Month February 2009

DEC–A goldmine of information locked behind a weak website

Several years ago, USAID created a beautiful repository for all those progress reports, lessons learned reports, and technical studies that it generates: The Development Experience Clearinghouse. From its frontpage: USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the largest online resource for…

Why I am Blogging

I’ve spent 25 years managing projects overseas and occasionally at home in the United States. I was content to focus on my own work and my own successes. The January 12 earthquake that destroyed Port-au-Prince also changed me forever. I…