Comments on: Too much of a good thing? Making the most of your disaster donations http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/ just asking that aid benefit the poor Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Help for Haiti « Learning to Squat in Shanghai http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8614 Help for Haiti « Learning to Squat in Shanghai Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:34:16 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8614 [...] to find out how to put a donation to Haiti to best use? Read this post on Aid Watch, which compassionately cautions against distorting the allocation of disaster aid [...] [...] to find out how to put a donation to Haiti to best use? Read this post on Aid Watch, which compassionately cautions against distorting the allocation of disaster aid [...]

]]> By: Counterparties | Read NEWS http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8512 Counterparties | Read NEWS Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:13:38 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8512 [...] Too much of a good thing? Making the most of your disaster donations — Aid Watchers [...] [...] Too much of a good thing? Making the most of your disaster donations — Aid Watchers [...]

]]> By: Some useful info for all you charitable people out there… « This thing called Life… http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8495 Some useful info for all you charitable people out there… « This thing called Life… Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:44:12 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8495 [...] article from the Aid Watch blog, Too much of a good thing: Making the most of your disaster donations, by Laura Freschi, is definitely worth reading. Basically, it gives three pieces of advice for all [...] [...] article from the Aid Watch blog, Too much of a good thing: Making the most of your disaster donations, by Laura Freschi, is definitely worth reading. Basically, it gives three pieces of advice for all [...]

]]> By: RadarLake » Things that floated across my screen http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8483 RadarLake » Things that floated across my screen Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:52:18 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8483 [...] And while I’m on the topic of Haiti, Bill Easterly, development guru, thinks there can be Too Much of a Good Thing. Relax, he’s not saying people have over-donated to Haiti, but he has a couple good pointers [...] [...] And while I’m on the topic of Haiti, Bill Easterly, development guru, thinks there can be Too Much of a Good Thing. Relax, he’s not saying people have over-donated to Haiti, but he has a couple good pointers [...]

]]> By: Ana Pulido http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8463 Ana Pulido Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:40:52 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8463 (by "you" I meant your blog and Prof. Easterly's works.) (by “you” I meant your blog and Prof. Easterly’s works.)

]]> By: Ana Pulido http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8462 Ana Pulido Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:39:36 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8462 I know development specialists are very aware (much more of what I was) of the historical and structural crisis nature of Haiti, but I thought about sharing this Financial Times article, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/231d1ebe-045d-11df-8603-00144feabdc0.html which made me think in the vicious circle of "too much aid" and "too small a state", that has been mentioned by you and Dambisa Moyo in the case of Africa. Moreover, I believe people concerned with aid effectiveness should pronounce themselves for the creation of international treaties to regulate and promote the most efficient use of possible surpluses in aid money, specifically in the case of natural disasters. For example, this money to be allocated for production. I know development specialists are very aware (much more of what I was) of the historical and structural crisis nature of Haiti, but I thought about sharing this Financial Times article,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/231d1ebe-045d-11df-8603-00144feabdc0.html
which made me think in the vicious circle of “too much aid” and “too small a state”, that has been mentioned by you and Dambisa Moyo in the case of Africa.

Moreover, I believe people concerned with aid effectiveness should pronounce themselves for the creation of international treaties to regulate and promote the most efficient use of possible surpluses in aid money, specifically in the case of natural disasters. For example, this money to be allocated for production.

]]> By: Word_Bandit http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8460 Word_Bandit Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:33:43 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8460 As a lay person, I completely agree with your three recommendations. They're in the spirit of giving to serve. As a lay person, I completely agree with your three recommendations.

They’re in the spirit of giving to serve.

]]> By: nick gogerty http://aidwatchers.com/2010/01/too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8456 nick gogerty Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:10:24 +0000 http://aidwatchers.com/?p=2333#comment-8456 Laura, thanks for writing this article and putting it online. More post-crisis analysis and critical analysis of how aid functions is very helpful. Laura, thanks for writing this article and putting it online. More post-crisis analysis and critical analysis of how aid functions is very helpful.

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