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Charity Navigator’s Proposed Rating System: Thoughts, Anyone?
March 7, 2010 – 7:37 pm | 2 Comments

By Sherine Jayawickrama
For the past year or so, Charity Navigator (the major US charity rating agency which rates nonprofit organizations on a scale of zero to four stars) has been in the process of overhauling …

Ask What You Can Do: The NGO Path of Public Service
March 6, 2010 – 6:52 pm | No Comment

By Lakshmi Iyer
Thinking of starting an NGO? Grappling with sustaining an NGO? A discussion with five fellow Kennedy School students who have started NGOs across countries explores lessons learned.
“Ask what you can do…” is the …

A Conversation with Peter Eigen, Founder of Transparency International
March 2, 2010 – 2:05 pm | No Comment

Peter Eigen, Founder of Transparency International from Hauser Center at Harvard on Vimeo.

Interviewed by Balu Balasubramaniam, Mid-Career Fellow at the Hauser Center
for the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of the Hauser Center

Establishing and Sustaining an NGO: Successes, Dilemmas and Lessons Learned
February 19, 2010 – 4:15 pm | No Comment

The next session of the NGOs & Development Study Group will meet at 4 pm on Thursday, February 25 at Weil Town Hall (Belfer L1). The topic of discussion will be “Establishing and Sustaining an …

Exploring NGO Legitimacy and Accountability with Professor L. David Brown
February 17, 2010 – 12:35 am | No Comment

By George Veth
On February 9, Professor L. David Brown joined the NGOs & Development study group, convened by the Hauser Center, where he led a discussion on “NGOs and the Puzzle of Legitimacy and Accountability”.
To …

A Conversation with Heifer International on Climate Change, Agriculture and Nonprofit Management
February 16, 2010 – 12:06 pm | No Comment
A Conversation with Heifer International on Climate Change, Agriculture and Nonprofit Management

By Rahim Kanani
The Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations hosted alumna Jo Luck HKSEE 1979, President of Heifer International, and her senior leadership team, at an event on February …

NGOs and the Puzzle of Legitimacy and Accountability
February 2, 2010 – 2:04 pm | No Comment

The next session of the NGOs & Development study group will meet at 4 pm on Tuesday, February 9 at Weil Town Hall (Belfer L1) at the Harvard Kennedy School.  The topic of the discussion, …

Building Back Better: Revisiting the Roles of Government, Donors and INGOs in Haiti’s Reconstruction
January 31, 2010 – 3:04 pm | 2 Comments

By Steven Lawry
It is well known that international NGOs had a huge presence in Haiti before the devastating earthquake of January 12th. Upwards of 8,000 NGOs were working in nearly every developmental and humanitarian assistance …

Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change: Addressing New Challenges in Agricultural Development
January 26, 2010 – 4:30 pm | No Comment
Poverty, Hunger and Climate Change: Addressing New Challenges in Agricultural Development

As part of its NGO Leaders Seminar Series, the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will host a senior leadership team from Heifer International on Thursday, February 4.  Led by …

Is Humanitarianism in Decline Among Large NGOs?
January 23, 2010 – 2:37 pm | No Comment

By Peter D. Bell
Following on the heels of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, the editorial in The Lancet of January 23 is headlined “Growth of aid and the decline of humanitarianism”.  It acknowledges that aid …