Vocabolario
della cooperazione internazionale |
marzo
28, 2012 |
Il
mondo dell’assistenza internazionale vive, come altri microcosmi,
di propri codici e frasi fatte. |
Queste le ritroviamo in tutti i progetti e reports per giustificare le
spese. |
Questa
è la traduzione dei termini secondo William Easterly, tratti da
disincantati operatori. |
1
commento |
...
ovviamente il lato triste è che poi questi significati sono assolutamente
realistici: |
totale
ignoranza del territorio, delle esigenze locali, pochissimo coinvolgimento
degli stessi… |
tutta
questa prospettiva delle NGO è sempre troppo “occidento-centrica” |
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“beneficiaries” : the people who make it possible for us to be paid by other people “bottom-up” : don’t ask someone what might work, just make something up instead “baseline” : a point which is so low that positive results are the only possible outcome “accountability for results”: we keep all our promises by issuing new promises “bottoms-up development”: downing single-malt whiskey in one shot at Davos “civil society involvement”: consulting the middle class employee of a US or European NGO “community capacity building”: teach them what they already know “demand-driven approach”: you create the demand and then you respond to it “empowerment” : what is left when all the quantifiable variables give no significant results “entrepreneurial” : vaguely innovative and cool, but definitely nothing to do with the hated “market” “expert” : I read a book about the place on the plane “field experience” : I can’t bear DC anymore “gender” : counting how many women attend your meeting “Global North” : White academics; “Global South” : Indian academics “innovation” : we’re sexy, you want to be associated with us “leverage” : we’re not paying for all of this “low overhead” : volunteers run headquarters “low-hanging fruit”: we were already going to achieve this anyway “mainstreaming” : forgetting “microfinance” : not as good as sub-prime lending “meetings” : our grant said we had to host an event “per diem”: what we have to pay local officials to attend our meetings “participatory stakeholders” : people who should solve their own problems “participation” : the right to agree with preconceived projects or programs “partnering with other institutions” : we’re raising barriers to entry “political will” : I have no comprehension of the incentives faced by the people who I wish would do stuff I want “practical solutions” : photogenic solutions “pro-poor” : the rich know best “RCT” : research method yielding same results as qualitative work at 10 times the cost – “rent-seaking behavior” : everything not nailed to the floor will be stolen- “outreach” : intrude “ownership” : we held a workshop “raise awareness” : no measurable outcome “scale-up” : It’s time for follow on grant “sensitize” : tell people what to do “sustainable” : will last at least as long as the funding “tackling root causes of poverty” : repackaging what we’ve already done in a slightly more sexy font “UN Goals”: making up targets for problems we don’t understand paid for with money we don’t have |