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 …

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, …

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 …

By Sherine Jayawickrama
When Anne Lynam Goddard started as CEO of the Christian Children’s Fund (now called ChildFund International) in January 2007, she was given two charges: to develop a new strategy and to change the …

By Steven Lawry
I am arguing in this four-part series that US foundations working internationally are not making full use of their freedom to support innovation and help people claim new rights—and that progress toward reducing …

by Steven Lawry
Independent US foundations working internationally have advantages that other kinds of donors, such as the World Bank and USAID, generally don’t. As private funders, foundations are better able to bear risk on behalf …