Hard and Soft Skills
In development practice today, when you ask ‘How do you improve governance systems in developing countries in order to improve the lives of the poor?’ the so-called hard skills dominate the discourse....
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Or you can also say: Taking human beings seriously. To Immanuel Kant we owe the great insight that ‘Out of the crooked timber of humanity nothing straight was ever made’. Rigor is important, so are...
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Institutional Takes on Communication for Development
I returned from my two weeks of traveling with a more optimist outlook about Communication for Development -C4D- and the way it is being considered and applied around the world. I went first to Lisbon,...
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Elephants on the Autobahn?
When it comes to use of social media in development, development institutions remind me of lumbering elephants walking down the autobahn. In any other sphere, development organizations would not be at...
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The Wellspring of Ideas: Tacit Knowledge
Tacit knowledge has emerged as the “holy grail” of sorts, with many organizations (including the World Bank) seeking a way to capture and deliver it. Tacit knowledge is a difficult concept, which I...
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Media & Information Literacy is Gaining Momentum
In recent years, Media & Information Literacy (MIL) has been increasingly recognized as a critical element in good governance and accountability. This is partly due to the rapid growth in...
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#2 from 2013: Challenges for India’s Livelihood Youth Skill Development in...
Our Top Ten blog posts by readership in 2013 This post was originally published on July 2, 2013 A critical element in India’s 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) is the generation of productive and gainful...
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Why Performance Measurement for Development Professionals is Critical:...
According to a training report no less than $55.4 billion in 2013 was spent on training, including payroll and external products and services, in the US alone. The US and other countries spend a...
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