January 2010
The Santo Domingo Operations Center →
I can’t remember how long I have been here. I am not sure anyone can. There are no windows and the light is flat and grey. In the aviation office it is even worse - Paolo Piconese looks like he is…
The Santo Domingo Operations Center →
I can’t remember how long I have been here. I am not sure anyone can. There are no windows and the light is flat and grey. In the aviation office it is even worse - Paolo Piconese looks like he is…
GEORGETOWN & DUKE LAUNCH DARFUR DREAM TEAM... →
DUKE LAUNCH DARFUR DREAM TEAM PARTNERSHIP
Filed under: Activism, Darfur, Enough Tagged: Darfur, Duke, Georgetwon, South Darfur, UNHCR
Health In The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review →
Today, the Department of Defense’s Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) was released online. The QDR details the future thinking and direction of the US military for the next four years. The 2010…
Where domestic and international philanthropy meet →
There are several of us blogging from the Council on Foundation’s Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego. You can follow the conversation on COF’s blog, RE: Philanthropy, What…
Iran: Two Bloggers in Danger of Death →
Two bloggers and members of the “Committee of Human Rights” (Chrr), Mehrdad Rahimi and Kouhyar Goudarzi (photographed above: Goudarzi, left, and Rahimi, right) have been accused of…
Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, Indian American physician,... →
Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh, Indian American physician, philanthropist and publisher is named as a recipient of the 2010 Padma Shri Award. The Indian government grants this award to…
Gallant Ghana side lost to Egypt →
Ghana lost to Egypt in a 1-0 game to give the Pharaohs their third time win in a row to become the 2010 champions of the African Cup of Nations. I am really excited not because of the loss against…
U.S. steps up arms sales to Persian Gulf allies →
washingtonpost.com: ‘DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The Obama administration is quietly working with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to speed up arms sales and rapidly upgrade defenses…
American church group held after trying to take... →
guardian.co.uk: ‘The social affairs minister Yves Cristallin told AP that the Americans were suspected of taking part in an illegal adoption scheme. Cristallin said the 33 children were lodged…
Daniel Gross, Me, and the Efficient Market... →
Daniel Gross is at Davos and writes:
I noticed a piece of gray paper on the floor. It looked like it might
be currency of some sort—certainly not a dollar, but perhaps Swiss
francs or something…
Assorted links →
1. Why is the liberal movement in Brazil so weak?
2. Amazon vs. Macmillan, the best economic analysis so far.
3. The maze-solving oil drop.
4. Haiti’s progress before the quake.
5.
Farewell →
Friends:
On Friday, MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes announced my appointment as the Corporation’s Vice President of Policy and International Relations. I am both honored and excited to assume that…
Following the Food Security and Climate Change in... →
ICARDA and partners have organized an international conference on Food Security and Climate Change in Dry Areas. Plenty of agrobiodiversity on its menu, no doubt. It starts tomorrow, and you’ll…
What’s so hard about nation-building? →
From today’s NYT
There’s always music, always hope →
Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Canada
Via, Women and Beyond
Nonprofit Fundraising Resource Roundup →
Here are several resources I thought you might be interested in.
The January edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival is up at IssueLab’s Footnotes. You’ll find several posts on the topic of ‘online…
links for 2010-01-31 →
Mobenzi: Creating Jobs with Mobile Tasks | MobileActive.org
(tags: sbs_case_study mob_job)
Inkling
iPad learning. includes interactive usability and sharing between…
'Some Current Approaches to Climate Adaptation May... →
Carbon dioxide — the chief cause of manmade global warming — doesn’t park itself only in the atmosphere over major emitting countries. So, obviously, the response to climate change requires global…
Rethinking US Foreign Assistance: Farewell →
Friends:
On Friday, MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes announced my appointment as the Corporation’s Vice President of Policy and International Relations. I am both honored and excited to assume that…
Weekend Link Roundup (January 30 - 31, 2010) →
Our weekly roundup of new and noteworthy posts from and about the nonprofit sector….
