About Aid Watch
The Aid Watch blog is a project of New York University's Development Research Institute (DRI). This blog is principally written by William Easterly, author of "The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics" and "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good," and Professor of Economics at NYU. It is co-written by Laura Freschi and by occasional guest bloggers. Our work is based on the idea that more aid will reach the poor the more people are watching aid.
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." - H.L. Mencken
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Bill Easterly tweets
- RT @hangingnoodles: "a self-satirizing plan…pouring in money to a fictional government” http://t.co/K9yCiLgs06 @bill_easterly NYT on Mali … about 18 hours ago from Twitter for iPad ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Good article on aid to Mali, even though I'm quoted http://t.co/1aWi9mjWAo 02:03:59 PM May 17, 2013 from bitly ReplyRetweetFavorite
- RT @dandrezner: Um... http://t.co/R8U5P6jbid MT @bill_easterly Thoughtful, well-written critique of Krugman anti-austerity crusade http://t… 06:43:31 PM May 16, 2013 from Twitter for iPad ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Thoughtful and well-written critique of the Krugman anti-austerity crusade http://t.co/3dAjHsz5WN 02:19:33 PM May 16, 2013 from bitly ReplyRetweetFavorite
Aid Watch tweets
- Where is the line between marketing social impact and exploitation? | http://t.co/YTc7AoLRMc via @Thehumanosphere about 21 hours ago from Buffer ReplyRetweetFavorite
- Why the rise in global trade may have less to do with policy and more to do with metal boxes. http://t.co/QN6uw0wLys via @TheEconomist about 22 hours ago from Buffer ReplyRetweetFavorite
- “I thought you were here to help.” http://t.co/z7hbKP8RtX via @NYTimes about 22 hours ago from Buffer ReplyRetweetFavorite
- African traders flocked to Guangzhou for the cheap goods but are staying to run manufacturing operations http://t.co/gK7jmSS3qW via @qz about 23 hours ago from Buffer ReplyRetweetFavorite
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blogs we're reading
- Africa Can (World Bank)
- Africa Is A Country
- Aid on the Edge of Chaos
- Aid Thoughts
- Blood and Milk
- Cafe Hayek
- CGD Policy Blogs
- Chris Blattman
- Clive Crook
- Dani Rodrik
- Development Impact (World Bank)
- Division of Labour
- Economist's View
- Enlightened Economist
- Financial Access Initiative
- Find What Works
- From Poverty to Power
- GiveWell
- Global Development by the Guardian
- Global Health Hub
- Good Intentions Are Not Enough
- Grasping Reality with Both Hands
- Greg Mankiw
- How Matters
- Humanosphere
- Innovations for Poverty Action
- Karen Grepin's Global Health Blog
- Making Sense of Sudan
- Marginal Revolution
- Open the Echo Chamber
- Owen Abroad
- Peter Gordon
- Private Sector Development (World Bank)
- Pulling for the Underdog
- Scarlett Lion
- Staying for Tea
- Tales from the Hood
- Texas in Africa
- The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan
- The First Tranche – AidData
- The Will and the Wallet
- Topnaman Malaria Blog
- View from the Cave
- Views from the Center
- Water Wellness
- White African
- Wronging Rights
- Yaw's Blog
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