Pete Vowles   

@PeteVowles

Head of in at the British High Commission, Nairobi. My views & usual caveats

Nairobi, Kenya
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  1. Apr 3

    People..

    Replying to @viewfromthecave
    I find it frustrating when people write these kinds of articles without suggesting a viable alternative. We've been talking about this for years, but the community can't seem to agree on a better term. See also "capacity development" and "empowerment".
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    Mar 28

    HURRAH! DfID is championing gender equality in peace-building! DRAT. They're just rolling out sensitisation workshops (which have very limited evidence of effectiveness).

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    Mar 24

    Nice appreciation of ’s Smart Rules: “best recent attempt to get an organisation to change its culture and foster better programming” Would humbly add - as a means for us to better address underlying causes of poverty & conflict

    What is really stopping the aid business shifting to adaptive programming? Today's is from Jake Allen of
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  4. Mar 23

    Comic Relief to ditch white saviour stereotype appeals

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    Mar 22

    Prof Ndung’u (former Governor (2007-15) 🇰🇪): ‘When M-Pesa came along in 2007, we rushed to for advice’ 🇬🇧 in action in 🇰🇪

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    Mar 22

    Discussing our support for Somali refugees across E Africa with partners from the region, & many others. UK recognises generosity of region offering sanctuary for those in peril & is providing $140 million support

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  7. Mar 22

    “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions — And Broken Toilets” by

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    Mar 21

    🗣Back by unpopular demand 📢 The staff twitter POWER✊🏽📊 list... 📝this time with some of our devolved social channels in the mix. 👉🏽

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    Mar 21

    Still very relevant for - reflections by and others on the politics of results and evidence in international development. Spot on reflections on what is 'rigour', in particular.

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    Mar 19

    In case you’ve missed this from here’s one for the commute on the power of language and the need to change language in development

    Is changing the way we talk about people in central to changing power dynamics? And an important mental shift that will help underpin priorities?
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    Mar 18

    NEW & LINKS feat & more!

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    Mar 16

    . speaks from about the steps to be taken to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector.

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    Mar 16

    ODI: Supporting domestic revenue mobilisation: we must learn from the failures of the past

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    Mar 16
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    Yup agree. We've stopped using it in our work, along with 'capacity building' and 'empowerment'. Language is important.

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    Mar 16

    -thought provoking & well said.Would be interesting to ask the people who participate in projects what they'd like to be called.

    Is changing the way we talk about people in central to changing power dynamics? And an important mental shift that will help underpin priorities?
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    Mar 15
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    And that is only one of the problematic words in our sector. For your edification:

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    Mar 15

    "Social change accelerates when we see other people changing". Lots of wisdom here on what makes social change happen by CGD Podcast

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  18. Mar 15

    Is changing the way we talk about people in central to changing power dynamics? And an important mental shift that will help underpin priorities?

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    Mar 14

    Yes, yes, yes, ! "Beneficiaries" is a terrible term. As you suggest, "people" is spot on.

    This came up in our event this week via ...part of the broader debate about reimagining the sector & our relationships with other countries and their citizens
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    Mar 14

    This came up in our event this week via ...part of the broader debate about reimagining the sector & our relationships with other countries and their citizens

    Over 1000 views this week on , discussions on & virtually complete consensus we should stop using ‘beneficiaries’ in to describe people
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