When we do work in places like China and Vietnam, research tends to be really effective as a way of getting change, whereas in more open places, mobilization and the creation of public pressure through the media often seem to… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
The death of deference seems to be general at the moment, so everybody has to earn their reputation and trust all over again. You don't just get it by virtue of being a professor or a politician or anybody else. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded,… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
I sound like a church nut, but look at the role of the churches in the civil rights movement in the States. People are… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Lots of people in the open system are very determined to try and strengthen evidence-based policy. — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me." — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
Economists who studied in the '80s tend to have a pretty crude neoclassical view that's just about freeing up prices and markets, and then… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
![“Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people who are working on [change] find that very difficult: They've been schooled into thinking you have to come up with the perfect plan in advance. It has become a bit technocratic.” quote by Duncan Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d17/duncan-green-20105_activist_some-kinds-of-activists-are-more-willing_57391.jpg)
