“Give a Man a Fish” (2015) by James Ferguson

Notes from James Ferguson’s (2015) Give a Man a Fish (not a summary or review). A few thought provoking quotes. On neoliberal criticisms and a more productive way forward: “…I have been drawn into this project by an impatience with the increasingly empty (as it seems to me) politics of “opposing neoliberalism.” Critiques of neoliberalism […]

Selected Jobs (5 August 2015)

Research and Development Officer, IRC (New York) Country Director, War Child (DR Congo) Project Coordinator, Gender (Canada) Senior Research Assistant, IFPRI (USA) Lots of jobs at Chemonics (USA) Lots of consulting contracts, UNICEF Procurement Manager, IRC (Kenya) Research Analyst (Arabic and English fluency)

Want to volunteer overseas and don’t know where to start?

I have received a number of requests for volunteer placements and/or for support locating volunteer placements. The conversations more of less start off in the same way,  summarized here for those in a similar position: Getting started. Make sure you check out organizations that specifically place volunteers/interns to see if you might meet their criteria, […]

Tags: #International development #Volunteer overseas #Volunteer placement #Volunteering

Links I Liked

Can You Win a War on Facebook? (Burundi) Jimmy Carter on US Democracy Discussion on food security, the article is interesting, I recommend browsing the comments Literature Scan of Resilience (ODI)

Tags: #Democracy #Facebook #Food Security #Links #Resilience

Selected Jobs (29 July 2015)

Policy Advisor, Oxfam (Yemen) Program Manager, Youth Livelihoods (Canada) Director, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Gates Foundation (USA) Project Support Interns (x2, Canada) Donor Coordinator, Fred Hollows (East Africa) M&E Expert (Ethiopia) Advocacy, Media and Communications (Yemen)

International Development – Essential Reading (Books)

Not all these books are freshly pressed. If you are interested in international development, the history of ideas and practices is just as important as the new ones. This list reflects my work and interests as much as it is an exhaustive list. In chronological order: Peasants into Frenchmen – Weber (1976) Weapons of the […]

Tags: #Books #Essential Reading #International development #Suggested Books