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“At least we fed the hippos”

By Nathan On February 3, 2013 · Add Comment

via TED

“What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.”

An often funny TED talk from Ernesto Sirolli on listening to communities in development, which also emphasises the importance of consulting entrepreneurs.

My [...]

Embedding dignity in development

By Nathan On April 17, 2012 · 1 Comment

‘A Day Without Dignity‘ was established to provide a counterbalance to the popular image of people in the developing world as hopeless, helpless, and in need of ‘saving’ by affluent Westerners. The latest of these images to be shared around the world are of Ugandans, apparently powerless against the warlord Joseph Kony, waiting for [...]

Vanilla Ice’s development advice

By Nathan On April 5, 2012 · 2 Comments

Maybe it’s because it’s a four-day weekend here, maybe I’ve been inspired by Britney Spears’ Guide To Semiconductor Physics (look it up), I don’t know, but I just discovered that Vanilla Ice, intentionally or not, offers one of the most essential pearls of international development wisdom I’ve seen yet:

Stop; collaborate and listen.

Do not [...]

Small voices

By Nathan On April 4, 2012 · Add Comment

Duncan Green speculates in From Poverty To Power on why NGOs struggle with blogging.

Why does anyone struggle with blogging? You feel like you’re going to be graded. You don’t necessarily want to share your thoughts with everyone. You started a draft post and deleted it a million times. Nothing much happened this week. [...]

Water, poo and people power

By Nathan On March 15, 2012 · Add Comment

Last week, Ban Ki-moon announced that the UN millennium development goal to ‘halve the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water’ by 2015 had been met – five years early.

But it has quickly become clear that, while this is good news, it’s not all good news. The actual [...]

Working in development

By Nathan On February 17, 2012 · Add Comment

So this has been doing the rounds. No, really. My aunt posted it on Facebook.

Cloud poo poo land

By Nathan On February 1, 2012 · Add Comment

…one of the world’s most prominent development economists says Ghana is proving to be one of the strongest performers on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa and unlike some of its African counterparts is likely to fulfill them by the 2015 deadline.
Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana’s future looks bright

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“At least we fed the hippos”

Vanilla Ice’s development advice

Water, poo and people power

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