NICRA – Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. An agreement with the USG government identifying the amount an organization spends on indirect costs. It has to be developed annually according ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2014/03/05/wednesdays-are-for-jargon-budget-words/
I was thinking today how bad I would be at being poor. I’m great at being broke. I handle broke like a champion. But broke isn’t poor. Broke is temporary with better things as a possibility. ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/08/13/i-would-suck-at-being-poor-and-so-would-you/
Warning Sign #1: When government officials use the data to set targets like an increase in vaccination or a decrease in cancer numbers, they always use percentages, not absolute numbers. That’...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/04/16/three-ways-to-spot-bad-data/
1) A reader wrote in to ask for advice on an NGO that packages and sends rice and beans to “starving people.” I though my answer might be useful for others: It’s a lot better for the local ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/02/28/field-notes-from-the-development-industry-2282013/
As you may have noticed, monitoring and evaluation is a topic near to my heart. One thing I’ve noticed is that we repeat the same errors, over and over and over. I’ll elaborate on these in my...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/02/13/ten-common-monitoring-and-evaluation-mistakes/
1. Thinking you’re the only one who’s ever tried to do what you’re doing. 2. Brushing your teeth with tap water. 3. Believing all problems have solutions. 4. Mistaking the capital city for ...
http://bloodandmilk.org/2013/01/12/starting-a-land-war-in-asia-the-five-classic-aid-worker-blunders/
I just spent three days in a training on data use. The trainer made a distinction between information and data. Data is the stuff you collect – raw numbers and observations. Information is what...
I learned most of what I know about interacting across language and culture from the incredibly kind and thoughtful way my host country colleagues have dealt with me. With...
1. When you train a doctor, it doesn’t trickle down. It stops, right there, with her. That’s why you need to train nurses and the rest of the clinical team. 2. If you ...
This probably falls into the category of stuff everyone already knows, but it’s so important I wanted to mention it anyway. Training is one of the most common interventions in international ...