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| Authored by: Sonya on Saturday, April 02 2005 @ 01:01 AM CST |
First off, thank you for pointing out the problem of donor-driven aid: one of the largest road blocks aid agencies continue to face. In fact, this is something our chapter has been trying to raise awareness about with the “Make poverty history” campaign by advocating for better aid. I agree with you that some forms of aid can seriously hinder the good work that many aid agencies try to do. In fact, I encourage you to sign the petition that is circulating about this at www.makepovertyhistory.ca or www.pointsevenpledge.ca. These websites have been created by a few different Canadian social justice organizations that want Canada to improve some of its aid policies.
Knowing Sarah, I think she would agree that dissent is needed more and more when working in development. I don’t want to speak on her behalf, but I think she made a very important point that we should inform ourselves more about development before judging too quickly.
On the topic of EWB’s water resource project with the World Bank in Haiti, I’ll look into that some more. From what I hear, the World Bank is looking into reforming many of its programs to make them more participatory and EWB would like to help influence this change. However, now that Wolfowitz has been confirmed as the new head of the World Bank, I can’t say I’m surprised by the skepticism. I definitely want to look into this some more... It’s an interesting debate.
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