Natsios’s Second Law?
In my previous blog post, I asked if resilience as an analytical lens is too accurate to be useful. If this came across as glib, that was not my intention. I was making a point about how difficult it...
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The international development sector has evolved positively, though the process of “development” is still pretty mysterious. Different international NGOs contribute in different ways, but are too often...
View ArticleDFID at 18 years of age: how should a young adult behave?
The Department for International Development (DFID) turns 18 this year. If this week’s general election had taken place later in the year, it would have had a chance to vote. But beyond voting, the...
View ArticleIf I was a billionaire wanting to do good…
If one had to choose a single development sector, which would it be? Several times in the past few years, I’ve quoted what I’ve come to regard as Natsios‘s Law: that the most easily measurable...
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