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Vices and virtues in capacity development
Posted by Rick James on 17 May 2013
Why do international NGOs not implement good practice in capacity development? I was in an INTRAC meeting of large INGO families and bilateral donors recently when someone once again posed this questi...
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The use of consultants in development
Posted by Brian Pratt on 25 March 2013
As all good bloggers should do, I need to declare an interest here because at INTRAC we do a great deal of work on a consultancy basis. Indeed, we do more than we used to as a proportion of our work. ...
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Eight challenges for civil society in 2013
Posted by Brian Pratt on 15 January 2013
In no particular order, here are eight challenges for civil society for you to think about.1) The reversal of 20 years of increased funding for development NGOs from official donors. There will be exc...
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Post-2015 debates: in search of humanist production
Posted by Rachel Hayman on 22 November 2012
Post-2015 debates: in search of humanist productionOn 2 November 2012, I observed a Dialogue with Civil Society, an opportunity for civil society organisations to raise issues before members of the Hi...
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A different world? Civil society challenges in a time of economic change
Posted by Brian Pratt on 18 October 2012
Reading an article recently on the large numbers of homeless and jobless people in Greece reinforced for me the blurring distinctions between developed and developing nations. Coupled with massive yo...