tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791673577387916999.post8858044268547307855..comments2013-08-17T16:40:36.541-07:00Comments on Development for Development: The Development Sector Needs Development: Poverty PornMankamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01355202636064729819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791673577387916999.post-13093884718587705802013-07-06T13:14:13.211-07:002013-07-06T13:14:13.211-07:00I couldn't agree more. As a development worke...I couldn't agree more. As a development worker in Mali, I learned early on that it's culturally improper to smile when one's picture is taken. Every picture I have of locals - children and adults - has them posing standing straight up, facing forward, with a dour look on their face. It occurred to me that it would be the easiest thing in the world to collect a hundred pictures of miserable, dirty children with ragged shirts and pass it off as an example of a miserable Africa, when only seconds before and immediately after, those same children were just playing around as happy as any back home in America.Jake Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214731270385014577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791673577387916999.post-26169907612874121612013-07-06T10:49:22.940-07:002013-07-06T10:49:22.940-07:00In the name of children evil is often done. The ar...In the name of children evil is often done. The article is very strong - well done! - and makes the case against exploitation of poverty and disease for NGO enrichment. But that has become the pattern again and again... children with cleft palates, distended bellies, missing limbs... Give now! save a life...and, oh, did I mention my beach house in Aruba? Never mind! Give now! James Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617855967494776187noreply@blogger.com