Tag Archives: international development

States of Being Poor

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

States of being poor ………for testing with personas (very draft)  Not Poor:  Life conditions are such that people have the personal capabilities and worldviews, individual resources, supportive community environment and essential community services to care for themselves and their children and … Continue reading →

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Worlds of Praxis

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

WOP-Quadrants and Development[Paper010]

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The Dynamic of Emergence

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

The Dynamic of Emergence [3]

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Nine Tips for International Development Practitioners

Posted on April 2, 2016 by jocknoble

March 2016 marked ten years since I began working in International Development focusing primarily on local economic development. So I thought this a good time to put down a few  insights that I have found useful or which I think … Continue reading →

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Riding on Trust

Posted on October 23, 2014 by jocknoble

Postcard from Hanoi I am free falling, no escape. My head in my hands, panic somewhere just below where my heart should be. I tell myself I have been to this place before and so far it has always ended … Continue reading →

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All is not as it seems ….again

Posted on July 6, 2014 by jocknoble

We have flown into the Indonesian island of Flores on the local airline Merpati. The plane is delayed. As a colleague said “It’s mer party and I fly if I want to”. Arriving at Maumere, we made the three hour … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget Me

Posted on July 6, 2014 by jocknoble

I arrived in Jakarta last night. It is midday Saturday and I am in a chair with a woman at my feet. Rogers, with its white marble polished floors and large central tank with colourful corals and exotic fish, is … Continue reading →

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Believing Into Real

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jocknoble

Belief in what is real takes all kinds of forms. I recently bought a new pair of glasses in Jakarta.  They cost about the same as they would have in Australia, but I needed them, my world increasingly out of … Continue reading →

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What to do?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by jocknoble

I am currently in Hardoi, which is somewhere in northern India two hours from Lucknow in India, in spell check comes up as ‘hairdo’. It has been around 43 degrees all week. We are meeting with farmers who are poor … Continue reading →

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Gifts of Faith and Other Things

Posted on June 22, 2014 by jocknoble

One thing that I learn again and again in Indonesia, is not to take anything for granted, not the day , not the plan, and especially not the sleep. I arrived in Rote on Monday morning with Chris Rowlands, a  Markets … Continue reading →

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