Comments on: It is all decided by a Professor in New York http://www.owen.org/blog/3029 Thoughts on development and beyond Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: New Year’s Resolutions « Just Another Development Blog http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5404 New Year’s Resolutions « Just Another Development Blog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:35:02 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5404 [...] to help the world’s poor. Instead, with this little blog, I try to hold accountable the big actors in the field of international development and their efforts to aid the world’s poor. [...] [...] to help the world’s poor. Instead, with this little blog, I try to hold accountable the big actors in the field of international development and their efforts to aid the world’s poor. [...]

]]> By: D. Watson http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5348 D. Watson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:02:05 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5348 For comparison, <a href="http://econwatson.blogspot.com/2010/01/high-hopes-for-rwandan-ag-development.html" rel="nofollow">the Rwandan government</a> has set up its own plan, is putting up its own money for much of it, and is trying to get the donors to back it. There's still not much explanation of how things will be evaluated, and I worry about the overly optimistic rhetoric, but it does look somewhat better in the self-determination department. For comparison, the Rwandan government has set up its own plan, is putting up its own money for much of it, and is trying to get the donors to back it. There’s still not much explanation of how things will be evaluated, and I worry about the overly optimistic rhetoric, but it does look somewhat better in the self-determination department.

]]> By: From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green » Blog Archive » Zero rupee notes; MLK and powerpoint; Millennium professors; new sites on globalization and politics of climate change and what Obama could learn from Bartlett: links I liked http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5331 From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green » Blog Archive » Zero rupee notes; MLK and powerpoint; Millennium professors; new sites on globalization and politics of climate change and what Obama could learn from Bartlett: links I liked Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:49:05 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5331 [...] Barder:   What is it like being a Millennium Village? Shopkeeper:     Very good. We have lots of things. [...] [...] Barder:   What is it like being a Millennium Village? Shopkeeper:     Very good. We have lots of things. [...]

]]> By: Chris Blattman http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5282 Chris Blattman Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:23:54 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5282 Owen, I'm going to call you out on your power calculations. Whether or not it's too hard is simply a question of sample size (and corresponding research funds). But the minute you get get DFID to fund the Villenium Millages you know I am so there. Owen, I’m going to call you out on your power calculations. Whether or not it’s too hard is simply a question of sample size (and corresponding research funds). But the minute you get get DFID to fund the Villenium Millages you know I am so there.

]]> By: Sam Gardner http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5280 Sam Gardner Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:06:33 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5280 It would be interesting to investigate what the separate effect of the national and international attention on its own would be. I honestly don think this should be considered as a blank: the power for change of a driven community that is listened to might be higher than any financial or technical investment. It would be interesting to investigate what the separate effect of the national and international attention on its own would be. I honestly don think this should be considered as a blank: the power for change of a driven community that is listened to might be higher than any financial or technical investment.

]]> By: April http://www.owen.org/blog/3029/comment-page-1#comment-5275 April Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:13:52 +0000 http://www.owen.org/?p=3029#comment-5275 Thanks for bringing this issue up Owen. It drives me nuts that they are trying an innovative (or, said differently, completely untried) and very expensive approach to development, and not evaluating it. Grrrr argh! Why do funders keep spending money on things and not requiring evaluation? For your and your readers' reference, here are the funders of the project, who evidently don't prioritize evaluation, even when they are supporting something completely new: Bilateral Government Support * Government of Japan * Government of South Korea Foundation Support * Kingdom Foundation * MacArthur Foundation * Nike Foundation * Packard Foundation * United Nations Foundation Private Sector Support * Becton, Dickinson and Company * Ericsson * GE * GlaxoSmithKline * JM Eagle * KPMG * Monsanto * Motorola * Novartis * Sanofi Aventis * Sony Ericsson * Sumitomo * TechnoServe Thanks for bringing this issue up Owen.

It drives me nuts that they are trying an innovative (or, said differently, completely untried) and very expensive approach to development, and not evaluating it. Grrrr argh! Why do funders keep spending money on things and not requiring evaluation?

For your and your readers’ reference, here are the funders of the project, who evidently don’t prioritize evaluation, even when they are supporting something completely new:

Bilateral Government Support

* Government of Japan
* Government of South Korea

Foundation Support

* Kingdom Foundation
* MacArthur Foundation
* Nike Foundation
* Packard Foundation
* United Nations Foundation

Private Sector Support

* Becton, Dickinson and Company
* Ericsson
* GE
* GlaxoSmithKline
* JM Eagle
* KPMG
* Monsanto
* Motorola
* Novartis
* Sanofi Aventis
* Sony Ericsson
* Sumitomo
* TechnoServe

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