When I started designing my program I knew that situations and opportunities can turn on a dime. I want to teach youth about international community development, but I had seen time and time again the effect of broken promises and the damage it could…
Chris Blattman
Libraries for Community Development
I responded to a blog post by Chris Blattman today. He is in the process of sending books from Yale University to a university in Liberia. On the post he noted that he has not been able to find a single book store in Liberia. Books are sold there of course- at street…
Scalable Causes
Chris Blattman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale University who writes a blog I have very quickly grown to respect. In a recent posting he commented on what kind of organizations he would like to see.
This organization would:
-be staffed by non-westerners
-build the capacity of small, local organizations
Other things…
UN Millenium Goals Debunked
Two of my favorite blogs (Chris Blattman, Aid Watch) write about the challenges with UN style aid. The UN set forth the UN Millenium Goals to end poverty (this happened back in 2000). We are coming up on 2010 and many experts question whether these goals will ever be met, and…