CANBERRA — It has been almost three months since the Humanitarian Institute announced its June course on developing and implementing exit strategies in developing countries. Aimed at nongovernmental organizations, corporations, governments, social enterprises, startups and more, the program offers a rare how-to guide at a moment when the development community is increasingly questioning its long-term sustainability and goals of localization.
But to date, there has been little interest in the course.
“I have not been looking at the numbers of participants coming in — but it has been very quiet,” Weh Yeoh, co-facilitator of the course and co-founder of WhyDev, explained to Devex. “I am disappointed, but I am not surprised — and it proves a point that the impetus to plan an exit isn’t going to come from the people who need to know it.”