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Where the aid sector is stuck

Where the aid sector is stuck

Many sticky institutions governing the aid sector are outdated or unfit-for-purpose. Here’s how to get them unstuck.
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“Do no harm” is an inadequate moral compass — here’s a more radical alternative

“Do no harm” is an inadequate moral compass — here’s a more radical alternative

To fix aid’s broken moral compass, we must take inspiration from the environmental justice movement and medicine.
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Aid may be inherently racist and colonial, but altruism is not — that’s a cause for hope

Aid may be inherently racist and colonial, but altruism is not — that’s a cause for hope

By updating the story of aid, we can re-imagine its future.
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Video: How to be Anti-Racist in Aid

Video: How to be Anti-Racist in Aid

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The philosophy of unintended consequences

The philosophy of unintended consequences

Reflections on the moral frameworks behind interventions that can cause more harm than good.
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Models shape how we understand the world — the aid sector needs a new one

Models shape how we understand the world — the aid sector needs a new one

It’s time to re-imagine aid.
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The tyranny of “technical expertise”

The tyranny of “technical expertise”

Between renowned economists Jeffrey Sachs and William Easterly, there is a decade-long debate that has made them the Taylor Swift and Katy…
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Are we seeing the rise of bullsh*t jobs in the aid sector?

Are we seeing the rise of bullsh*t jobs in the aid sector?

David Graeber, an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, recently published the book Bullshit Jobs, where he talks about “jobs…
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Three things humanitarian aid workers can learn from Queer Eye

Three things humanitarian aid workers can learn from Queer Eye

Queer Eye is a Netflix reality TV show where five gay guys (the ‘Fab Five,’ as they are known) make-over someone’s life. The show has…
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It’s time to decolonise project management in the aid sector

It’s time to decolonise project management in the aid sector

I once provided project management support to a country office in Ethiopia for a conflict response. When I received the draft final report…
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