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    Local Procurement: An effective way for mining companies to contribute to economic and social development

    17 Mar 2014 | Building Markets
    One of the most effective means that mining companies can utilize to spread the economic benefits of mining activity is to increase the amount of local goods and services they... More

    Tips for International Job-Hunters

    02 Apr 2013 | Building Markets
    Melissa Mullan has some tips for job-seekers in international development.... More
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    How can we Measure the Impact of Peacebuilding?

    10 May 2012 | Building Markets
    An Alliance for Peacebuilding report features a case study of Building Markets in Afghanistan.... More
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    A Juicy Tale

    11 Apr 2012 | Afghanistan
    Meet entrepreneurs, helped by PDM-Helmand, who are building the Helmandi marketplace! This is part five of the series.... More
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    Helmandi Business Resilience

    30 Mar 2012 | Afghanistan
    Helmand is still one of the most difficult operating environments in Afghanistan. Despite the security challenges, local entrepreneurs in the country’s largest province disp... More
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    The View From the Ivory Tower: Corruption

    18 Jan 2012 | Building Markets
    Just how bad is corruption for development? It all comes down to greasers vs. sanders... ... More
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    The Emergent Continent: Part 4 of 4: Re-conceptualizing Aid

    22 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
    This is a guest post by Carol Gallo, who blogs at the UN Dispatch, and is the last of a four-part series. ... More
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    Getting to work in Kenya: The realities of youth employment

    12 Oct 2011 | Building Markets
    Kenya's growing ICT sector has been one of the region’s most phenomenal development stories in recent years. The country has become a pioneer in mobile technology through th... More
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    Women at the Nexus of Conflict and Development

    07 Sep 2011 | Building Markets
    Guest blogger Linda Raftree recalls the ways women are left out of peace negotiations and harmed in post-conflict resolution.... More
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    The Emergent Continent Part 3 of 4: Smart Aid

    10 Aug 2011 | Building Markets
    In part 3 of her series, Carol Gallo examines the new approach to development aid, with Africa as a rich resource of ideas, innovation, and human capital. This vision of Afric... More
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    The Light of a Secure Peace

    14 Jul 2011 | Building Markets
    Western resources to support Afghanistan in fulfilling its potential is limited. Fortunately, Afghan potential is not. Phil Colgan on what the future holds for "the graveyard ... More
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    Revolution in Egypt: both political and economic?

    30 Jun 2011 | Building Markets
    Guest blogger Dave Algoso on Egypt, its reforms and economic progress. ... More

    The Emergent Continent

    15 Jun 2011 | Building Markets
    The West's view of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries still shapes our perception of the continent today and the way we deliver aid there.... More
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    Quietude in Qabul

    09 Feb 2011 | Afghanistan
    We think about and write about development on this blog, but not every inspiration has to be from another development worker or writer or thinker. We can keep a certain perspe... More

    Current Contracting Loses the COIN Fight

    01 Aug 2010 | Afghanistan
    One of the brilliant effects of Afghan First, maybe the reason that I believe that it will lead to a stable and secure Afghanistan faster than any other economic policy, is th... More

    Making Liberian banks work for SMEs (and vice versa)

    29 Apr 2013 | Building Markets
    Our Liberia 3FP team is working with Liberian banks to design a pre-financing credit product to help address some of the needs and challenges of both Liberian SMEs and banks.... More
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    The Need for More Local Procurement in Haiti

    18 Mar 2013 | Building Markets
    A cross-post from CDG about the need for more and better local procurement in Haiti, complete with mentions of Yours Truly and recommendations for how to make that happen!... More
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    Local Perspectives: Children on Education

    13 Apr 2012 | Afghanistan
    Meet entrepreneurs, helped by PDM-Helmand, who are building the Helmandi marketplace! This is the last part of the series.... More
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    Growing Local Business

    10 Apr 2012 | Afghanistan
    Meet entrepreneurs, helped by PDM-Helmand, who are building the Helmandi marketplace! This is part four of the series.... More
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    The Helmand National Investors Association: Strength in Numbers

    29 Mar 2012 | Afghanistan
    Helmand is still one of the most difficult operating environments in Afghanistan. Despite the security challenges, local entrepreneurs in the country’s largest province disp... More
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    The Peacebuilding Evaluation Paradox

    21 Dec 2011 | Building Markets
    In a field that specializes in dialogue, consensus-building and finding solutions to complex challenges, surprisingly absent is a balanced exchange on a fundamental piece of o... More
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    Young Entrepreneurs Making Waves in Africa: A chat with Now AfriCAN

