The estimated 595,000 aid workers around the world (ALNAP, 2010) are rarely called to examine the bureaucratic rigidities that govern their day-to-day work. By supporting each other to create more trust, equity and mutual accountability with those we serve in the developing world, system-wide reform[...]
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May 9th, 2012 - 5:00 pm § in Good Practice, Reflection & Rumination
Why I support isolated aid workers across the globe and so should you!
Tags: aid effectiveness, aid reform, aid workers, capacity building, coaching, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, mentoring, organizational development, philanthropy, social enterprise, whydev.org 3 Comments
February 7th, 2012 - 4:01 pm § in Guest Bloggers
Don’t change the message. Change the messenger.
Weh Yeoh of whydev.org argues that everything that we do in development is about selling a message. But how do we convince people when a message goes against the grain of what they already believe?[...]
Tags: aid conditionality, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Bill Gates, Brendan Rigby, China, communications, David Cameron, Development Crossroads, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Glee, HIV, HPV vaccine, influence, international aid, international development, Jet Li, New Scientist, NGO communications, NGOs, peer coaching, philanthropy, Shana Montesol Johnson, social enterprise, Weh Yeoh, whydev.org, Zimbabwe 7 Comments
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 am § in Uncategorized
12 to watch in 2012
How-matters.org’s top 12 people, trends, sites, and organizations to watch in 2012![...]
Tags: African Diaspora, aid effectiveness, aid workers, Akili Dada, capacity building, CDA Collaborative Learning Projects, community ownership, community participation, community-based organizations, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, hiiDunia, international aid, international development, M&E, Mathare Valley blog, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, philanthropy, Re-Action, social enterprise, Solome Lemma, Sparks Microgrants, The Broker Online, The Listening Project, USAID, USAID FORWARD, whydev.org, WiserEarth.org 9 Comments
