Related news articles
This is a regular Sunday morning post, previous posts can be found under “current events”. In this weekly posting, I provide links to the news articles and blogs related to development and disaster relief that I found most interesting during the week. If I have written a post on the same topic I also include a link to that post. Article suggestions are always welcomed.
Six Attributes of Successful Project Managers by CIO
Dear Enough Project, Refugee Kids are People by Blood and Milk – criticizing a poorly planned in-kind donation distribution
Aid worker, rate thyself by IRIN Global – ALNAP is seeking information from aid workers to establish a baseline of how well the industry is doing
Why you probably can’t get a job in international development (and what to do about it) from Damsels in Success – talks about why large aid agencies are not interested in volunteers and how to get experience in aid.
The folly of “finding what works” from Build it Kenny and they will come – looks at the problem of aid agencies not working together to implement what works
Development Tourism III: Volunteers from Tales from the Hood – Looks at whether volunteers really contribute to a project.
Who’s in charge of global health spending? from AidWatch – 1/3 of all global health spending untraceable