In a rare moment of being out of the movie studios, John Cleese offered his thoughts on creativity, training and development. It is funny, engaging, witty and punchy. More…

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The recent report on Aid Effectiveness is now out. Does aid still work? Are they still effective? Get the report…

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You guessed it! Project management is discovering more and more uses of the power of the ever present cellphones. Like the internet, cellphones reached the remote rural areas much faster than refrigerators, TV, radio and even electricity did.

Now, cellphones are used in Monitoring and Evaluations (M&E). it will be interesting to have more case studies…

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The push for a stronger focus on equity in human development is gathering momentum at the international level. Its premise is increasingly supported by United Nations reports and strategies as well as by independent analysis. More and more national policies and international alliances are focusing on achieving equitable development results. While this is the right way to go, it poses important challenges – and opportunities – to the evaluation function. How can one strengthen the capacity of… Continue

It was fun to watch the reactions of the participants. They discovered that most capacity development initiatives in project management deal with the planning process and the resulting plan. It is as if the project goals have already been achieved as soon as the plan is submitted.

 

An informal survey of the time devoted to the planning process among a group of…

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