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How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty
Erica Kohl-Arenas’ new book, “The Self-help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty” (2016) offer strong criticism of philanthropic work, by asking “Can the surplus of capitalist exploitation be used to aid those on whose backs this surplus is generated? Can these surplus dollars contribute to addressing entrenched poverty while refusing to address systematic questions of […]
Tags: #Capitalism #Inequality #Poverty #Structural Poverty #Systematic Change
Post-doc: Gender Research Fellow
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) invites applications for the internationally recruited position of Gender Research Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The NEXTGEN Cassava project aims to significantly increase the rate of genetic improvement of cassava breeding and unlock the full potential of cassava, a staple crop central to food security and livelihoods across Africa. NEXTGEN […]
Tags: #Cassava #Gender #International Institute of Tropical Agriculture #Post-doc #Research Fellow
African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Award
African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards (hereafter ACCER Awards) is Africa’s premier environmental and climate change reporting program, run and founded by the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) in 2013. Over a period of 7 weeks, (8th March – 26th April 2016) journalists and other media practitioners from across Africa submit entries which […]
Tags: #African Reporting Award #Award #Climate change #Environmental Reporting #Resilience
Power & Politics in the Horn of Africa
Alex de Waal is one the world’s most well versed scholars on East African politics, and has been intimately engaged with the region for decades. His 2015 book, “The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power,” is essential reading for those interested in the region, or the intersection of […]
Tags: #Alex De Waal #Political Marketplace #Politics #Power #Somaliland
Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) Online Course (free)
The Practice of PDIA: Building Capability by Delivering Results is a free 12-week experiential training program that will provide you with the necessary frameworks and tools that you need to do PDIA in your context. The training will be offered from April 3- June 26, 2016 and will include video lectures, required reading, assignments, reflection […]
Tags: #Capacity Building #Delivering Results #Harvard #Practice of PDIA #Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA)
About me
Logan Cochrane
Logan is a Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last twenty years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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