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August 17th, 2010 - 12:37 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the aid system: 5 ideas from the inside

We all know it’s easier to identify problems and critique. Here’s a starting list of 5 ideas for changes in international development policy and practice. [...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, bureaucracy, cash transfers, community participation, community-based organizations, dependency, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, Global Fund, ideas, innovation, international aid, international development, Malawi, Mozambique, OVC, Pakistan, PEPFAR, power dynamics, Rwanda, solutions, South Africa, Swaziland, USAID, Zimbabwe 6 Comments

August 5th, 2010 - 8:43 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination

Development Aid 2.0

My personal list of raw ideas that helps me contrast what I consider to be “old school development” and the long overdue emergence of alternatives to "business as usual” in foreign assistance.[...]

Tags: aid effectiveness, aid workers, alternatives, Andrew Natios, bureaucracy, capacity building, Community Development Resource Association, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, crowdsourcing, Development Aid 2.0, disaster relief, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, grantmaking, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, organizational development, Pankaj Mishra, Paul Hawken, Peace Corps, power dynamics 8 Comments

July 30th, 2010 - 11:52 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

I believe that our role as “outsiders,” whether we are working for a multilateral donor in Nairobi or having wanderlust dreams during our unfulfilling job in Ohio, must be about getting community leaders the resources that they need to address their own priorities.[...]

Tags: academia, accountability, aid effectiveness, aid reform, aid workers, alternatives, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, Dennis Whittle, dependency, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGiving, governance, grassroots organizations, impact, international aid, international development, multilateral donor, philanthropy, power dynamics, racism, social innovation, U.N., United Nations 3 Comments

July 28th, 2010 - 2:34 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

A Heartbreaker

Yes, the paradigm of development can break our hearts. But everyday, we have a choice. Will we slump into the system? Or will we challenge the parts of it that prevent us from feeling and exhibiting compassion?[...]

Tags: academia, aid workers, AIDS, community participation, compassion, dependency, economic opportunity, education, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, good governance, grassroots organizations, HIV, India, international aid, international development, Karen Armstrong, Kenya, power dynamics, South Africa, U.N., United Nations 4 Comments

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