The IFRC would like to invite you to the next RedTalk, which will take place on Friday, 16 September, 4 to 5pm (CET), in Budapest as part of the Global Volunteer Conference 2011. The event will also be live streamed on the IFRC website: www.ifrc.org/redtalk.

International Aid: Eroding sustainable community volunteering?
Mukesh Kapila in conversation with Masooda Bano

The negative impact of aid on development has been a recurring and controversial subject in recent years. Drawing on her extensive research in this field, Masooda Bano asserts that there is a strong negative correlation between foreign aid, and voluntary organisations' ability to mobilise communities. The audience will be invited to discuss the possible implications this has for voluntary organisations and the international donor community.

Masooda Bano is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development & Wolfson College, University of Oxford, with a DPhil from Oxford and MPhil from Cambridge. Her work focuses on real life development puzzles with a focus on mapping the micro-level behaviour and incentive structures drawing on rich empirical data especially ethnographic studies.

Mukesh Kapila is Under Secretary General for National Society and Knowledge Development at the IFRC.

Follow these events on live stream/live blog

You may follow these events on your computer. A live stream of the event is available on www.ifrc.org/redtalk as well as the possibility to engage in the live blog: comment, ask questions, discuss.

Registration and Learning Passport Credits

Everyone is welcome to attend the live stream. Please register on www.ifrc.org/redtalk/registration.