“It feels like history”
A people’s movement is rising in Zimbabwe. Is aid and philanthropy paying attention?
A people’s movement is rising in Zimbabwe. Is aid and philanthropy paying attention?
Guest blogger Akhila Kolisetty on the “NGOization” of grassroots social movements and the way forward.
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!
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.
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “Give Us Our Peace,” a poem by Langston Hughes, and featuring the poet, Daniel Carlton, who will be performing at Solar Sister’s Illuminate Event in NYC on September 18th.
A new Friday feature on how-matters.org! Sharing “Query,” a poem by Akwasi Aidoo, Executive Director of Trust Africa
“NGOs tend to view CBOs in two ways: with suspicion and mistrust on the one hand, and as instruments for community organising and project implementation on the other.” Excerpt from a paper by Samuel Maruta, Southern Institute of Peace-building and Development, Zimbabwe.
“Be smart about what RCTs cannot tell us. Allow space for the unseen, complex and long-term consequences of aid investments to be discovered through accompanying and complementary research methods.”
A compilation of recent posts and a tweet debate related to randomized control trials and aid effectiveness.
“We all want to see deeper thinking behind the doing. Where I think we differ is on some fundamental beliefs about what prevents this and what ails the aid industry overall.” A review of More Than Good Intentions: How a new economics is helping to solve global poverty
Highlighting key issues not often heard enough in aid effectiveness dialogues.
An overview of the session, “Winds of Change: Will it bring a new development paradigm?” that will take place this week during the World Bank/IMF spring meetings. Join the webcast on Friday, April 15th at 2pm EST (6pm GMT).
An eclectic collection of articles and posts on international development that did not receive their due tweets from me.