Mary Venner

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About Mary Venner

Mary Venner has lived and worked as a technical adviser in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo. Libya, the Philippines, Somalia, East Timor, Solomon Islands and Ukraine.
'Where Are You This Time?' is her account of the challenges of working in these difficult and dangerous countries and the problems of economic development.
Proceeds from sales of this book will be donated to charities that are working to improve life for people affected by conflict and poverty.

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Where Are You This Time?: Making a Difference in Places from Kabul to Kiev, Kosovo to Kazakhstan and Kismayo to Qatar Nov 20, 2019

by Mary Venner

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Mary Venner gave up a secure job to travel to the other side of the world to work in foreign aid. She soon discovered that it isn’t always about feeding the hungry and tending the sick. It’s also about red tape and regulation, spreadsheets, computers and accounting.Mary arrived in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars and found a new career providing advice to politicians and government officials on how to manage their country’s finances. With a wry sense of humour, she describes the strange working conditions, the daily security challenges, and the lively social life of expats living in cities that tourists avoid. This book provides a first-hand account of the devastation caused by war, the hardships created by government corruption and incompetence, and the problems that need to be solved to make life better in these places. It also provides insights into the lives of the locals who live with the consequences after the foreigners have moved on.

Donors, technical assistance and public administration in Kosovo (Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches) Sep 1, 2016

by Mary Venner

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This book looks beyond the apparently united and generally self-congratulatory statements of The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors to examine what actually happened when they tried to work together in restoring stability and establishing governance in the territory.

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