About Spoor Jojanneke
Jojanneke Spoor is a journalist and cultural anthropologist. She worked in development cooperation for several years, focusing on issues such as child labour, caste discrimination, citizen advocacy and HIV/AIDS. She was based in Angola between 2007 and 2009. Jojanneke is currently working in the Netherlands, doing a Master’s degree in Journalism at the University of Amsterdam.
By Spoor Jojanneke
WRR debate at the Institute of Social Studies
February 08, 2010 Jojanneke Spoor
Shouldn’t the WRR report have emphasized the role of society more? How can multilateral aid be transformed to truly tackle global concerns? What is the status of civic driven action? These were just some of the questions that Peter van Lieshout was confronted with during a debate about the WRR report Less Pretention, more Ambition at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague. read more >>
Good for the economy, good for the people?
November 30, 2009 Jojanneke Spoor , Sérgio Calundungo
A lucrative oil industry means Angola’s economy is booming. Yet poor rural areas receive little funding. Sergio Calundungo, director of ADRA, a large NGO, wants research to investigate how high-level decisions are made concerning rural livelihoods. read more >>
