Il mondo dell’assistenza internazionale vive, come altri microcosmi, di propri codici e frasi fatte. Queste le ritroviamo in tutti i progetti e reports per giustificare le spese. Questa è la traduzione dei termini secondo William Easterly, tratti da disincantati operatori.
“beneficiaries” : the people who make it possible for us to be paid by other people
“bottom-up” : don’t ask someone what might work, just make something up instead @thejoeturner
“baseline” : a point which is so low that positive results are the only possible outcome @ANLevine
“accountability for results”: we keep all our promises by issuing new promises @bill_easterly
“bottoms-up development”: downing single-malt whiskey in one shot at Davos @Arvind11d123
“civil society involvement”: consulting the middle class employee of a US or European NGO @dangay
“community capacity building” : teach them what they already know @fauvevivre
“demand-driven approach”: you create the demand and then you respond to it
“empowerment” : what is left when all the quantifiable variables give no significant results @MarianaSarastiM
“entrepreneurial” : vaguely innovative and cool, but definitely nothing to do with the hated “market” @jselanikio
“experienced aid practitioner” : has large number of air miles in account @thejoeturner
“expert” : I read a book about the place on the plane @savo_heleta
“field experience” : I can’t bear DC anymore @MarianaSarastiM
“gender” : counting how many women attend your meeting @liamswiss
“Global North” : White academics; “Global South” : Indian academics @Isla_Misty
“innovation” : we’re sexy, you want to be associated with us @DarajaTz
“leverage” : we’re not paying for all of this @katelmax
“low overhead” : volunteers run headquarters @thejoeturner
“low-hanging fruit”: we were already going to achieve this anyway @Global_ErinH
“mainstreaming” : forgetting @swampcottage
“microfinance” : not as good as sub-prime lending @lippytak
“meetings” : our grant said we had to host an event @Global_ErinH
“per diem”: what we have to pay local officials to attend our meetings @Afrophile
“participatory stakeholders” : people who should solve their own problems @UCGHR
“participation” : the right to agree with preconceived projects or programs @edwardrcarr
“partnering with other institutions” : we’re raising barriers to entry @JustinWolfers
“political will” : I have no comprehension of the incentives faced by the people who I wish would do stuff I want @m_clem
“practical solutions” : photogenic solutions @thejoeturner
“pro-poor” : the rich know best @james_tooley
“RCT” : research method yielding same results as qualitative work at 10 times the cost –@texasinafrica
“rent-seaking behavior” : everything not nailed to the floor will be stolen- @charcoalproject
“outreach” : intrude @langtry_girl
“ownership” : we held a workshop @dangay
“raise awareness” : no measurable outcome @jonathan_welle
“scale-up” : It’s time for follow on grant @HunterHustus
“sensitize” : tell people what to do @zw1tscher
“sustainable” : will last at least as long as the funding @thejoeturner
“tackling root causes of poverty” : repackaging what we’ve already done in a slightly more sexy font @thejoeturner
“UN Goals”: making up targets for problems we don’t understand paid for with money we don’t have @jacobhorner
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