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I do not do this often. “Dear UN: Much Belated Kudos!”
20 November 2011 | Building Markets
This doesn't happen often: Edward Rees offers kudos to the UN Mission in South Sudan. ...
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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 ...
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Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs and the aid industry
28 August 2010 | Building Markets
Every aid worker, ever donor, every UN manager needs to have a copy of Maslow's pyramid taped to his desk (or tattooed to their hands in the more stubborn cases.)...
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Thumbs Up on UNMIL? Yep.
1 June 2010 | Building Markets
During a visit to Liberia in early May I was met with a terribly pleasant surprise. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) thinks of itself as an economic engine! Whe...
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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 ...
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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....
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Polman, Collier, and the Rational Actor Model
18 October 2010 | Building Markets
Aidwatch has another interesting post up, featuring David Zetland and his review of the review of Linda Polman's new book "Crisis Caravan". I made a snide remark about it on ...
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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%!...
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Chairman Mao knew how to improve aid
30 May 2010 | Building Markets
I’ve been recalling the period before I quit my job as a diplomat to launch Peace Dividend Trust. I was a rash thing to do. So, before I leapt, I cautiously tested the wat...
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Considering Liberia’s Marketplace
16 March 2011 | Building Markets
The UN Security Council takes up the “matter” of Liberia again today. It’s been a while. The last time the Turtle Bay diplomats considered the West African nation still ...
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Want Performance? Fire a few of ‘em.
5 September 2010 | Building Markets
In 1989 my boss fired me....
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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...
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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 ...
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