Policy

I remember sitting in a humid, windowless office in Goma, staring at a stack of UN resolutions that promised everything and delivered nothing. On paper, …

I’ve spent enough time sitting in dusty offices in Goma and Juba to know that most people treat policy like a high-level chess game. They …

I spent a decade watching academics in Geneva debate the nuances of institutional decay while I was sitting in a dusty Land Rover outside Goma, …

I spent nine years watching NGOs argue over “capacity building” and “governance frameworks” while the actual supply lines sat rotting in the sun. Most people …

I spent nine years watching NGOs chase the latest shiny grant from Brussels or DC, treating every new influx of foreign aid like a miracle …

I spent nine years in the bush, watching trucks sit idle because a local ministry couldn’t clear a customs fee that should have been sitting …

I’ve sat through enough high-level briefings in Geneva to know that when people start talking about complex econometric modeling to explain how illicit financial flows …

I spent a decade in the back of Land Rovers, watching IMF economists argue over fiscal multipliers while my drivers argued about which bridge had …

I spent most of my years in East Africa watching people in air-conditioned offices in Geneva or DC argue over the fine print of a …