Communications/Marketing
A recent Nancy Schwartz & Company survey of more than 900 nonprofit…
How Did You Decide to Help Haiti for the Rest of... →
Last week in my post, Keeping Your Balance While Helping Haiti, I suggested that you research organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support by donating, volunteering, or…
This Is Our Moment →
On the heels of U.S. President Obama’s State of the Union address, the NRDC Action Fund has launched This is Our Moment — a web video campaign that is urging Congress to pass the…
TEDxShekhavati: Against all odds →
Here’s the remarkable story behind a TEDx event held this month: Despite opposition from village elders, a swine flu outbreak and huge logistical issues, TEDxShekhavati organizer…
Banning Sri Lankan porn online: A couple of months... →
Responding to an ill-advised and misguided petition filed by the IGP (yes, the same one who said mobile phones can be used by rape victims as evidence), the courts ordered the…
Technology in Wunlang News →
Ron writes:
‘In a place where people are still struggling everyday to get clean water, it is difficult to turn my attention to computers and the Internet. Nevertheless, I see many opportunities…
Quake an opportunity for foreigners to “get Haiti... →
NEIL MacFARQUHAR in a good NYT story this morning (self-promotion alert: I am quoted in the story) notes all the discussion that the quake is an opportunity to sort out all the…
Mr. President, What About Sudan? →
Post-State of the Union frustration among anti-genocide activists was palpable. Certainly, A glimpse at the #genprev (short for genocide prevention) hashtag on Twitter gives a sense of…
Global Voices in Haiti: Talking to Volunteer... →
Global Voices has sent a two-person team to Port-au-Prince in the wake of the Haiti earthquake, to help support citizen media activity. Georgia Popplewell and Alice Backer are also…
Mobenzi: Creating Jobs with Mobile Tasks →
In South Africa, national unemployment stands at 24% – and that number is even higher in many areas outside of major cities. Mobenzi, a new tool created by South African company …
Mona monkey doing well →
Due to the changes that have taken place in Wildlife Direct, we were silent for more then a week. We are still struggling a bit with the new program and I did not manage to put up a picture in this…
EXTREME MAKE OVER NATA →
Nata Village Men Sector Support Group would like to thank all who contributed, donated, and supported this wonderful project. Thamalalo Reetsanye and her…
UN's Plan to Curb Somali Piracy, With a Twist →
Bosasso is a dusty port town in the Puntland State of Somalia. Farming is virtually impossible across this part of the African Horn, so the economy is focused on camel and goat herding,…
INTRAC courses on M&E in 2010 →
1. Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
19-23 April 2010 (repeated 27 September–1 October 2010)
£1250 fully residential (4 nights accommodation and all meals), £999 non-residential…
Training on M&E in South Africa in 2010 →
Southern Hemisphere consulting and development services are providing the following training courses, during the coming year:
PROJECT PLANNING, MONITORING & EVALUATION
* Project…
The subsistence wage →
Until the broken Haitian government can figure out how to distribute paychecks, the national police have been working for food. That’s one meal a day, given to them by the foreigners, that…
*The Enlightened Economy* →
The subtitle is An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1850 and the author is Joel Mokyr. This is now the most comprehensive and indeed the currently definitive history of the British Industrial…
Jasenovac – Holocaust promoted by Vatican →
The UN General Assembly chose January 27 as the official day for the commemoration, as it was on this day in 1945 that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz extermination camp, the last such…
Carne Ross on how the Chilcot Inquiry blew it with... →
Click here to view the embedded video. Related posts:
Stop Blair? No thanks.
John McCain goes to Canossa
Iranians rally to protest stolen vote
What happens after an earthquake →
Duncan Green has been perusing ALNAP’s report on lessons from past experiences of the aftermath of earthquakes, and has summarised some of the key findings. This one was especially…
Design Thinking for Social Innovation →
Designers have traditionally focused on enhancing the look and functionality of products. Recently, they have begun using design tools to tackle more complex problems, such as finding ways to provide…
Combating Student Zealotry →
Ebenezer Obadare writes in Elombah:
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and one of the most corrupt in the world, is also one of the most religious. Poll after poll marks the…
Media and the benefits of giving →
I was in a gym yesterday on the Msasani peninsula, watching the news on a muted television, surrounded by over-pumped expats. An ad came up for a CNN special report to be aired that evening….
DFID Director visits Mozambique →
Beverley Warmington and Keith Mackiggan after torrential downpour
There was an absolute torrential downpour of rain last week, flooding the roads of Maputo and preventing a number…
T2-4 High-Value Tacit Knowledge: What Works Well... →
In 2002 I conducted a KM workshop for top executives of a government think-tank. All the Vice Presidents and the President were there. Most of the Division Directors were present. This think-tank…
Bring on the meta-meta-analysis of organic... →
Whether or not organic food brings nutritional benefits over conventional food has been a matter of considerable inquiry and debate. The issue came to a head last month when a study commissioned by…
Stop deforestation with pretty videos →
With regard to the false choice between rainforests and beef, here’s a nice little bit of propaganda.
I expect it plays better on Central Park West and Holland Park than in Brazil or…
Afghanistan: Behind the London Conference →
Dafydd watches the London international conference on Afghanistan and opines that the organisers’ new strategy for this country involves buying off low level Taliban fighters and cutting a deal…
Kyrgyzstan: Sheeps to receive passports →
Noah reports on the striking decision of the Kyrgyz authorities to issue a passport and disaster insurance to every sheep and other livestock.
Kazakhstan: Glutting the Wheat Industry →
Joshua Foust reviews the situation in Kazakhstan’s wheat industry, noting weak professionalism of the agriculture officials in managing market price fluctuations and food crisis risks.