“Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people who are working on [change] find that very difficult: They've been schooled into thinking you have to come up with the perfect plan in advance. It has become a bit technocratic.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingKindStuffBitsDifficultPerfectPlansFeetWillingCome UpActivistSchooledWilling To Try Author:Duncan Green
“The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.” TryingPersonsLastsPoor Author:Duncan Green
“When we do work in places like China and Vietnam, research tends to be really effective as a way of getting change, whereas in more open places, mobilization and the creation of public pressure through the media often seem to be the things we try.” WayTryingSeemsMediaCreationResearchPressureChinaVietnamMobilization Author:Duncan Green
“Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy.” PeopleTryingPolicyEvidenceDetermined Author:Duncan Green
“Until you have looked in depth at the system and found out where women in Egypt are not being cut through female genital mutilation, or where kids in Vietnam are not malnourished, or where hospitals in America are getting rid of the superbugs anyway - unless you have that level of curiosity about what's going on without you, you will always come in with your great new recipe and just ignore what's going on, and that will make you much less effective at what you're trying to achieve.” TryingKidsAmericaFoundLevelsCuttingAchieveFemaleDepthCuriosityHospitalsVietnamEgyptRecipesWithout YouMutilation Author:Duncan Green