Thinking about development...

Working as volunteer in an NGO, I'm living the nightmare of whom is always criticizing the development field.

Many say that the development is just an other, new, way to occupy and colonize new countries.

Ah my God, the development is really a 2 sides story, a lot of money go having a small small effect in the development process of the country, if not, sometimes, having bigger side effects than benefits.

Of course we can not generalize, not all the NGOs are “bad”.

An analyse of every NGOs will be impossible, i think that each of us have some good and bad example of NGOs to think about.

The main question is for me how many big Organization (as UN,UE, UNICEF, USAID, etc.) don't control better where their money -hmm sorry, our money- go and if the project -wonderful in the paper- has a real result in the community/society.

So why they control just the paper and make small field visiting, always organized before with the NGOs, instead of “surprise” visits, to see the reality and not the theatre that is made for them?

Is it me the first that think something like this?

I think not.

I think that sometimes, many times, who gain the partnership is the one that gives more visibility to the sponsor in the country or internationally.

So better for the Big Organizations to have visibility than results...so sad but so true.

Otherwise they will say something when the account paper for a project give the biggest amount of money to the administrative part instead of the field and operational part; should analyse the results making private investigations instead of just analysing “well packed” numbers and phrases in an nice annual report.

But this is my opinion, and the opinion of whom is really interested in development and not just in new way of international political influence.