Comments on: The structural logic behind corruption

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:32:07 +0000

Which are the anti-corruption tools a humanitarian worker has to know?…

For me the most important thing you have to understand about corruption is that most of the times it is the system and not the amoral individual that leads to corruption. I sometimes joke that there are corrupt chairs in some systems. Whoever sits down…

By: Quora

Quora — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:18:14 +0000

What are some ways to help the members of a group go beyond their individual perspectives and sense the whole?…

Net-Map is a network mapping method that allows people (for any given complex situation) to understand: Who is involved? How are they linked (formal and informal links)? How influential are they? What are their goals? What does this all mean? When doin…

By: Growth « Net-Map Toolbox

Growth « Net-Map Toolbox — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:12:41 +0000

[...] every project I do I learn something new, about corruption in Ghana or rice par-boiling in northern Nigeria. I work with content matter experts who can explain these [...]

By: Paolo Brunello

Paolo Brunello — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:29:41 +0000

Hi Eva,
here is my 2 cents: in my project there was a long and fierce debate on whether to use Free and Open Source software (Linux & OpenOffice) in the computer labs I’m about to put in place in Burundian schools. When asked for his opinion, an experienced computer consultant answered that beyond techincal reasons, Burundian ministries are recalcitrants to adopt Free and Open Source software precisely because, being freely downloadable from the Net, the 10% of nothing is nothing, thus better pay some thousands dollars for Microsoft products and have a real, juicy 10% instead.
…and now I go wire you 0.2 cents via Western Union to have this comment published.