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Saturday Morning Reading #19

I’ve had a lot of busy weekends recently getting up to all sorts. However, last week while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro I promised myself I’d get going again. So, without further ado, here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. Volunteering: The paradox at the beginning of an aid career | Development Intern – Jennifer Ambrose “You can’t get …

Saturday Morning Reading #18

After last week’s hiatus due to travel, here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. Duncan Green and Angus Deaton debate aid | From Politics to Power Part 1: Why Angus Deaton is (mostly) wrong to attack aid for undermining politics and accountability “Before taking an axe to the aid budget, I would say the burden of proof …

Theories of (limited) change

When we think of how we can generate positive change, we often think of tactics such as awareness raising, increasing transparency and street protest. I read three articles this week that sit quite nicely together to outline the limits of each. Firstly, awareness raising. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has looked at …

Saturday Morning Reading #17

Here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. Where everyone in the world is migrating—in one gorgeous chart | Quartz – Nick Stockton Because charts are cool. “A few other noteworthy results: 1) The largest regional migration is from Southeast Asia to the Middle East. This is largely driven by the huge, oil-driven, construction booms happening on the Arabian Peninsula. 2) …

Saturday Morning Reading #16

Here’s your Saturday morning reading… 1. The Case for Democracy a) Democracy, What Is It Good For? | Why Nations Fail –  Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson “Our results from the two papers combined thus suggest an intriguing pattern: contrary to what many have presumed, democracy doesn’t have a huge effect on inequality. But also contrary …

Saturday Morning Reading #15

Here’s your quickfire Saturday morning(ish) reading… Is the Crimea referendum a good model for Africa? | Richard Dowden – African Arguments Your organisation isn’t going to help you. Help yourself | Weh Yeoh – How Matters An Homage to the Randomistas on the Occasion of the J-PAL 10th Anniversary: Development as a Faith-Based Activity | …

Saturday Morning Reading #14

Here’s your Saturday Morning Reading: 1) From Poverty to Power Special Edition! Duncan Green has been annoyingly good this week so features FOUR times: i) How can advocacy NGOs become more innovative? Your thoughts please. Possible answers: be more like Google by stealing more ideas, having more spin offs, having a form of 20% time and …

Saturday Morning Reading #13

It’s a slightly rushed post this weekend due to a lot of work this week and (more so) because I am currently away in Moshi for a Rotary Club Intercity conference. I’m currently checking out Mt. Kilimanjaro and there’s a stork just behind me! In any case, here’s your Saturday morning reading: 1. The Great …

Saturday Morning Reading #12

It has been a very busy but exciting week here in Zanzibar as I’ve been participating in a 10-day “Lab” where we are creating a new tourism master plan. It has been exhausting and challenging but, as is often the case with these things, I’ve learnt more in a few days than I would in …

Saturday Morning Reading #11

Here’s your (deep-thinking) Saturday morning reading: 1) Big bloggers asking big questions Part 1) Is ‘the Struggle’ the Baby or the Bathwater? Owen Barder on why “struggle” is a key part of development: “Typically aid aims in some way to diminish the struggle, or ideally to bypass it altogether. But if the struggle is necessary, …