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January 11, 2009
The Audacity of Hope
Mustafa Hirji ( email , website ) at 12:52 AM
The extraordinary David Brooks, a must read of mine, describes some of the big plans that Obama has in store for the near future. They're both audacious, and hopeful. Let no one say that Obama doesn't deliver the style of Presidency he promised 2 years ago (well, at least the audacity of hope part).
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January 01, 2009
The "Business" of Development?
Mustafa Hirji ( email , website ) at 01:36 AM
Amanda Henry muses on the issue of whether development work should be turned into a business, or whether it should remain a charitable, largely selfless activity. (Amanda also calls herself a "starry-eyed idealist" which I think does not do herself justice: an idealist she may be, but anyone willing to admit complete uncertainty because of the nuances of this debate is not "starry-eyed".)
On Measuring Development Success
Amanda comments on the difficulty of defining "good work". I think we are basically hitting on the problem of measurement. This is a problem raised in many industries such (e.g. health care) where there are multiple parallel goals (e.g. health care has cost reductions, patient survival, patient satisfaction, long term health outcomes, to name just a few that need to be accounted). The argument runs that in all these industries, boiling down measuring results is much more difficult than in business.
I personally think this is a false argument, at least to some extent. Business success isn't as easily measured as looking at the profit line. Any Board of Directors tha"
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