David HumphriesinGlobal Communities“Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation”Spazheva Svitlana began our conversation by telling me that she had just returned from the Leadership Academy for Local Officials training…Oct 10, 2017Oct 10, 2017
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesWorld Humanitarian Day: Beyond the HeadlinesWhat are the needs in a complex, intractable conflict like Syria? On World Humanitarian Day, Global Communities reflects on some of the…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesYouth, Purpose and Prosperity: Security in the Middle EastThis is Sa’ed Murad. He is a Jordanian who, not long ago, was one of the young people who make up the 29% youth unemployment statistic in…Mar 27, 2017Mar 27, 2017
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesStability and Security in the Syrian CrisisThis picture shows two countries: Jordan and Syria. On one side there is peace, on the other side, war. The people of the Governorate of…Mar 16, 2017Mar 16, 2017
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesConsensus is the death of development innovation and here’s whyEvery morning we who work in the development and humanitarian fields wait to see which of the four horsemen of the apocalypse will be…Nov 14, 2014Nov 14, 2014
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesWill the internet change development communications?At my first job in international development 15 years ago, I was a temp in the communications department of a well-known London-based NGO…May 16, 2014May 16, 2014
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesAttention shifts from Gaza, but silence won’t make this disaster disappearGAZA — In the West, policymakers tend to focus on one intractable Middle Eastern conflict at a time. Syria’s vicious sectarian civil war…Nov 7, 2013Nov 7, 2013
David HumphriesinGlobal CommunitiesForget feast or famine, it’s time to tell the complex story of developmentIf the first casualty of war is truth, the first casualty of a disaster situation is complexity.Nov 1, 2013Nov 1, 2013
