tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668867628176293022.post4391757814752689573..comments2023-10-17T00:40:49.815-07:00Comments on Tales of Water in Africa: Unintended ConsequencesAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12631663736146533236noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668867628176293022.post-14108598417111311312010-10-07T04:06:15.836-07:002010-10-07T04:06:15.836-07:00If you’re like so many young people who become inv...If you’re like so many young people who become involved with drug and alcohol abuse, you may find that you’ve fallen behind in your education goals. Addiction might be causing you to place less emphasis upon things like goals in general, affecting your willingness and capacity to learn and retain information while you’re using or recovering from drug use.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sovcal.com/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">Dual Diagnosis Treatment</a>Jazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195553010364534406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668867628176293022.post-73399326989477265452009-09-03T10:03:57.448-07:002009-09-03T10:03:57.448-07:00Yeah I've thought about "newness" as...Yeah I've thought about "newness" as I've dived into some of these issues. The fact is much of the work that I am now involved with isn't new, and it's not cutting edge. Being surrounded by PhD students, I have to remind myself that much of the work that needs to be done is BASIC. People need clean water, and I don't need to attach a bunch of sensors to the equipment to make the project worthwhile. Continuously evaluating the process and community involvement is challenging enough. But as you said, that kind of work doesn't tend to make headlines.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631663736146533236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668867628176293022.post-62533575545466020272009-09-01T11:41:14.310-07:002009-09-01T11:41:14.310-07:00This reminds me of a conversation I had with someo...This reminds me of a conversation I had with someone who used to work for US AID. Every time a new director would come in, they would cancel a lot of existing projects and want to start new ones -- basically to make _their_ mark on the organization, instead of continuing existing projects that are working well.<br /><br />IMHO (my very limited experience) this is a consequence of the fact that lot of the work at the high level is unfortunately grounded on political, philosophical views on how development is to be done. For example: use only free markets, focus on sustainability, ictd :-) Whenever there's a shift, there's a huge reallocation of projects to these criteria. In addition, the ultimate goal of aid from political actors is for political influence (e.g. diplomacy) -- moral imperative aside. New things make the news.Bowei Duhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854472467956254106noreply@blogger.com