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    Moving Beyond Handouts in Haiti

    8 February 2012 | Building Markets
    Why one Haitian businessman calls us the most important NGO in Haiti.... More
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    Meet Mariana Keller, PDT’s Journalism Fellow

    4 January 2012 | Building Markets
    We've chosen Mariana Keller as the fellow for PDT's Best Fellowship Ever. She's gearing up for her trip to Kabul and Port-au-Prince where she'll be telling the stories of the ... More
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    The Adventures of the Little Peacekeeper: An Interview

    26 October 2011 | Building Markets
    We caught up with the Little Peacekeeper to find out more about his adventures and what inspires him to work all over the world for peace.... More

    The Building Blocks of Transparency

    5 July 2011 | Building Markets
    Taylor Steelman learns that aid transparency is essential to measuring (and improving) local procurement in Haiti's construction sector.... More

    For Mother’s Day, Don’t Forget The Lug Nut

    5 May 2011 | Building Markets
    Is selling Haitian artisans' work at Macy's smart aid?... More
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    On being unreasonable: it gets you to the G20.

    2 November 2010 | Building Markets
    Being unreasonable has gotten Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) invited to attend the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in South Korea this month. Try that on for size. There have been many ... More
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    Are Poor Countries Better at Football?

    14 June 2010 | Building Markets
    If the conventional wisdom is correct, poor uneducated people are better at football, then the nations with the lowest GDP and literacy rates would have the best odds for winn... More
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    Not Wanted: Mercenaries, Missionaries, and Madmen

    4 May 2010 | Building Markets
    It’s hard to compete with Wall Street and even Main Street, when the most you can offer is a slightly higher salary, longer hours, some good med-evac insurance, and all the ... More
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    Haiti: Learning to Fish

    3 February 2012 | Building Markets
    PDT's Fellow Mariana Keller travels to Haiti and discovers why helping Haitians help themselves is more important than giving handouts.... More
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    PDT Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week

    15 November 2011 | Building Markets
    PDT is excited to participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week this year! Here's why.... More
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    An Open Letter to Haiti’s President Martelly

    29 September 2011 | Building Markets
    In Haiti’s and elsewhere, again and again, the international community responds to war, tsunami, and earthquake the same way. Billions are pledged. Less is disbursed. And al... More
    Charles Darwin was not an aid worker.

    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.... More
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    Bringing some sex appeal to the aid industry

    5 January 2011 | Building Markets
    Wherein I argue that the new, ridiculous, ABC doctor drama Off the Map will actually be good for the aid industry. I know, I can't believe I wrote that either.... More
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    How not to re-build a nation (The Haiti Edition)

    25 August 2010 | Building Markets
    Of the almost $2b of humanitarian aid distributed in Haiti, only $6m of has been channeled through the Haitian government. That is less than a third of 1%!... More
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    Send us the money or the kid gets it

    13 May 2010 | Building Markets
    Meet “Abdul”. That’s not his real name. I don’t know his real name. We never met. But I saw his photo every day for a year or so on the front page of PDT’s websi... More

    Kim Kardashian Saves Haiti

    2 May 2010 | Building Markets
    Last year I gave a lecture at a Canadian university that culminated with one student standing up and shouting “This is bullshit!” before marching out. To be honest, while... More
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    Building Haiti First

    26 January 2012 | Building Markets
    The best news to come out of PDT’s recent survey of Haiti’s construction sector is that international organizations are starting to put “Haiti First.” That means they ... More
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    Aid is About Action

    3 November 2011 | Building Markets
    Some big things are on the horizon for PDT. ... More
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    Eau d’Empowerment – the scent of opportunity: a conversation with Barb Stegemann

    21 September 2011 | Building Markets
    Intern Clare chats with Barb Stegemann, founder and CEO of The 7 Virtues, a perfume company that sources its essential oils from Afghanistan and Haiti, about trade partnership... More
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    Maxima, S.A. – Building a Better Haiti, Literally

    7 June 2011 | Building Markets
    How a casket maker turned shelter manufacturer demonstrates the possibilities in the Haitian marketplace.... More

    Walking on Sunshine

    4 November 2010 | Building Markets
    This is an odd blog posting. We often get knocked back by dinosaur donors, our own lack of capacity, and the fact that we lean forward hard. However, its all great fun. Thi... More
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    We told you buying local would work

    5 July 2010 | Building Markets
    About ten years ago, a group of aid workers and UN staff sat around a legendary bar called the Dili Club (it’s gone now, alas) and complained. Our gripes were many, but one... More
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    “Shovelling S*%t Uphill”

    7 May 2010 | Building Markets
    In mid 2007 I told my boss in the Best Practices Section of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York that I would be resigning in September ... More
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