About This Blog/Tony Pipa

Welcome to the international development and humanitarian NGO blog. I’ll be posting about issues affecting NGOs that are dedicated to reducing global poverty and providing humanitarian assistance in developing countries.

Subjects may range widely, from trends in foreign assistance and private philanthropy, to operational concerns and how to manage far-flung multi-site organizations effectively, to the latest thinking about development challenges and emergency response. The purpose is to view these issues through a NGO lens: how does an issue affect an organization working to be as effective as possible in reducing global poverty? And how do these organizations influence the issue themselves? The focus will be primarily on Northern-led NGOs working to reduce systemic poverty and the impact of conflict and natural disasters in developing countries.

Despite important contributions by the NGO community to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems, there exists limited systematic data and analysis on its impact in global affairs and international development. What does exist is a great deal of passion by those engaged in the work. I encourage you to comment and put both on display.

You can reach me directly at tony_pipa@ksg.harvard.edu.

-Tony Pipa

 

Tony Pipa manages the international development and humanitarian domain at the Hauser Center, creating a bridge between scholarly research and the needs of leaders of NGOs focused on reducing global poverty and providing humanitarian aid. He directs the NGO Leaders Forum, which organizes high-level retreats for the CEOs of the major US-based humanitarian NGOs. Over the past 20 years, Tony has held a series of leadership positions in the nonprofit and philanthropic fields, serving as founding executive director twice and founding board chair twice. Most recently he helped start the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, formed in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Tony studied at Stanford University, earned an A.B. from Duke University, and an M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School.