circus, circus
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 29 November, 2011
- 4 Comments
Last week I took my son to the circus. Specifically, a traveling troupe of Chinese acrobats. It was quite clearly the troupe that plays Dushanbe, not the troupe that plays … more Blood & Milk…
Training that Sticks
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 12 October, 2011
- No Comments
This probably falls into the category of stuff everyone already knows, but it’s so important I wanted to mention it anyway. Training is one of the most common interventions … more Blood & Milk…
The Words I Don’t Use
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 8 November, 2010
- 39 Comments
International development is infamous for its constant, jargony, changes in vocabulary. It’s not the third world, it’s the developing world. It’s not the bottom billion, it’s an ascending market. They’re … more Blood & Milk…
Why don’t we do better?
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 16 February, 2010
- 5 Comments
I have mentioned two or three or thirty times that I am not the only person in the development world who obsesses about how we could do our work better. … more Blood & Milk…
Sixteen Ways to Tell a Health Project is Doomed
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 29 December, 2009
- 6 Comments
1. It focuses on AIDS, TB, or malaria but is not coordinating or harmonized with global fund activities in country. 2. The staff are all clinicians, with no public health … more Blood & Milk…
How I’m Judging You
- By Alanna Shaikh
- 24 October, 2009
- 14 Comments
These are my (arbitrary, personal, non-evidence-based) rules of thumb for identifying good development work: Bad signs Starting out by buying cars. Claiming to work in “Africa” without specifying a location. … more Blood & Milk…
