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Dayna Brown

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Dayna Brown

Dayna Brown is the Director of The Listening Program at CDA Collaborative Learning Projects. Prior to joining this non-profit, she worked for Mercy Corps as a Senior Program Officer for Civil Society and Conflict Management and managed economic development, peacebuilding, and civil society development programs in Indonesia and Kosovo. Brown served as a Humanitarian Affairs Liaison with the U.S. Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission and worked with USAID/OTI in Kosovo. She is the co-author of Time to Listen: Hearing from People on the Receiving End of International Aid. Brown received a Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University in 1998, and has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Texas Christian University.

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Time to Listen: Hearing People on the Receiving End of International Aid

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DATE

February 13, 2013
10:00 am - 11:00 am

LOCATION

Ronald Reagan Building (Lower Level)
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Hemisphere A Conference Room
Washington, DC United States
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Private consultations with the presenter are available upon request. If you are interested in having a private consultation, please email us directly to discuss availability.

Does international assistance work as we mean it to?

Join Dayna Brown, co-author of the book Time to Listen, who will convey her experience working for the CDA Collaborative Learning Projects. In this seminar, hosted jointly by USAID and the Society for International Development Knowledge Management Working Group, Brown will discuss her research, which aggregated the input of nearly 6,000 people in 20 aid receiving countries, as well as the reflections of aid workers themselves, on the effectiveness of international aid efforts as captured through The Listening Project.

The evidence from The Listening Project shows that aid recipients want smarter aid, not necessarily more. Smarter aid involves understanding the local context and providing local stakeholders with a voice and decision-making power in how aid is conceived, funded, carried out and evaluated.

Time to Listen captures experiences and ideas on how to make international aid more effective and shift the paradigm from the current externally driven aid delivery system to a collaborative one that truly supports local people as drivers of their own development.

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In this video, Dayna Brown talks about the findings from her research on aid effectiveness.

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Filed Under: Thought Leaders in Learning

RELATED RESOURCES

The Listening Project
LIBRARY RESOURCEJAN 25, 2013
Aid Recipient Perspectives on Strengthening Country Systems
LIBRARY RESOURCEJAN 25, 2013 by Dayna Brown

EVENT RESOURCES

Webinar Recording
Dayna Brown Interview
Audio Presentation - Dayna Brown
Audio Presentation - Dayna Brown Q&A
Time to Listen PowerPoint Presentation
Transcript - Dayna Brown
Transcript - Dayna Brown Q&A

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