Everyone Should Be Responsible…(except the aid agencies)
Today, I foist a new blog called Aid Watch on the blogosphere. The objective is to be brutally honest when aid is not helping the poor, but also praising it when it is.Alas, there is far to go. Take...
View ArticleMADE-UP MALARIA DATA ROUND 2: Gates Foundation responds, WHO graciously...
The modest aim of an initiative like Aid Watch is to be one more small voice holding aid agencies and foundations accountable for doing good things for poor people. The aim of more accountability is to...
View ArticleTelethon: “We’ve seen the earth quake but the soul of the Haitian people it...
You might expect a certain critic of celebrity-aid to make fun of the Haitian telethon last night.And there were indeed some cringe-inducing moments in this 4-minute video summary I just watched.But...
View ArticlePaying for school on $2 a day
When James Tooley first discovered low-cost private schools for the poor in urban slums and rural areas in India, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and China, aid agency officials and local government...
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