I remember sitting in a dusty compound outside Goma, staring at a manifest for three tons of imported grain while the local vendor across the …
What a Large Operation Does to Rents
Prosecuting a Crime Committed Elsewhere
People love to talk about universal jurisdiction as if it’s some grand, sweeping moral triumph, a legal magic wand that cleans up the world’s messes. …
What the Icc Can and Cannot Do
People love to talk about the International Criminal Court in terms of grand moral victories and the lofty pursuit of global justice, but that’s just …
Giving Money to a Government Directly
I remember sitting in a humid, windowless office in Goma, staring at a stack of donor reports that claimed millions had been “allocated for systemic …
Reading a Maternal Mortality Ratio
I remember sitting in a humid corrugated shed outside Goma, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed a 15% reduction in regional deaths. On paper, it …
The Village That Doubled in Size
I remember sitting in a dusty compound outside Goma, watching a group of local elders stare at a fleet of white Land Cruisers that had …
Why Idps Have Fewer Protections
I once sat in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of manifests that didn’t match the reality on the ground. The NGOs …
Debt Service Against Health Budgets
I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated iron warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of empty crates that were supposed to hold temperature-sensitive vaccines. …
Who Pays for a Road
I once sat in a humid, corrugated metal office in Goma, watching a consultant present a glossy PowerPoint on a fifty-million-dollar bridge project. He was …
Why Vaccines Need a Cold Chain
I once spent three days in a humid warehouse outside Goma, watching a thermometer climb toward a red line that meant five thousand dollars of …