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    • ned_breslin

    Free markets and labour and us.

    11 July 2012 | Building Markets
    A new post went up this morning from a guest blogger, Anthony DeMattee on wage levels among NGOs and other local employers. Less than a minute later, I got an email calling it... More
    Presentation to Council of Ministers, Dili Timor-Leste, 20 April 2011.

    “Welcome to Rwanda!”

    10 November 2011 | Building Markets
    Edward Rees discovers that Rwanda's rhetoric about being open for business is not just rhetoric.... More

    The Emergent Continent: Part 2 of 4

    6 July 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
    David and Goliath

    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... More
    admittingfailure

    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.... More

    What’s wrong with aid?

    28 February 2011 | Building Markets
    Why is aid broken? This animated video that we at Peace Dividend Trust created offers one explanation. Better yet, it offers a solution to make aid and peacekeeping more ef... More
    Steve Jobs? Geoffrey Canada? Same guy.

    Arguing in Public – A Three Act Play

    12 January 2011 | Building Markets
    Wherein I greet our new Communications Director Elmira Bayrasli by publicly disagreeing with her.... More

    Want Performance? Fire a few of ’em.

    5 September 2010 | Building Markets
    In 1989 my boss fired me.... More
    Yes, we have no transparency today.

    Transparent, yes. But transparent what?

    18 August 2010 | Building Markets
    I find myself in the awkward position of disagreeing with Bill Easterly. Awkward, because a) he is very smart, b) he is very popular in the aid world, and c) I am a big fan.... More

    Folk Songs From the Aid Industry

    3 August 2010 | Building Markets
    Last week, in a flash of pique, I dashed off a blog entry welcoming the funding cut to a Canadian aid industry association which had been mostly funded by the Canadian Interna... More
    Space Program? No aid for you!

    Today we’re fond of Andrew Mitchell

    23 June 2010 | Building Markets
    Here’s to you Andrew Mitchell. Ask questions. Demand answers. And when they don’t come, send your money elsewhere. Because what the developing world needs is not just ... More
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    How deep doth run the question of local procurement?

    14 June 2012 | Building Markets
    Welcome back readers! This week, Building Markets’ inquest will consider the impacts official development assistance (ODA) on local procurement. In the context of internatio... More
    Timor_www_CMYK

    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
    UNIFIL Magazine October 2010

    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... More

    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 ... More

    Aid & development: A few good posts

    24 February 2011 | Building Markets
    Notwithstanding Arab uprisings and Qaddafi rants, there has been a lot of good stuff on aid and development this week. Some of the must reads from this week. The best by far i... More
    Executive Director Scott Gilmore being held accountable by PDT staff for his thought crimes and other counter-revolutionary failures.

    PDT’s Failure Report 1.0

    15 December 2010 | Building Markets
    We're rolling out Failure Reports at PDT. I began drafting the guidelines for staff to draft their contributions, and then stopped and decided failure starts at the top. There... More

    Till Bruckner is (partially) right, but so am I

    20 August 2010 | Building Markets
    Till Bruckner came back to me with a very thoughtful response at AidWatchers. In reading it, I found myself agreeing with much he said. This is because I am not suggesting h... More
    DfID Chief Andrew Mitchell: Visionary or Villain?

    Is DfID’s Andrew Mitchell A Visionary or a Villain?

    16 August 2010 | Building Markets
    DfID internal memos were leaked to The Observer, revealing that Andrew Mitchell, the new International Development Secretary, plans to renege on some 90 international aid comm... More
    Note the unmistakeable lack of a bottle

    When donor cuts are a good thing

    23 July 2010 | Building Markets
    I think it’s great that CIDA has untied aid. This is one step closer to creating an aid industry where the best ideas get funded, not the coziest partners. And I think it... More
    Quick! If the Gulf oil spill were a continent it would be....?

    Try Something, Anything: Aid Ideas and the Gulf Oil Spill

    8 June 2010 | Building Markets
    Imagine the oil spill as a metaphor for Africa. We’ve been trying junk shots for 50 years. It ain’t working. Time to try something else. ... More
    Screen shot 2012-01-17 at 1.48.03 PM

    Holy Cow! Aid industry gets hit by 8.5 richter scale quake.

    17 January 2012 | Building Markets
    Well I just about fell off my chair when hit by an email 20 minutes ago. How can an email shove me off a chair? It told me that the biggest aid actor in the world was about ... More
    Trolley Problem

    Aid “Industry” vs Humanitarian “Relief”

    7 September 2011 | Building Markets
    Too often in the debate about development reform and aid effectiveness we get sloppy and lump humanitarian relief into the mix. We shouldn’t. It’s not an industry and shou... More
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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... More
    One Acre Fund. One cool idea.

    Top 10 Coolest Things at the Skoll World Forum

    31 March 2011 | Building Markets
    The title says it all.... More

    Oh Hell. This is so Freakin’ Good.

    9 March 2011 | Building Markets
    I often wondered about my peer group. Over beers, in my nightmares, as well as over long motorbike rides. My “wondering” has been answered! My very very sincere th... More
    Thou Shalt Volunteer Wisely Or Risk the Holy Wrath of Chuck Heston (and various bloggers)

    Volunteers vs Interns – Getting it Right

    14 February 2011 | Building Markets
    I still dislike volunteers, but I'm willing to concede a couple of points (grudgingly and without grace).... More
    Ralph Nader - unreasonable man.

    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

    Useful Transparency vs Meaningless Paper Chasing

    19 August 2010 | Building Markets
    This is not a debate about transparency vs secrecy. It’s about meaningful transparency vs useless paper chasing. If the goal is to make aid more effective, to save more liv... More
    Alan Neal - The CBC Host (who can take the interview anywhere he damn well pleases)

    Advice to Donors on Spending Better

    3 August 2010 | Building Markets
    If Alan Neal had asked me the question the producer had asked (How can governments ensure their aid money is making a difference?) I would have cleared my throat, and in melli... More
    So true.

    It’s funny ’cause it’s true

    21 July 2010 | Building Markets
    There is a great little internet meme doing the rounds today. It's called "I Write Like" and the premise is simple. Cut and paste a sample of your writing, press ANALYZE, an... More
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