Interesting articles and posts – April/May
Posted on May 14, 2011 at 6:05 am
Here’s my last link roundup before I head out. I can see from the number of posts that I let it go too long, sorry about that.
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Donated dress and a struggling industry – TheStar.com
Minding our Qs and Ps: Questioning Power and Privilege in Philanthropy (version 1) - Can? We? Save? Africa?
How can we curb the proliferation of NGOs in a crisis? - The Guardian
Who gets the most remittances? – Foreign Policy - some surprising results
Mendacious crap . . . – Open The Echo Chamber - Takes on an op-ed giving misinformation on the cost of shipping food aid.
U.S. Leads Developed World…in Income Inequality – Government in the Lab
Barefoot in Church – How Matters – One persons experience on the receiving end of charity
‘Corruption has to be confronted from the grassroots’ - Guardian
How Africans Want to Be Seen – Scene Asia
A win, win, win? – Part One – Aaron Mitchum’s Blog
The Peace Corps in a Smaller World: A New Model for the Next 50 Years - Center for Global Development
Buffett Should Do More than Give to Gates – Harvard Business Review
Stop Trying to Hold My Baby - Blood and Milk
Just So Stories: Stories We Tell About Africa (And Those We Don’t) – Fanzine
Honoring Great Nonprofit Collaborations, with The Lodestar Foundation – Philanthropy Center
The West Will Save the Rest! Oh really - TH!NKABOUTIT
Why most aid won’t be “good aid” - Short Sentences
After Haiti Quake, the Chaos of U.S. Adoptions - New York Times
Not “Disaster 2.0″, Just “Disaster” – Humanitarian.info
Sharing: It’s good enough for me, but not good enough for you – KM on a Dollar a Day
Afrographique - different visualizations of technology use in Africa
Erasing Haitians, New York Times style – mmumspratt
Haiti braces for celebrity storm – The Australian
Aid and reconstruction challenges in post-disaster contexts: Japan and Haiti – The First Tranche
Papers
Cash transfers – evidence of impact – DFID
Seven Sins of Humanitarian Medicine
The role of national governments in international humanitarian response - ALNAP
Events
Investing Time in People (a meeting!) – led by Daniela Papi
The Sphere project launched their updated standards, download it for free
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