Social Development
Social Development
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In low-resource economies, learners gravitate toward course modules that offer immediate return on investment (ROI) to secure their daily survival. When a system forces individuals to choose between short-term survival and long-term investment, survival always wins. Data from skill acquisition programs in under-resourced communities confirms this: learners overwhelmingly choose short-duration courses that guarantee a swift
The Market for Survival: Why Traditional Education Fails the Under-Resourced Read More »
Arguably, it is the international system of knowledge and reward systems that draws development professionals away from an organic experience and interaction with the rural areas in many developing countries. Professionals are held bound by the urban provisions such as better housing, logistics, communication needs and the various infrastructure that provides ease in day-to-day life.
Urban Prisoners Versus Rural Champs. Read More »
For so long, the world has celebrated the statistics of ‘unprecedented progress’. But in the shadows of this progress, there are over 800 million people who are still part of the “bottom billion” caught in absolute state of malnutrition, disease, low life expectancy that offends the very concept of human decency. As we attempt to
Why Development Fails the Rural Poor Read More »
If you work in with social enterprise, the humanitarian sector or any sector where you ‘sell’ intangible products like emotional connection, one observation you quickly make is that your pitch is delivered to one of these types of listeners: the skeptics, the critics or the enthusiasts. It is the same if you are making an
From The Trenches of Face-to-face Fundraising Read More »
Even though people generally view conflict as a negative thing, it can actually turn out to be a good thing. Conflict is good for stimulating new thoughts, for promoting social change, for defining group relationships, for helping us form our own senses of personal identity, and for many other things we take for granted. In
Crisis Interventon: Women Arbitratng Peace in Rural Eastern Nigeria. Read More »
A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a friend who brought up an Instagram “debate” about microaggressions in our school we had been a part of two years ago. She shared some screenshots of said debate, and the more we looked through them, the more we realized retrospectively that it was far
To reference the author Chinua Achebe: “Until the lion tells its own story, the hunt will always glorify the hunter” For a long time, the story of women migration has been prominently told through a narrow lens. When we speak of women from the “Global South” migrating irregularly, the conversation almost instantly shifts to “smuggling”
Women and Migration: Overcoming Fears with Courage! Read More »
Each time I walk past the door to the room my mother occupied, I feel the emotional weight of a sticker that reads: “Home is not home without Mom.” If you have ever lost someone close to you, you live with two realizations: that you will never see that person in physical form again, and
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The gap that exists between goals and opportunities is at the core of Robert Merton’s Social Strain Theory which argues that social structures may pressure citizens to commit crimes or experience intense psychological stress. “Strain” occurs when there is a mismatch between society’s expectations of success and the legitimate means available to reach them. Real-world
Baking Bread in the Friction: Navigating Social Strain. Read More »
While traditional metrics of development often use GDP and commerce as the gold standard for measuring a nation’s progress, they frequently overlook the invisible framework upon which society is built: Social Capital. This network of relations, shared values, and trust serves as a powerful counter-metric to traditional economic indices. Social capital provides the essential framework
Social Capital: The New Global Currency Read More »