Beyond the Checklist: Rethinking CSO due diligence in complexity
When I was in grad school, there was a strong push to limit overhead expenses to just 10%. This movement argued that 90% of an organization’s budget …
CSO
A call for proposals, but only if you are from the “right part” of the world
Studying the ways in which aid remains restricted has been the progressive discovery of how little we still understand the racist schemes of the international aid system.
Tied Aid: A development challenge that refuses to go away.
At this time, when governments of developing nations are increasingly skeptical of foreign funding, barriers imposed by the donor countries put grassroots CSOs at enormous risk. As powerful elites in the Global South continue to discredit CSOs in the name of ‘foreign agents’, tied aid contributes to this narrative, muddying the waters for activists.