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‘All NGOs are dead.’ Brazilian hacktivist Pedro Markun opened his session with this heavyweight missile at the conference of the HIVOS’ Knowledge Program, ‘The Changing Face of Citizen Action’, last September.

There can be no refuting Michael Edwards' claim that the world we live in is not only thick with problems, but that the problems that we are collectively trying to address are ‘thick...complex, politicized and unpredictable...complicated and...

Quite a lot of thinking, deliberating and visioning about the future of NGOs, INGOs and civil society is happening by different organizations and at different fora. Be inspired. And let us know if you know of any other work that should be listed h...

Was the welcome smell of oven-fresh apple pie meant to soften the controversial question on the table: is it time for INGOs to retire?

Normally I avoid discussions about the future of NGOs like the plague – they either involve a bunch of academics with only the vaguest idea of what we actually do all day, or a lot of senior managers emitting sonorous pronouncements on how we need...

While I never trusted a direct link between economic growth and human development, questioning the automatism of the link a few years ago was often brushed aside as quite ridiculous. 

The Broker is hosting a new debate titled ‘Future Calling’ and we warmly invite you – also on behalf of Hivos - to contribute.Our world is changing quickly and profoundly. Rich and poor – regardless of where they live – are faced with increasingly...

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I truly believe in the Water Operators’ Partnership (WOP) concept. But there are always buts. Waternet has lots of experience in the international cooperation in the water sector. It appears to be hard to see a fruitful solution to fight poverty;...

The responses thus far to the special report on civic driven change (The Broker 10) have helped to launch a public and international conversation with far-ranging implications for the work of democracy building and development. I look forward to h...

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