I remember sitting in a humid, makeshift office in South Sudan, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed we had successfully deployed three million dollars worth …
A Food Distribution From Warehouse to Household
Shelter Beyond Tents
I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of high-tech, solar-integrated tent specifications that looked more like something from a …
Input Subsidies and Their Side Effects
I once spent three weeks in a dusty warehouse outside Goma, staring at a mountain of high-grade fertilizer that had been sitting under a tarp …
Corporate Tax and Domestic Revenue
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 …
Supplying Water to Forty Thousand People
I remember sitting in a dusty office in Goma, staring at a glossy fundraising brochure that promised “transformative water solutions” through high-tech filtration systems. It …
Estimating Money That Leaves Quietly
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 …
What the Conventions Actually Say
I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of legal briefs that seemed more interested in the philosophy of war …
Structural Adjustment in Retrospect
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 …
War Crimes With Examples
I remember sitting in a dusty office in Goma, staring at a stack of requisition forms while the radio hummed with news of a nearby …
A Term With No Legal Definition
I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of waybills that didn’t add up, while a radio announcer in Geneva …