Beyond Good Intentions: A Journey into the Realities of International Aid - Paperback

by Tori Hogan (Author)

In the wake of several international aid failures, including the tsunami recovery efforts in Indonesia and the recent earthquake relief in Haiti, much of the world has become aware of the shortcomings of aid, and Hogan is the expert who's been using her voice and creating her platform to address these issues

Hogan's Beyond Good Intentions film series has 95,000 viewers hailing from 158 countries, and has a strong foothold within the academic community

Author Biography

Tori Hogan is the founder and director of Beyond Good Intentions, an organization that produces films and educational programs on the topic of international aid effectiveness.

Hogan has spent more than a decade immersing herself in the developing world as an aid worker, volunteer, researcher, filmmaker, and aid critic. In 2006, frustrated by the lack of results she was witnessing while working with refugee populations in Africa and the Middle East, she embarked on a yearlong round-the-world journey, meeting with countless aid organizations and recipients to produce a ten-part film series on aid effectiveness, Beyond Good Intentions. Since then, she has dedicated her time to educating young people worldwide about this topic.

Hogan's endless curiosity about the world has taken her to every continent and to more than seventy-five countries. She received her bachelor's degree from Duke University, went to Egypt on a Fulbright scholarship, where she studied at the American University of Cairo, and obtained an MEd degree in international education policy from Harvard University. Hogan currently lives in San Francisco, but remains a global nomad at heart.