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Perhaps not, but the rate of waste is 10x lower than distributing it through a government agency.
by suff 8y ago
Perhaps not, but the rate of waste is 10x lower than distributing it through a government agency.
- eutectic 8y ago[citation needed]
- bjelkeman-again 8y agoI work in international development. It is not unusual for up to seven agencies/organisations to be between the contributor of the money and the beneficiary. Example: Citizen pays tax -> 1) Tax office -> 2) Ministry of foreign affairs -> 3) Large INGO -> 4) Local office -> 5) Builder -> 6) School - 7) Pupil It is a simplistic example. There are overheads and most often really burdensome reporting requirements at every level. If there was a 15% overhead at every level, about 32% of the money actually arrives. It is better in many cases, but often not. Not 10x as argued, but an issue nevertheless. Unfortunately it is really hard to do meaningful interventions at scale without these overheads imho. The context is often very hard to operate in. Channeling a portion of the aid directly would certainly help imho.