New Publication in Development in Practice

Taddesse, D., Jamieson, D. and Cochrane, L. (2015) Strengthening Public Health Supply Chains in Ethiopia: PEPFAR Supported Expansion of Access and Availability. Development in Practice 25(7): 1043-1056. Abstract: When the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)-supported Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) programme began working in Ethiopia in 2006, the estimated population of people living […]

Tags: #Ethiopia #HIV/AIDS #PEPFAR #Public Health #SCMS

Development as Freedom (1999) Sen

Many of Sen’s contributions have become common knowledge and do not appear to be as groundbreaking as they once were. Nonetheless, what follows is a selection of thought provoking quotes from Development as Freedom: On freedom(s): “These include (1) political freedoms, (2) economic freedoms, (3) social opportunities, (4) transparency guarantees and (5) protective security. Each of […]

Advice for Conducting Household Surveys

Planning to use household surveys as a data collection tool? The following suggestions relate to the processes of conducting household surveys, not the analysis of the data. I believe the process of surveying is not critically reflected upon as much as it should. Before developing your survey, conduct a series of interviews and focus group […]

Tags: #Data Verification #Household Surveys #Quality Control #Surveying #Surveying process

Selected Jobs (28 August 2015)

Internship (solar energy, Nepal) Volunteer (Kenya) Communications Advisor (Canada) Country Director (Yemen) Multiple technical posts (Jordan) Project Manager (Tanzania) Technical Writer, Governance (Consultant)

Revisiting Scott’s (1985) Weapons of the Weak

On ‘weapons of the weak’: “Here I have in mind the ordinary weapons of relatively powerless groups: foot dragging, dissimulation, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage and so forth. These Brechtian forms of class struggle have certain features in common. They require little or no coordination or planning; they often represent a form […]

Tags: #Capitalism #Creation of Custom #James C. Scott #Marxist Revolution #Weapons of the weak

Selected Jobs (20 Aug 2015)

Tons of consulting contracts and long-term posts (Global) Internships (Canada) Communications Program Manager (USA) Education Advisor (Canada) Gender and Development Specialist (Ethiopia) Education Program Manager (Syria) Research Consultant (Afghanistan) Conflict Analyst (Jordan)