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1. Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   Benin Mwangi, who blogs about doing business in Africa, asked me recently: "should the discussion be about how to get the informal sector to become part of the formal sector or should it be how to ... Tuesday, 07 August 2007

2. Unlearning helplessness: how donors reinforce poverty and dependency

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   Do you have a hand ... out? "Well, something is better than nothing," said the well-dressed man at the charity launch function. "No it isn't. You're making the assumption that ... Monday, 16 April 2007

3. Development organisations need to engage with ratings agencies

   Category: Blog/Analysis

   ... startling and innovative new ideas, to support fledgling – but successful – new projects that have a real opportunity to end dependency.  Organisations that are dependent themselves have ... Thursday, 22 March 2007