The ethics of conditional cash transfers
The CIHA Blog has developed a partnership with Pambazuka News, which is produced and published by Fahamu, based in Oxford, Dakar, and Nairobi. This piece was originally posted […]
development
In the News: Gates on Humanitarianism
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has released its 2014 Gates Annual Letter, which spells out the foundation’s view of “three myths that block progress for the poor”: poor […]
In the News: The Aid and Development Debate Redux
The CIHA Blog previously posted about Nina Monk‘s new book, The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty. A few months later, William Easterly, a professor […]
Following the Discourses of Development
by Tanya Schwarz
A central goal of The CIHA Blog is to explore the role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in humanitarian and development efforts in Africa. One of the primary questions […]
In the News: Grading Aid and What Works
Writer Paul Theroux, in “Africa’s Aid Mess” for Barron’s, delves into the history of debates over Western aid to Africa, from Charles Dickens to Bill Gates. “The desire of […]