Rahul Chandran

@RChandran1

ED . Dad. All tweets personal. RT != endorsement etc etc.

New York, USA
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Joined February 2013
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    18 hours ago

    I choke up whenever I hear about the work of - their 1500 schools, 220,000 kids and all female faculty. Visiting them last year was one of the most memorable school visits I ever did. Read more about them here

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    Jul 4

    Those of us working in global education know the stats about the depth and scale of the learning crisis. But they still get me every time. This one: “By age 11 only around 7% poor girls in rural India have achieved the basics”

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    18 hours ago

    New Report: Older people in drought. Increasingly humanitarian sector recognises specific vulnerabilities of older people and roles, but inclusion of older people in drought still a challenge

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    Jul 2

    We've had feedback over the last week that some people are unhappy with our plan to offer up to 14 scholarships to refugees living in the local area. To these people, we would like to say: Tough. Jog on.

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    Jul 3

    Do you know what it takes to make waves in the policy world? Are you excited to work on a defining issue of our age—migration and displacement? Then please apply to come work with us —>

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    Jun 28

    Great to see looking at different models for financing local actors. If you are a donor - see guidance on delivering on the commitment to localising aid at

    financial strategy report – explore alternative approaches to meeting the financing needs of civil society actors at the country level
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    Jun 29

    Great blog post that recaps technology in humanitarian aid debates that is refreshingly grounded in a real case study from Afghanistan. By Rodrigo Mena via

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    Jun 28

    What do aid orgs need? ACCOUNTABILITY! But what kind of accountability? Accounting - measuring by metrics? or Account-based - narratives of change Neat distinction by the great Lant Pritchett, Reviewing awesome book

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    Jun 28

    3 DAYS LEFT: The Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Award for young leaders shaping the future. $25k incubator prize. To find out more APPLY NOW

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    Jun 28

    Useful thinking on why "pilotitis" is bad, not just for the pilots that don't scale, but for the broader case for development . A call for more focus on later-stage & how innovations fit in systems-wide financing.

    When it comes to , are we stuck in an endless cycle of pilots, hype and showcases? Find out in our latest blog with insights from , David de Ferranti and .
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    Jun 26

    financial strategy report – explore alternative approaches to meeting the financing needs of civil society actors at the country level

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    Jun 26

    We “incubate for scale”, rather than just scale, because there’s a lot of learning & iteration to do between an initial, promising RCT of an intervention and delivering it cost-effectively to millions. Sometimes, we learn something shouldn't be scaled:

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    Jun 25

    1. The 2nd annual report of says, (INGO signatories) do not have institutional capacity to follow more than one or two of the workstreams and they required additional resources to adhere with some commitments

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    Jun 26

    . on the 3 factors defining the : solution difficulty, contextual variation & sustainability

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    Jun 26

    "In the course of its development, it became evident that innovation is not necessarily synonymous with new technology. As a matter of fact, the projection tool uses methodologies developed a long time ago."

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    Jun 25

    Join us tomorrow with the learn more about & the “Towards a Responsible Approach to Data” report prepared by . See you there!

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  17. Jun 25

    Yes

    "This is the moment for the sector to be heard, and to shape the direction of this world when it comes to protecting the of people." nails it:
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  18. Jun 25

    Has implications for aid as well.

    Must read if you're interested in the future of the welfare state. 'More money will not fix our broken welfare state. We need to reinvent it, centred on fostering relationships. summarizes her new book
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    Jun 24

    "The way governance is measured is still largely based on how it was understood 25 years ago" - a conference on the "state of disruption" facing the public sector

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    Jun 22

    A visual introduction to bias in machine learning cc

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