tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post8357526491490184635..comments2009-11-24T07:14:47.445-05:00lovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15561304085890605734noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20074731.post-43289354774421345252009-11-24T07:14:47.450-05:002009-11-24T07:14:47.450-05:00I completely agree with your colleague's belief about the need to focus on strengthening the transparency and accountability of political parties as much as civil society. NGOs do an enormously important job supplementing the work of the government, but I don't believe that they can replace it. I often find that so-called development experts are not in contact or familiar with the student political clubs that shape the up-and-coming generation of leaders. From what I've seen in Liberia, this tends to be where both possibility and future conflict play out.David Sasakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04050370792235637649noreply@blogger.com