The case for Microfinance: responses to Milford Bateman from Malcolm Harper and Thankom Arun (and your chance to vote)
…would be better if much of the intellectual energy, the time and the money which is being poured into microfinance, and into blogging and so on about it, were to…
Does agriculture have a future? Sonali Bisht wraps up Oxfam's online debate
…is the last blogging day before the Christmas break (see you in 2013, everyone), so I’m handing over to Sonali Bisht, founder of INHERE, India, to wrap up a pretty…
Summary of a weird (and record-breaking) year on FP2P
…all this? That blogging is alive and well, especially if you keep it fun, but that the aid sector has entered a prolonged period of deep self-doubt and introversion. That,…
The Politics of Results & Evidence. Most read post from this summer (ICYMI)
…receiving them for the last 3 months. Many of them assumed Oxfam had finally got round to sacking me and/or I’d got fed up with blogging/gone under a bus. Sorry…
Why Inequality is a (very) Big Deal, and you need to get involved
…human drama of struggle. So now it’s over to you. You can start by blogging/tweeting your views and stories to make sure that inequality goes viral on Blog Action Day…
Ethiopia is Beautiful
…three colobus monkeys reclining in a tree top, in full view of passing cars were unforgettable. More traditional development fare follows once I get off the plane and start blogging….
Payment by Results take 2: what I learned from the response to last month’s rant
…written version. Any more feedback v welcome – done like this, they don’t take much time, but I’m still not sure how much they add to text blogging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWd4wgBYGw …
Links I Liked
…If you liked last week’s ideas for better blogging, why not check out the real writers: links to top tips from Zadie Smith, John Steinbeck, Susan Sontag, Henry Miller, Jack…
Research into Use: how can Climate Change Researchers have more Impact?
…findings (someone might nick them!), making a mistake or looking stupid are unlikely to take to blogging or radio interviews. Instead, find the ones who like writing and communicating and…
How can a top development thinktank improve its communications?
…really like the ODI’s quarterly ‘resilience scan’ for the same reason (wish they would do one on Doing Development Differently). It is also really good at infographics, videos, blogging its…
What to read on Oxfam’s sexual misconduct crisis?
…track – one of the joys of my role of ‘pointing outwards’ for Oxfam is that I spend my time reading, blogging, writing and talking to non-Oxfam people, rather than…