s why.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘corruption’
May 7th, 2012 - 3:00 pm § in Reflection & Rumination
The Case of the Missing Tomato Cages
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, capacity building, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, donors, downward accountability, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Local Champions, local leaders, organizational development, philanthropy, social capital, social enterprise 1 Comment
August 30th, 2011 - 11:12 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers
The Curious Aid Worker: Storytelling with Marc Maxson (Part II)
“If your general impression [is that most grassroots organizations are incapacitated], then you’ve been driving a white SUV through a village to get the ‘authentic’ feel of some project.” ~Marc Maxson of GlobalGiving’s Storytelling Project[...]
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid partnerships, capacity building, cash transfers, Chewy Chunks, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, development jargon, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGiving, grassroots organizations, HIV, human rights, international aid, international development, Kenya, knowledge management, Marc Maxson, neuroscience, NGOs, ODA, organizational development, qualitative data, remittances, social prosperity, storytelling, The Storytelling Project, Uganda, USAID, World Bank 3 Comments
April 22nd, 2011 - 7:01 am § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination
Aid, Africa, Corruption, and Colonialism: An Honest Conversation
Highlighting key issues not often heard enough in aid effectiveness dialogues.[...]
Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid policy, aid workers, colonialism, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, dependency, diaspora, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, INGOs, international aid, international development, local expertise, local organizations, Nelson Mandela, NGOs, philanthropy, poverty, racism, social movements, transparency 16 Comments
