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NGO Lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story

NGO Lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story

NGO lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story. Not a summary or review, but some thought provoking quotes: Strategic planning and framing of the issue: “No disease drew as much attention, or struck the same terror, as polio. And for good reason. Polio hit without warning. There was no way of telling who would […]

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Tools / advice for your NGO / NGO work Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda Communicating Complex Ideas

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Selected Jobs (12 Aug 2015)

Paid internships (Global) Research Intern, IFPRI (USA) Internships in East Africa Child and Youth Protection and Development Coordinator, IRC (CAR) Program Manager, War Child (Uganda) Structural Engineer (Haiti) Consultant: Developing Beneficiary Feedback and Response Systems (IRC)

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Looking for a Job in International Development?

A few job boards you can follow (set up RSS or email feeds on topics/countries of interest): http://reliefweb.int/jobs http://www.unjobs.org/ www.developmentaid.org www.devex.com http://www.eldis.org/ http://www.devnetjobs.org/ Job boards are important. You should also be: Networking Linking with organizations you want to work for (yes, volunteer) Continue building your CV with on-going professional training Stand out form the crowd […]

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More Wealth, More Inequality (Guardian) On book reviewing (from John Toye): What did I learn from book reviewing? For a start, I learned how important it was to keep abreast of the latest literature. Instead of relying on inevitably dated student reading lists, book reviewing brought me the excitement of exploring the cutting edge of […]

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

“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 […]

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