There’s is a lot of buzz these days about sustainability–whether we’re talking about development programs, how we grow our food and live our lives, or even a specific set of large-scale goals recently adopted, which I agree with William Easterly…… Continue Reading
As a student of social network analysis and someone interested in designing better programs, I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that technologies that can make a positive health change will spread like wildfire through a population, revolutionizing health… Continue Reading
One of the most common uses of Social Network Analysis in developing country contexts to in identifying central actors within a community who are well-connected and perhaps most able to spread a new idea to others in a community quickly.… Continue Reading
Friendship Nomination is a cost-effective improvement that can easily be incorporated into a variety of programs based on findings from Social Network Analysis, but its effectiveness may be context specific. A recent paper by Kim, et. al., describes an experimental… Continue Reading