The $1 a day measure is a standard catch phrase for development and aid practicioners. It’s also a hotly debated issue – while some argue that it’s a useful measure that allows us to objectively assess levels of poverty in a country, others say that it’s meaningless, as a person living with twice the amount… [Read more…]
June 3, 2008
The online thesaurus I use does not have a synonym for sustainability. Is there only one word in the English language to express this concept? When you “google image” sustainability, you get quite random things, such as Readers, any thoughts?
May 31, 2008
This article popped up in my Google Reader – 3 times. The article itself, from The Washington Post, casts a critical eye on the affluence that foreigners live in while working in Liberia. As this impoverished country climbs its way back from 13 years of civil war with the tiniest of steps, a boom is… [Read more…]
April 29, 2008
Fishing boats in Kokrobite, Ghana It sometimes seems like the mantra “give a man a line, not a fish” summarizes the approach taken to development by most practitioners who wish to move away from hand outs and towards breeding sustainability. It makes perfect sense, right? If you give him the fish, he will eat now… [Read more…]
February 12, 2008
If you have read my previous post concerning the movie by Peter Brock “They Come in the Name of Helping”, then you might be interested in reading his response: “Penelope, I am excited to see that my film provoked such a response from someone as devoted to development as yourself. Interestingly enough I completely agree… [Read more…]
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July 23, 2008
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