I wish all do gooders did this: Soon after their marriage, Josh and Alissa Ruxin moved to Rwanda to pursue work in international development and global health. The Ruxins expected to work in the field, helping to…
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On why Africare’s partnership with TOMS Shoes is a disappointment
November 26, 2013 International DevelopmentJust when I thought TOMS shoes was heading in the right direction, I received Africare’s newsletter this afternoon. Tucked within the messaging was this little blurb defending the reason Africare was partnering with TOMS Shoes, the…
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Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development Competition.
November 22, 2013 International DevelopmentOn September 2, 2013 in Stockholm, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), (collectively, the “Founding Partners”) launched Securing Water For Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (GCD). This is the third…
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Howard French on the possibilities of a New Congo rising after the defeat of M23. Of course, the ultimate step toward a coherent Congolese state is the provision of services and the collection of taxes. Congo…
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Kourage Athletics Kickstarter campaign for Kenyan-made running apparel
November 13, 2013 International DevelopmentI first heard about Kourage Athletics a few years back. This is the type of business model that makes sense to me and automatically invokes the – of course that totally makes sense, why hasn’t any…
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Nick Montgomery on Canada’s denial of the ‘colonial’ and ‘settler’ tags
October 21, 2013 International DevelopmentThe more I come to Canada, the more I hear and sympathize with the plight of the First Nations. The hypocrisy is palpable both in Canada’s international development practices and right here within its borders. Denying…
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Ann Daramola – An Open Letter To African Writers, Artists and Creators of the 21st Century: There is, however, a fundamental problem with striving to ‘rebrand Africa’. For the sake of this argument, in a contemporary context,…
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The Verge is continuing to impress with its breadth of coverage, going way beyond its myopic wheelhouse of posts about gadgets. Land grabbing in Africa for bio fuels is about as far as one can get…
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About 5 years ago, I waded into the international development arena, commenting from time to time on the absurdity of some of the development projects that seemed to run rampant – both in their physical manifestation…
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Spectra Speaks unloads on Mindy Budgor
September 14, 2013 Diaspora at work International Development WTF?Spectra at the Spectra Speaks blog went on a very effervescent rant yesterday over the whole Mindy Budgor debacle. I love this bit, because it resonates with my thinking on the topic of agency, cultural appropriation and…
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