Unapologetic career choice ramblings !!

I am interested in the economic side of things? The effectiveness of policy side of things? Would being a type of policy adviser be good for me???

honours consideration: management/governance and effectiveness…

Potential employees Aidwatch.org.au

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could I be in a position of NGO effectiveness auditor? looking at evaluation and monitoring?

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useful link containing the different types of aid effectiveness initiatives: http://www.ngoforum.org.kh/index.php/en/aid-effectiveness

http://developmentcrossroads.com/about-shana/

Discussion on altruism and self-care in aidwork

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09700161.2012.698133

Great references to other books I would like to read, discussion on fundamental issue aid workers/development workers must feel about their work and their own level of lifestyle (i.e., how comfortable a life they want to be making whilst trying to reduce poverty and improve the lives of beneficiaries).

Aid for Africa? No thanks. TED Talk

http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa.html

The Dark Side of Foreign Aid

http://thediplomat.com/asean-beat/2013/11/05/the-dark-side-of-foreign-aid/

One particularly fascinating paragraph: "However, the impact from aid has not been proportionate to the amount of money donated. Foreign aid’s biggest downside is that no clear, effective system has been put in place to hold aid recipients and their governments accountable for resources illegally taken from public sector coffers – a long-standing, and still very present, trend from Asia to Africa to Latin America/Caribbean to Europe. Unfortunately, the absence of that system reinforces social inequities and perpetuates cycles of political abuse that has led to a sophisticated new form of authoritarianism – one that empowers the elite few, while keeping a majority of people in abject poverty."