by Erin East | Aug 24, 2016 | Gender, Governance, Uncategorized, WASH
In 2010, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Bank (WB) conducted an analysis of agricultural extension and clean water access in rural areas in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia. The surveys were conducted in approximately 1,000 households...
by Erin East | Aug 11, 2016 | Activism, Human Rights, Uncategorized
In the 2014 book The Locust Effect, Gary Haugen makes the case that “common violence” impedes progress in international development. Haugen likens the cloud of locusts that swept over the middle of the United States in 1873, a force that devoured and decimated...
by Erin East | Aug 3, 2016 | Reports, SDGs, Uncategorized
In June 2016 OECD released a report that investigated funding for organizations and programs whose objectives target gender equality. The title for this report should speak volumes: ‘Tracking the Money for Women’s Economic Empowerment – Overall Donor...
by Erin East | Jul 25, 2016 | Aid Effectiveness, Data, SDGs, Uncategorized
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were conceived as a vision for the post-2015 agenda. They are an action plan to continue the work the Millennium Development Goals started. We are six months into the SDGs. Do we know what’s been accomplished thus far? How are...
