Category Archives: Cautionary Tales

Annals of Development #4 -We’ll Take Whatever You’ve Got

Posted on September 7, 2016 by devcurmudg1

Casamance, Senegal, 2011 The Senegalese NGO “Enfance et Paix” (Childhood and Peace) is part of a USAID funded project, called “Support for Increasing the Capacities of the Sedhiou Region Civil Society Organizations to Enhance Good Governance.” The front room of … Continue reading →

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Gullible’s Travels

Posted on December 7, 2015 by devcurmudg1

Tom Dichter (with apologies to Bolivia) While what follows will seem far-fetched, and contains more than a few anachronisms, imagine the following back-to-the-future fiction. It is 1867 in the U.S. A civil war has recently ended; the southern states are … Continue reading →

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