    02 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
    Laura Seay speaks with Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, co-founder of Now AfriCAN, an organization working to empower and train young African entrepreneurs. ... More
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    What We Can Learn From A Cambridge Economist

    05 Oct 2011 | Building Markets
    Tom Murphy talks baseball and randomized control trials, and what the two have in common for redefining the way we measure success.... More
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    Growth and Coffee in Vietnam

    18 Aug 2011 | Building Markets
    Ashley Grimes shares insights on Vietnam's economic success and the fighting entrepreneurial spirit that helped it along.... More
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    Five Social Enterprises Facilitating More Social Enterpreneurs

    28 Jul 2011 | Building Markets
    A list of 5 social enterprises we like that are doing great work to empower other people and create change.... More

    The Emergent Continent: Part 2 of 4

    06 Jul 2011 | Building Markets
    In part 2 of 4 of her guest posting series, Carol Gallo examines the need for development policy to catch up with changing narratives of Africa.... More
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    Spending for Impact, Round 2

    27 Jun 2011 | Building Markets
    A View from the Cave, aka Tom Murphy is back...and he's not finished. Last week he wrote about Spending for Impact. He's got more to say on the subject...... More
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    Impact Without Boundaries

    08 Jun 2011 | Building Markets
    Guest blogger Bonnie Koenig asks can NGOs, social entrepreneurs and other aid workers break out of their silos? So many work to bring about significant social change, alleviat... More

    Revolution Unending...

    06 Feb 2011 | Afghanistan
    There is an indigenous movement brewing in Kabul. It's not the neo-Taliban or foreign fighters, nevertheless it is revolutionary. Unlike Tunisia or Cairo, its agents of change... More

    COIN Contracting Pt 2: Tactical Patience Matters

    19 Jul 2010 | Afghanistan
    As promised, I’m going to focus on “pace of operations,” “operational necessity,” and local procurement for part two in this series. To wit: current demands on Afgh... More
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    Liberia Progressing Forward

    10 Apr 2013 | Building Markets
    Stephen Lee shares his insights on progress in Liberia.... More
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    Guest post from the IFC's Roland Michelitsch: Creating more and better jobs

    14 Mar 2013 | Building Markets
    The IFC's Roland Michelitsch explains the IFC's recent jobs study and why creating more and better jobs is the surest way to help millions of people out of poverty.... More
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    Local Perspectives: A Day in the Park

    12 Apr 2012 | Afghanistan
    Meet entrepreneurs, helped by PDM-Helmand, who are building the Helmandi marketplace! This is part six of the series.... More
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    From Mines to Markets

    09 Apr 2012 | Afghanistan
    Meet entrepreneurs helped by the PDM-Helmand project. Part three in the series.... More
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    As the Aid Players Shift

    25 Jan 2012 | Building Markets
    Why the rhetoric of "rich North vs. poor South" must be left behind in development thinking.... More
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    Markets: Hot, Aid: Not

    30 Nov 2011 | Building Markets
    Elmira Bayrasli explains why social entrepreneurship is the answer to fragmented aid.... More
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    The Adventures of the Little Peacekeeper: An Interview

    26 Oct 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
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    Local Economy Takes Root in Liberia

    28 Sep 2011 | Building Markets
    How can a poor country's natural resources be cultivated while promoting rural development and empowering smallholders? In Liberia, Hala Hanna thinks Farmbuilders may have the... More
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    Has Microfinance Failed? Evaluating the current state of microfinance

    11 Aug 2011 | Building Markets
    "Microfinance is neither inherently good nor bad. It is simply a tool." Aaron Morris gives a refresher course on the history of microfinance and its place in the development t... More
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    Rethinking Efficiency

    27 Jul 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... More

    The Building Blocks of Transparency

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

    Spending for Impact

    22 Jun 2011 | Building Markets
    Plenty of people drink coffee, wear shoes and use laptops. Why not find ways to turn spending into impact? Guest blogger Tom Murphy takes a look at the real impact of differen... More
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    Happy Women’s Day from Afghanistan

    08 Mar 2011 | Afghanistan
    Today marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day -- which, incidentally, used to be called International Working Women’s Day -- with this year's theme being:... More
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    We're Back! With Highlights from SIGAR.

    02 Feb 2011 | Afghanistan
    PDT’s Afghanistan team is back on the blog train, folks, and we've got a lot of posts coming your way this month. First, we'll save you the trouble of reading all 160+ pages... More

    Rethinking Contracting as the Front Lines of COIN, Pt 1

    22 Jun 2010 | Afghanistan
    Many international organizations (IOs) are making good-faith efforts at local procurement, without PDT involvement. They do the best they can to collect and store company inf... More
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