December 2011
1 post
Finally! http://t.co/hMWUYX0X We can celebrate thinkers and examine their thinking at the same time, we’re capable of that I think.
July 2011
1 post
Music in Mali: Life is Hard, Music is Good by Kanaga System Krush Records — Kickstarter http://t.co/jhlPESK via @kickstarter
June 2011
4 posts
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
5 posts
Scenes From the Tsunami - Interactive Feature -... →
February 2011
5 posts
Opinion: Against cutting foreign assistance - Rep.... →
Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent -... →
great data viz
Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) →
Impartial access to data and information relating to humanitarian aid
RAINA + KUMRA » WORDS →
Great example of State doing more progressive branding, done at the individual (not institutional) level. USAID could learn a thing or two from Raina.
January 2011
3 posts
http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=4339 →
“Only one side has made the rhetoric of armed revolt against an oppressive...”
– Interesting Times: Arguing Tucson : The New Yorker
Blood and Milk » The Story →
Nick Kristof is the most prominent example of the typical media narrative: whites in shining armor, helpless poor people in need of our charity, simple programs with immediate, long term impact. Basically, international development is easy if you just care enough and are ready to spend some money. Good solutions are right around the corner!
December 2010
1 post
The 10 Most Powerful Tweets of 2010 · Twitter →
November 2010
15 posts
#Cholera in #Haiti: Do Aid Groups Deserve Some of... →
Aid groups are scrambling to respond to the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti—and to answer questions about whether they did enough to prevent the disease, which has claimed more than 1,100 lives. A petition circulated last week by a group called the Disaster Accountability Project argues that if aid groups had spent more of the money they raised after the January earthquake to improve water and...
I would love @FrontlineSMS to do thanksgiving project with airline passengers for thanksgiving. Great app for service and gets the word out
OpenMRS » Open source health IT for the planet →
OpenMRS is a community-developed, open source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. We’ve come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to improve health care delivery in resource-constrained environments by coordinating a...
Week 3 #USAID Orientation
Monday: Intro to financial management and program design.
Tuesday: Myers-Briggs
Wednesday: Ethics
Thursday, Friday: NYC for thanksgiving!
“Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action”
– Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action: Full related documentation
Polishing the Stone: A journey through the... →
Chris Murray on why fewer women are dying in... →
The report, published in the medical journal the Lancet, revealed that the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth has dropped by more than 35 percent in the past 30 years. Thirty years ago, there were half a million deaths from childbirth each year. In 2008, there 343,000 deaths from childbirth. Murray said that’s still too many.
World bank parties = lameo
The draft QDDR revealed - By Josh Rogin | The... →
My plan for the deficit http://t.co/I2n47m6 via @nytgraphics
in the process of #usaid indoctrination. Today? The 3 D’s! Good times all around.
World Economic Forum Data Visualization Challenge... →
For data viz “junkies”
Professional! « Tales From the Hood →
Don't Try This Abroad - By Dave Algoso | Foreign... →
excellent rebuke of kristof’s NYTimes Magazine piece.
You have your problems. We have ours. | This Is... →
October 2010
31 posts
definitely digging rainmaker, pulling facebook photos onto my gmail contacts, thanks @lifehacker http://rainmaker.cc/i/cdpul2
http://kottke.org/10/10/the-state-of-ipad-magazines... →
Perfect description of the gap in iPad magazine apps. The idea of closed networks of content where we can’t explore ideas further is none-sensical
USAID and Partners Announce Innovators for LAUNCH:... →
congrats to FrontlineSMS for making it! Are they officially big-time now?
RT @TheEconomist: #Bahrain’s pre-election jitters: A #Gulf monarchy’s experiment in controlled democracy is looking shaky http://econ.st …
RT @bill_easterly: Columbus Day edition: Christopher as your typical entrepreneur story http://bit.ly/bJO8BJ
http://www.owen.org/blog/3633 →
Do economic incentives impact aid delivery?
http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3846 →
http://aidwatchers.com/2010/10/reader-exercise-plea... →
There are times when being a small nimble NGO in #Haiti has it’s advantages. I can’t think of one during a #cholera outbreak, can you?
Oh Megan... →
Oh Megan…how I love that “Econ major ten years later” wit.
RT @savethechildren: @leecohen Agree, that publication is long but it’s geared to people who want full details including press people 2 …
WatchJames Wolfensohn on his 10 years at the World Bank
anyone out there have an invite for @parse_ly ? Looks great. #invite #grasping at straws
