The letters to my sons remain my favourite blogs. Running down the list, here's a collection (under construction) of some of my other favourite posts over the years.
In 2011, I was a guest blogger for the CIVICUS World Assembly, focusing on development effectiveness:
- April 2011: He Must Be Set Free
- December 2009: This is Iraq
- November 2009: Nowhere Man
- May 2010: On NGO jargonomania and the futility of pre-meetings
- April 2010: God and human rights (part 1): it's complicated
- April 2010: Questioning development
In 2011, I was a guest blogger for the CIVICUS World Assembly, focusing on development effectiveness:
- A letter to my sons: the difference you can make
- Ditch the MDG FrameDontWork?
- If the margins move to the centre, somebody's gotta push
- Part 2 of 2: I'm giving you homework, people! or, what guides our work
- Part 1 of 2: the hope and anger that drive us
- Top 10 ways to change the world! just kidding
- Don't get the post-World Assembly blues
- CSOs and self-care: when the helpers need the help
- MDGs: from blah blah to action
- UK riots: destruction, violence, and hope
- Kids' talk: we have the answers
- Development gone wrong: good intentions, no participation
- Those non-CSO people: doing it better, together
- Talking 'bout a revolution. Civil society? um, not around right now...
- People-centered development: from objects to subjects
- Uh-oh! development ineffectiveness: idealism and interests
- Struggles for democracy, struggles for development
- Commitments to development: great stuff you've (probably) never hear of
- Who works their way out of a job?
