23. ON STATISTICS.*
Statistics create subjects; they tell stories and shape cultures. Over the past five decades, development practitioners have prided themselves on…
22. VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY THE CHILEAN WRITER ISABEL ALLENDE.
Inspired, extracted (plagiarized) and paraphrased from her novel “The Daughter of Fortune”, Plaza y JanesEditores SA, Barcelona, 1999, pp 296-301.…
21. ON MORALITY, FREEDOM, CHOICES, JUSTICE AND THE NEED FOR PEOPLE’S POWER.
Variations on a theme by South African Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer.Inspired, plagiarized and paraphrased from her novel “A Sport…
20. ON DEVELOPMENT, THE REAL WORLD, POWER GAMES AND THE UGLY FACES OF GREED
Variations on a theme by the Danish writer Peter Hoeg. Inspired, extracted (plagiarized) and paraphrased from his short story “Reflections…
19. HEALTH SECTOR REFORM AND THE UNMET NEEDS OF THE POOR: A CRITIQUE
I have been re-reading some of the Health Sector Reform (HSR) and health and poverty literature. I have been amazed…
18. SOME PEARLS OF WISDOM ABOUT HEALTH CARE FINANCING.
Equity in health means equal access for equal need. Near-zero-priced public services for the poor is an essential public policy…
17. ELEMENTS FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS COURSE AND CURRICULUM.
Introduction Many of our fellow development professionals are not satisfied with the training future generations of our colleagues are receiving.…
16. SHORT DISCUSSION TOPICS
Capacity/accountability analyses (that tell us why duty bearers at many levels do not seem to be able to perform their…
15. ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF AN EMPOWERING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING IN HEALTH
The notion of duty and justice (…and not compassion!) give rights their cutting edge. Power is the key relation in…
14. HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DONORS
Focusing on sustainable poverty alleviation is inseparable from bringing about greater respect of Human Rights and greater equity. Current development…