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The Ethics of INGO Advocacy: Launching a Discussion
By Sherine Jayawickrama Several months ago, a provocatively titled academic paper caught my eye. The Ethics of INGO Advocacy or Why It’s Okay that No One Elected Oxfam was authored by Jennifer...
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Should INGOs Work in Many Different Countries?
By Jennifer Rubenstein INGOs do not have enough aid resources (money and/or trained personnel) to do everything that they want to do. They must therefore make difficult decisions about how to allocate...
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Images and the Slow Response to the Flooding in Pakistan
By Jennifer Rubenstein Why has the international response to the flooding in Pakistan been so stingy and slow? Commentators have offered various explanations: donors’ concerns about aid benefiting the...
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Why INGOs Should (Maybe) Be Generalists
By Jennifer Rubenstein Should international NGOs (INGOs) focus narrowly on one activity, or be “jacks of all trades?” I want to propose one reason why they should be jacks of all trades—more...
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Is There a Failure of Imagination in International Development?
By Jennifer Rubenstein Vision! Imagination! The ability to dream up new and better worlds! Surely such capacities are essential for development practitioners. Or are they? “To imagine” is to make...
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