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Reinier van Hoffen

Reinier van Hoffen

Reinier van Hoffen is Lecturer Capacity Development at VHL University for Applied Sciences in Wageningen, contributing to the Bachelor International Development Management and two professional Masters programmes: Management of Development (MOD) and Agricultural Production Chain Management (APCM). He is also owner of URAIDE, a social enterprise with a mission to keep society space open.

The world is not manageable

Imagine the world was a cooperation: what business model would serve us best to achieve sustainable development? And how would that foster durable and positive linkages between different ‘departments’ or continents? Would we need department managers or leaders?

Results Based Management: does it pay off?

As a result of increasing complexity and absence of strong leadership it has become difficult for policy makers to ensure accountability in the aid chain. This has resulted in the popularization of Results Based Management (RBM).

Bureaucracy kills democracy

“As long as states represent the highest form of political authority, it will be impossible to channel human self-interest toward common solutions.” This is stated by Rob Annandale, a Vancouver-based journalist and contributor to the Guardian and a.o. to this debate at The Broker.

A killing embrace of diversity?

The ‘development world’, which may be referred to as a world in its own right, has witnessed yet another high level gathering at a ‘critical juncture’ in global development. As this term appears in almost any outcome document of any conference you keep wondering whether there is any road in between the junctures.

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