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Joel Hafvenstein
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Joel commented on the article |Well, make sure you read some Peter Beagle along with your IF Stone to keep that side of you fed. And next time we see each other, I can tell you some encouraging stories from our own HAP certification process.
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Joel commented on the article |
Before we exile beneficiary accountability too far into the realm of unicorns, I think it's encouraging to note that HAP was only set up in 2003, and has already contributed to some noticeable movement in the right direction.
The financial and power imbalance between disaster victims and donor agencies isn't ever going away... which is why it's important to get the "sugar daddies" on the side of beneficiary accountability. That includes convincing them to spare some sugar for the extra staff time and resources it takes to set up and manage good feedback and participation mechanisms with the population you're serving. It also includes the donors holding us aid agencies accountable for how we treat beneficiaries.
True, getting approval for extra spending on anything is tough during financial crises like the current one, but accountability done right is an important safeguard against wasteful and corrupt projects, so I think we can still make a strong case... -
Joel commented on the article |Ha! I missed this when you posted it, now catching up via Sachs snarkiness. "If only he still had hands" -- surely Kristof had one of the writers from Arrested Development guest-blogging his column?
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Joel commented on the article |My general policy on being "owed" an e-mail is shaped by one of JC's vivid little yarns (Matthew 18 23-35). I owe well over ten thousand myself...
(Rereading the passage, maybe the apparent endorsement of torture by Our Lord explains the number of US evangelicals who think it's OK?) -
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Would also love to read that book.
If we're not neutral, do we lose our right to be pissed off when the insurgents/oppressive governments try to kill us? Cause I was really enjoying the moral high ground there... -
Joel commented on the article |We sometimes joke that the essential language to learn out here in Afghanistan is DARI - Dozens of Acronyms Repeated Indiscriminately.
And yes, when John Holmes is mentioned -- which has been reasonably often in the past year -- I get the opening dialogue from Reservoir Dogs stuck in my head. "This UN cat shows up, and it's like, whoa baby."
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