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  1. RT @km4dev: Shared link: Communities of practice: Linking knowledge, policy and practice - ODI Background Notes.. http://bit.ly/7U9egm about 7 hours ago from web
  2. RT @alanna_shaikh: Thought piece on honesty & aid effectiveness http://bit.ly/6Lacud about 9 hours ago from web
  3. RT @bill_easterly the secret is people! Intangible human element bhind an Ethiopian aid success, quant eval. misses http://bit.ly/5DSmUB about 10 hours ago from web
  4. ODI on a roll today: blog post on the dangers of the move to results-based aid http://bit.ly/8gm5o0 about 14 hours ago from web
  5. Thought provoking blog on why equity matters from Kate Bird at @odi_development http://bit.ly/4ObWH5 about 14 hours ago from web
  6. RT @UNICEFSocPolicy: New article: Putting Children First in the Policy Response to the Global Economic Downturn: www.unicef.org/policyan ... about 14 hours ago from web
  7. Recent meeting evaluations tell me I'm better at presenting other people's work than my own. Or perhaps it's my work that's the problem. about 15 hours ago from web
  8. CGD is not so keen on the IMF's new round of funding for low income countries http://bit.ly/6WIfMN about 17 hours ago from web
  9. @Michael_Keizer maybe not better - more like if I had to choose one which should I pick 6:11 PM Nov 24th from web in reply to Michael_Keizer
  10. @laurenist @IdealistNYC agree but is an interesting question both on moral and efficiency grounds bcause in practice often asked 2 choose 3:28 PM Nov 24th from TwitterBerry
  11. Ethics question: better to make a small donation to hunger locally (in NYC) or globally? 3:03 PM Nov 24th from web
  12. RT @isaacholeman: Need evidence be4 investing millions, but I dont think lack o hard data is reason to doubt learnin by trying @bikobiko ... 2:52 PM Nov 24th from web
  13. Welcoming @UNICEFSocPolicy to twitter! 2:41 PM Nov 24th from web
  14. Most "orphans" have a living parent http://bit.ly/4rrMfz 1:08 PM Nov 24th from web
  15. RT @gaurisalokhe interesting post on Yammer and its uptake as corporate communication tool - http://bit.ly/8F6J6r (via @yorgaki) #yam 6:54 AM Nov 24th from web
  16. Not only 4 gas RT @jamesbt "boundaries betwn thngs R often as important as things thmslvs" Lagrangian coherent structrs http://bit.ly/3jG2yo 6:22 AM Nov 24th from web
  17. Observation that networks such as G20, Comm for Africa etc. arise due to failures of existing institutions to address pressing problems 6:20 AM Nov 24th from web
  18. Question as to whether G8 representing 1 billion really worse than G20 representing 5 billion and leaving billion poorest on the sidelines 6:08 AM Nov 24th from web
  19. Watching ODI event: The G20: perils and opportunities for developing countries http://bit.ly/5dyIJC 6:06 AM Nov 24th from web
  20. IDS Policy briefing: Climate Change, Child Rights and Intergenerational Justice http://bit.ly/7WJlfL 1:58 AM Nov 24th from web
  • Name Ian Thorpe
  • Location New York
  • Bio Knowledge manager, international development worker, suburban dad. Tweets represent my views, not my organization's etc.
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