Comments on: I'm taking a blog break, but some new talent is arriving….

By: Enida

Enida — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:24:34 +0000

Duncan,
I’m not into ‘blogging’, but I do read yours, when I can, so I hope you do come back. Just wanted to congratulate you on your book ‘From Poverty to Power’ which I referenced extensively in an essay I had to write for my masters on poverty and Sub-Saharan Africa (yes, another one of those..). Despite the reluctance of having to talk yet again about poverty in Africa (as supposed to doing something about it), it filled me with pride to talk about Oxfam’s model of change in comparison to other ones proposed. I hope that by doing so it does become more mainstream at least in the academic world. Any yes, I am an Oxfamer myself…
Happy Christmas from Dublin,
Enida

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:47:05 +0000

Do work hard, we need a well digested report on all that, hope to read you soon, cheers!

By: Msksquared

Msksquared — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:57:11 +0000

That is one nasty looking toad, Duncan… Good luck! And as for the donkey… words fail me.

By: Sudha Kishore

Sudha Kishore — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:57:27 +0000

Please come back soon to this blog. I have immensely benefited reading your stuff.

Good luck for your work on the report.

best regards,
Sudha

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By: Elisa Kaczynska-Nay

Elisa Kaczynska-Nay — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:34:56 +0000

NOOOOOO! Duncan, I just started teaching development studies at London Met when I discovered your blog – and think it is FANTASTIC, I learn so much through it, the latest debates (and not at all ideologically stunted, as so much debate in this area) – what will I do without you????

By: Claudia Bjørgum

Claudia Bjørgum — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:58:08 +0000

Duncan,

Good work and a happy end of the year for you!

It will be kind of frustrating to come to FP2P without your presence on the other side of the line, on the other hand it will be pretty exciting to wait for the report ‘food justice in a resource-constrained world’. Such a report will definitely justify your absence in our lives. Good luck with the bureaucrats, they are nothing but narcissists after all…

By: Angela Lovell

Angela Lovell — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:41:25 +0000

Good luck with the report Duncan – I will definitely miss your blog and your unique insight, but look forward to reading the other Oxfam bloggers in your (temporary) absence.

Know what you mean about workload though!
Angela Lovell
Canada

By: Jeffrey Ashe

Jeffrey Ashe — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:14:06 +0000

Duncan,

I will miss reading your blog. I will use the past issues relentlessly as I research my own book (provisional title) Money and Power for the World’s Poorest Women: The Critical First Step in building Village Economies in a Resource Constrained World” . The book starts with our work with women’s savings groups over the past decade. Let’s keep in touch. How can I view the entire archive of the two and a half years of blogs?

Jeff Ashe
Director of Community Finance
Oxfam America

Duncan: blimey, no idea Jeff, no-one has ever asked to see the lot – must be a couple of books’ worth by now. I’ll see if I can find out.

By: Nathalie Beghin

Nathalie Beghin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:20:42 +0000

My dear Duncan,

We will miss you because your blog is an important reference for us and a tool for our work as well, but it is for a good cause and you will be back in January with a renewed energy and a lot of good ideas and analysis!
Nathalie from Oxfam in Brazil

By: JC

JC — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:37:21 +0000

How about being more active in Facebook during your leave from this blog?

Duncan: no chance, purdah is purdah. Also (confession) I have no idea how Facebook works!