Shane Heywood

Musings on market-oriented approaches to International Development

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Marketing or Misleading: the Promotion of Development Oriented Organizations

I remember, as a teenager, looking at myself in the mirror. After nights of wearing a durag, I only had a canyon-like crease on the crown of my head. Sadly, … Continue reading

February 23, 2011 · Leave a comment

Just So Stories: Unconvincing stories with Unconvincing Impact in International Development

As a child, I fear I went through a stage where I was pretty annoying. The source of this, er, character flaw was an unremitting need to not only know … Continue reading

February 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

Who are You Calling Bottom of the Pyramid?

Most people don’t like to be at the bottom or base of anything. Bottom of the list. Bottom of the barrel. Bottom feeder. On top of that, most people would … Continue reading

January 7, 2011 · 5 Comments

Mortished has More (Light) to Shed…..

“There is a danger of expecting the results of the future to be predicted by the past.” John Keynes Carl Mortished, in “Tycoons, give your billions to businesses, not charity” … Continue reading

December 18, 2010 · Leave a comment

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