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Wherefore art thou Aid?
Nancy Birdsall and William Savedoff have an excellent piece over at CGD about one of the hidden pitfalls that lie in wait putting into practice a Cash on Delivery aid programme. In it they describe ho… more →
Bottom Up Thinking
Wherefore art thou Aid?
wrote 2 months ago: Nancy Birdsall and William Savedoff have an excellent piece over at CGD about one of the hidden pitf … more →
The future of Big Aid
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wrote 5 months ago: A friend and colleague has challenged me to respond to this post on IIED’s blog that reported on a d … more →
Fat cats make good accountants
wrote 7 months ago: Amidst all the kerfuffle arising from the revelations last month about supposed ‘fat cats’ of … more →
Line by Line
wrote 7 months ago: Justine Greening the new UK minister for International Development has apparently ordered a “line by … more →
What happened to the power in empowerment?
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wrote 9 months ago: I’ve just been listening to the latest but one Development Drums podcast, in which Andrea Cornwall a … more →
Public v private, principles v practice
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wrote 9 months ago: Over at Duncan Green’s Poverty to Power blog there’s a bit of a ding-dong (parts 1, 2 and 3) between … more →
Insuring against failure
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wrote 11 months ago: With Rio+20 about to open I have to give a shout out to the idea of iREDD advanced by Corey Bradshaw … more →
Accountability and Overheads
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wrote 1 year ago: Mike Jennings isn’t the only one concerned (and blogging) about accountability. Chris Blattman is pe … more →
Time to call in the lawyers?
wrote 1 year ago: Mike Jennings suggests homeless Haitians should be able to sue international NGOs for leaving them i … more →
A hypothetical proposition
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wrote 1 year ago: Discussing my previous posts on the lack of donor success in stimulating serious governance reform i … more →
African Women and Philanthropy: The Importance of Funding Our Own Movements
wrote 1 year ago: by Sarah Mukasa Philanthropy in Africa has become an area of increasing interest in the past 10 or m … more →
How many NGOs do we need?
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wrote 1 year ago: Around this time of year one sees lots of ‘Away On Vacation’ signs up on blogs. Alas the reason for … more →
The Charges against Big Aid
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wrote 1 year ago: Terence, the Waylaid Dialectic, tears a couple of fair sized strips off Jonathan Starr’s self-righte … more →
When “on the ground” is actually thin air
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wrote 1 year ago: The REDD desk lists such “on the ground” initiatives as national REDD strategies and funding proposa … more →
Who you gonna call?
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wrote 1 year ago: Ghostbusters: just more likeable than the Federal Bureau of Exorcism. Musing further on my pos … more →
Should the biggest problems get the most money?
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wrote 2 years ago: Last week Ranil over at Aid Thoughts discussed the new big thing in international aid: fragile state … more →
After the boom, the bust
wrote 2 years ago: After the boom years of the early 21st century now come the savage cuts to government services. As i … more →
Inputs and outputs, but no outcomes
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wrote 2 years ago: Madeleine Bunting over at the Guardian’s Poverty Matters Blog writes about the problems of primary e … more →
The psychology of giving and the corruption double whammy
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wrote 2 years ago: An excellent post by William Savedoff and Nancy Birdsall over at GCD on Cash on Delivery aid got me … more →
