Can aid win hearts and minds?
A recent Christian Science Monitor article reported that USAID is “losing hearts and minds” in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakshan province because of failed and shoddy projects, corruption, secrecy...
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Wishful thinking on Pakistan
From last weekend’s New York Times:As the Obama administration continues to add to the aid package for flood-stricken Pakistan — already the largest humanitarian response from any single country —...
View ArticleIs it OK to neglect disaster in Pakistan because it’s not a tourist...
The latest story on the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan is about how it hasn’t been a story.Compared to the response to the Haitian earthquake, media coverage of the Pakistan floods has been paltry....
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Media now cares about Pakistan; aid workers’ surprising lack of confidence in...
Now abundant coverage of Pakistan flood, is it making up for previous non-story?Sorry, Karzai, Aid workers do want to keep their own guards in Afghanistan, as compared to corrupt and incompetent...
View ArticleLaura in NYT debate on Can Aid Buy Taliban’s Love?
NYT DEBATE: Can Flood Aid Weaken the Taliban in Pakistan?Or is it more likely that extremist groups will capitalize on the chaos created by the disaster?Laura Freschi’s answer: aid doesn’t help with...
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This just in: there was a flood in Pakistan
We have chronicled here on Aid Watch how media coverage of disasters influences disasters, and how late the US media has been to the story of the disastrous flood in Pakistan, with apparently anemic...
View ArticleAll Cups, No Tea
Another humanitarian hero has tumbled off his pedestal.It remains to be seen whether Greg Mortenson, author of the best-selling “Three Cups of Tea,” will be able to avert a total reputation meltdown....
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