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What happens when an NGO admits failure

David Damberger · TED

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About

International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxYYC
Speaker
David Damberger
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
TED
Licence
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