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Thomas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helping communities flourish through community-centered leadership.]]></description><link>https://www.copticthomas.me/what-i-share</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:26:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.copticthomas.me/fr/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Kuwait Taught Me About Human Development]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examination of Kuwait’s Human Development Index (HDI), a measure developed by the United Nations Development Programme to assess human wellbeing beyond economic output.]]></description><link>https://www.copticthomas.me/fr/post/what-kuwait-taught-me-about-human-development</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a62a65bc01f1a763c797ef1</guid><category><![CDATA[Données probantes et systèmes]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:43:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/453705_855504d655ae48daa44c19ba0e78ed8a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hervé R. 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Thomas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remaining Faithful to Humanitarian Values Through Client Responsiveness]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it mean to remain faithful to an organization’s values while working in some of the world’s most challenging humanitarian contexts?]]></description><link>https://www.copticthomas.me/fr/post/remaining-faithful-to-humanitarian-values-through-client-responsiveness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a636e21c2b482790d79bd41</guid><category><![CDATA[Personnes et politiques]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership humanitaire]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:52:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/453705_f8b1b5a6f2c143dfb0af870929ad91d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hervé R. 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