Here is one example of a listening project, a small-scale, homegrown version of the one Susan Abbott wrote about a few weeks ago. It’s called “Changing the System, From the Ground Up,” by Jennifer Lentfer. She asked about 150 people on the front lines of development assistance what they would do to change the system [...]
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What should be changed about foreign aid?
Posted in Empowerment, tagged development on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A different kind of audience research
Posted in Empowerment on September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am inspired today by the Listening Project, an initiative begun in 2005, to listen to the experiences of people who have been on the receiving end of development aid. Their important work reminds us of what really should drive international development work, and helps us to better think through how we assess the impact [...]
Ensuring Voice and Accountability – Citizen-driven Initiatives
Posted in Empowerment, tagged Accountability, Governance, Media Development, New Media on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Media development is yet to find its place in mainstream development agenda. It often comes as a second priority after a poor nation has done “enough” to take care of its poverty, health, nutrition, infrastructure, governance and corruption issues. While it does make sense to prioritize, given limited resources in developing countries, but relegating media [...]
