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Look out Libya, the airport’s about to get crowded
22 August 2011 | Building Markets
The one thing the international community is good at is helping to hold elections. The next best thing they can do is build up police forces. After that, its utility per doll...
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An Open Letter to Global Soap Project
21 June 2011 | Building Markets
Wherein I try a different approach to fight the burgeoning waste of the SWEDOW industry. As my prairie-born grandmother used to say "You gather more flies with honey than vine...
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Share, listen & engage: A Peace Dividend Trust Blog
1 June 2011 | Building Markets
Starting today, Peace Dividend Trust is rolling out a new blogging platform where we share, listen and engage through voices from the field, guest bloggers and op-eds. We hope...
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Move Fast, Break Things
24 March 2011 | Building Markets
The aid industry needs to move faster, break more things. Don't believe me? Listen to Warren Buffet....
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Rethinking Efficiency
27 July 2011 | Building Markets
J. from Tales From the Hood thinks that the meaning of true efficiency in the NGO and aid sector is often misunderstood. "Aid costs what it costs," and being good stewards wit...
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From “Independence”, to “Aid” Activism.
21 June 2011 | Building Markets
This story travels from Dili to Monrovia - with stops in Juba, Port-au-Prince, Kinshasa, Freetown and other tough places along the way. When occupied, the Timorese were indepe...
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Buying Locally: A Spreading Ethos? UNIFIL, Norway and Xanana.
18 April 2011 | Building Markets
Well its moving around, popping up in Lebanon, moving quietly to Norway, the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (known as the C34), and even in speeches given by lea...
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In Defence of Duplication, Waste, and Ineffeciency
30 June 2011 | Building Markets
The structure of the non-profit sector is fundamentally flawed. More competition among NGOs can only make things better....
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The world will not be saved through spreadsheets
3 June 2011 | Building Markets
“Harvard MBAs,” a piece on Fortune magazine’s website read, are “putting goals of corporate domination aside,” and opting for careers in the non-profit and social ch...
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Celebrating Tax Day with Transparency
15 April 2011 | Building Markets
At the PDT offices we're celebrating Tax Day by showing you where our money goes and what it does when it gets there....
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