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benchmarks Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Many aid programmes will beat cash on cost-effectiveness, and the ones that do will be those that fix a market failure or a supply problem. Many aid programmes will beat cash on cost-effectiveness, and the ones that do will be those that fix a market failure or a supply problem. Last stated 12 years ago
14 Mar 2014
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people less poor. — tap to centre the map on it Some aid programmes will beat cash at solving a specific problem, but few will beat it at simply making poor people… Last stated 12 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The case for giving poor people cash is not that it is a cure, but that it is less bad than most of what aid already does. — tap to centre the map on it The case for giving poor people cash is not that it is a cure, but that it is less bad than most of what aid… Last stated 13 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2013-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Judging aid programmes against each other on cost-effectiveness is the right standard, even when it counts against the programme you champion. — tap to centre the map on it Judging aid programmes against each other on cost-effectiveness is the right standard, even when it… Last stated 12 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Aid is not development: transfers can relieve poverty, but the work that actually lifts a country out of it is not work donors do. — tap to centre the map on it Aid is not development: transfers can relieve poverty, but the work that actually lifts a country out of it is… Last stated 2 years ago
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Oliver Kim — holds since 2025-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the right prior on giving is a sceptical one. — tap to centre the map on it The deeper anyone digs into a charity's cost-effectiveness estimate, the more unwarranted optimism they find, so the… Last stated 15 years ago
18 Aug 2011
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Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Comparing randomised trials of cash against NGOs’ own claims for their programmes is not a fair comparison. — tap to centre the map on it Comparing randomised trials of cash against NGOs’ own claims for their programmes is not a fair comparison. Last stated 12 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cash transfers are the index fund of development: the benchmark every actively managed aid programme should have to beat. — tap to centre the map on it Cash transfers are the index fund of development: the benchmark every actively managed aid programme should… Last stated 12 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2014-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cash helps a poor person whose only obstacle is a lack of capital, and does little for anyone whose obstacle is something else. — tap to centre the map on it Cash helps a poor person whose only obstacle is a lack of capital, and does little for anyone whose obstacle is… Last stated 13 years ago
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Chris Blattman — holds since 2013-06-27 — tap for who they are