This blog, Development Industry, is
about Development business, its uses and abuses; the distortions that it can cause and the occasional impact that it may bring about.
The Development Industry is big and powerful; and is well intentioned. But it is not without its failings nor devoid of hypocrisy….
It’s a lot of links and not too much original content, but they are interesting links and I like the bitter and questioning perspective. I think I’ll put it on my blog round-up.
Dear Alana
Many thanks for linking Development Industry..
thanks for appreciating it – at present I plan to just pick up stories of my interest that kind of indicate how ‘aid, development and assistance end up defying their high sounding words. I am trying to be positive however and not being too negative about it.
Hope to interact with you more in the future
cheers
Raza Rumi
Raza,
I agree with you completely that development has become an industry. I think that looking at it that way makes it possible to identify the the things which genuinely are good.
By the way – this article on Peacekeepers – http://www.stimson.org/fopo/pdf/EIP_FINAL_Report_March2006doc.pdf- seems right up your alley.