Powerpoint Redesign Example by Dr. Amy Walsh (AFTER)
1. The Flip Side of Foreign Aid
NGOs, the developing world, and the
philanthropy industrial complex
Amy Walsh
International Emergency Medicine Fellow
August 16, 2012
3. Objectives
• Recognize the dire results of unintended
consequences and poor planning
• Discuss how our stereotypes of the developing
world color our evaluation of their need for our
help
• Recognize that US, UN, and large NGO policies
are designed with self-interest and selfpreservation in mind.
• Discuss how we can improve our provision of
international health care and international
development assistance
This primarily focuses on humanitarian disasters, though I think many points can be extrapolated to other projects
However, people usually do things for good reasons, and understanding those reasons is often where development projects fall apart
Story of Christian aid groups buying people out of slavery, drove up price of slaves led to more people being kidnappedEthiopia: Localized famine (caused by politics) brought in food aid, gov’t used aid to feed armies who displaced and enslaved target population groupCambodia: lived in camps in Thailand could cross the borders to wreak havocRwanda: genocidaires continue to terrorize, rape today