Track Changes: Debating Africa’s Needs
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) […]
foreign aid
In the News: Thinking about Donating?
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
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
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 […]
On Foreign Aid and Africa
“The History of Foreign Aid Dependency: Challenges for Africa”
posted by Bangirana Albert
This article by Tinashe Nyatoro is adapted from the book, The Impact of Aid Dependence on Social Development: the case […]