Related articles and posts
Posted on August 16, 2009 at 3:13 am
Returning to my regular Sunday morning post, previous posts can be found under “current events”. In this posting I links to numerous news articles and blogs related to development and disaster relief that I found most interesting during the past three weeks.
Dependency – from Tales from the Hood – a humorous look at office donuts and how it relates to aid accidentally creating aid dependency
A Fresh Perspective on the Aid Industry in Africa, Justice, and the Gacaca Court System in Rwanda – from The Hauser Center for Non-profit Organizations – discusses the disparity of treatment of local and expat staff in aid agencies and its impact as well as the court system in Rwanda.
Ethiopia: My 5 Big Mistakes – from Cashewman blog – as he prepares to leave his post in Ethiopia he discusses five things he wish he’d done differently
Debating Which Aid Works Best is to Miss the Point – from The Discomfort Zone – looks at the debate between the need for more foreign aid or philanthrocapitalism.
Forget Needs. Design for Wants. - from Cashewman – discusses why some technology is quickly adapted and some is not
What to Do II: The Donor Edition – Emergency Response – from Tales from the Hood – advice for donors considering donation after a disaster
CARE Evaluations – from The GiveWell Blog – looks at the evaluations that CARE makes public and what it says about the organization
Alternatives to Forming a Charity – from the American Bar Association – looks at the failure rate of aid agencies (0nly 1/3 make it to five years) and what are some other ways to provide assistance
UNFG – a source for important sounding aid gobblygook
U.S. not ready to help children in disasters – from Politics AP – quotes the FEMA chief on problems with plans to help children reunite with family members after a disaster
Think Again: A Marshall Plan for Africa - from Foreign Policy – discusses common misconceptions about Africa’s economic development
What to Do II: The Donor Edition – from Tales from The Hood Blog – gives advice to donors trying to choose an aid agency to support. Good advice
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