needed in the humanitarian system at the moment. now, you have been running one of the world s best known charitable aid organisations for what, the best part of four years. would you agree with this statement, which was written recently by sanjay reddy, who s an associate professor based at the new school for social research in new york. he said, the truth is, aid as currently organised, is a fig leaf that fails to cover up a naked truth that of a severely limited effort to address global problems and repair historical and present day injustice ie, the aid system as we know it, both governmental and nongovernmental, simply doesn t work. it s not fit for purpose. i think professor reddy is spot on on the fact that we need a reset. we need to re imagine how to fund global public goods. the idea that organisations like ours go cap in hand to beg for resources after disaster
of them, are male staff members working with vulnerable females. i m going to quote you a writer on international development called deborah doane, who says, look, sexual abuse is about money and power, and these are key pillars on which the aid system in so many contexts has been built. rich donors of the north have the money, and they have all the power, and those who are beholden to their services have neither. and that s a dynamic that it s very hard to shift. well, i think it is. it s hard to shift, but we have to shift it. gone are the days when, you know, northern or rich country organisations can parachute into poorer countries and save lives. we need. you do still do that, don t you? we are building a new type of network that s based on mutuality and solidarity. almost all our staff across the world come from either the country that they re working in, or the region that they re working in. we do have international staff who move about our system, but we re trying to b
he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people?
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not all of them, but some of them, are male staff members working with vulnerable females. i m going to quote you a writer on international development called deborah doane, who says, look, sexual abuse is about money and power, and these are key pillars on which the aid system in so many contexts has been built. rich donors of the north have the money, and they have all the power, and those who are beholden to their services have neither. and that s a dynamic that it s very hard to shift. well, i think it is. it s hard to shift, but we have to shift it. gone are the days when, you know, northern or rich country organisations can parachute into poorer countries and save lives. we need. you do still do that, don t you? we are building a new type of network that s based on mutuality and solidarity. almost all our staff across the world come from either the country that they re working in, or the region that they re working in. we do have international staff who move about our syst