By Ellen Knickmeyer
Vastly more people needing help, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in the slums of the world’s poorest cities. More climate crises, both slow-moving and abrupt. More military involvement in humanitarian work. More …
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 …
This blog is meant to be a place where connections can be made between broad issues confronted by NGOs and trends in related arenas - like philanthropy, foreign assistance or academic research, to name a …
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 …
About a week ago, I was on a panel on “Bridging the Gap: Researchers and Practitioners in International Development” at the Social Enterprise Conference held at Harvard Business School. It was a lively exchange that …
I am beginning to like this blogging thing. I must confess that I had predicted that my first post would end up lost in a cyber black hole. But no – quite the contrary! To …
I never have envisioned myself as a blogger. But here I am taking over Tony Pipa’s blog, musing that “Sherine Jayawickrama’s blog” doesn’t roll off the tongue in quite the same way (unless you are …
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 …
