Rakesh Rajani is the founder and head of Twaweza and a civil society leader in Tanzania. This op-ed is an excerpt from an essay he wrote for the Frontiers in Development Forum to be held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. June 11-13, 2012. The three-day forum will convene world leaders, government officials and international development experts to address the important issues facing the future of foreign assistance and international development.