Track Changes: Debating Africa’s Needs

March 26, 2015 1

In our ongoing series, “Track Changes,” we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its assumptions, framing, or language and provide a question or thought(s) […]

In the News: Thinking about Donating?

September 11, 2013 0

Cecelia Lynch writes: Angilee Shah of PRI and I had a wide-ranging discussion about charity and the representation and ethics of aid, which was distilled into her provocative piece below. […]

In the News: Dependency and Development

August 15, 2013 0

Two recent articles point out how aid recipients are often more in tune with their needs and their cultural and political contexts than the development organization might be. The New […]

In the News: Philanthropy in Question

July 27, 2013 1

Peter Buffett, son of billionaire and philanthropist Warren Buffett, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times on what he calls “Philanthropic Colonialism,” the transplantation of successful ideas into a […]