Articles by Tony Pipa
by Tony Pipa
Over 2,000 pages, 500 contributors, and 20 reports: The Center for U.S. Global Engagement recently released a “report of reports” summarizing the various calls to elevate global development in U.S. foreign policy and …
The blog has been silent for a while as we’ve undergone a transition at the Hauser Center. I’m delighted to announce that Sherine Jayawickrama, who’s served in a variety of leadership positions with CARE USA …
Great post and conversation over at Blood and Milk for those thinking about starting their own international development NGO: Can you share some of your experiences in which inexperienced nonprofits did more harm than good?
Philanthropic bloggers have been abuzz with Kjerstin Erickson’s decision to post the details a few weeks back about a funding crisis that could put her NGO, FORGE, out of business. After Sean Stannard-Stockton described this …
During our seminar with Duncan Green and Lant Pritchett last Friday, we revisited the question of NGOs providing services that governments are expected to provide – thereby undermining the development of effective states. This is …
Today the Hauser Center hosted Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam GB, to discuss his new book, From Poverty to Power. Lant Pritchett, professor of the practice of international development, offered a response.
Some quick …
(I originally posted this on Tuesday 11/11/08 and it mysteriously disappeared, so I’m reposting. Unless there’s been foul play from a new philanthropist acolyte, I can only chalk it up to a site glitch. Apologies …
A continuing theme on which I’ve commented several times (links here, here, and here) concerns the increasing share of private resources in development aid. Sam Worthington, the president and CEO of InterAction, the leading coalition …
So, questions still remain about the ability of the U.S. disaster relief system to handle a large-scale catastrophe. What can we do?
(1) Develop a national disaster relief fund
With such a fund, private contributions for relief …
I’ve been silent on the blog for a few weeks due to paternity leave.
In my absence, events continued to raise questions about the capability of the U.S. disaster response system. There were criticisms of the …
