Copenhagen          The level of professionalism in Danish NGOs was first class and top of the line, and not only were they engaging, but frank and forthright, sometimes to our peril and sometimes to our celebration. Jumping to a sweeping generalization on a very limited number of meetings, I wondered if they were …

Stockholm        The cab driver in Oslo had said that Stockholm was prettier because Norway and Finland were colonies and the castles for the rich and royals were in Sweden and Denmark, since they were the overlords.   An interesting and troubling perspective in many ways to my mind, but gradually I found Stockholm on a …

Stockholm         I had already finished one interesting meeting with Svalorna Latinamerika, an NGO that worked only in Peru, Bolivia, and Nicaragua. I knew I was working my way down the chain when they started asking whether or not I had any ideas for how they could build capital for business schemes in Ariquippa, …