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Blog Entries by Dennis Whittle from 08/2010

Turning Chauffeurs into Entrepreneurs

| Posted 08.02.2010 | Impact
Read More: Globalgiving, Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, Chris Blattman, World Bank, Africa, Dennis Whittle, Impact News

Last week, Chris Blattman asked if philanthropy is killing business in Africa, citing the trend of big-time aid hijacking the workforce of the countries in which it operates.

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Solving the Wrong Problems

| Posted 08.16.2010 | Impact
Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Innocentive, Globalgiving, Rockefeller Foundation, Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, MacArthur Genius Grant, Dennis Whittle, Impact News

"The speed with which software-based activities and web innovations catch on has encouraged public perception that transformative technological change takes place almost instantaneously." Unfortunately, this is not the case.

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Air-Traffic Controllers' Lesson for Development

| Posted 08.30.2010 | Impact
Read More: Transparency, Globalgiving, Social Entrepreneurship, International Development, Dennis Whittle, Impact News

Thinking about the recent buzz about aid transparency on my flight from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., I wondered if we will use more information to improve programs' effectiveness or to conduct business as usual.

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