I wonder if an implication of your section on direct aid is that we should invest more in developing long term solutions (e.g. cure or eradicate malaria) than on direct solutions (e.g. provide more nets) as eradicating malaria would yield well-being dividends well into the future. Although interventions such as deworming are effective means of keeping kids in school, thus improving education thus removing people from poverty, so there are longer lasting impacts than just the short term well-being boost.
I think there are some psychological objections too:
Investing with the intent of donating later will not have the same impact of encouraging other donors.
Humans can change their minds, and one of the benefits of donating now is you are hedging against the possibility that you will become less inclined to donate in the future.
I wonder if an implication of your section on direct aid is that we should invest more in developing long term solutions (e.g. cure or eradicate malaria) than on direct solutions (e.g. provide more nets) as eradicating malaria would yield well-being dividends well into the future. Although interventions such as deworming are effective means of keeping kids in school, thus improving education thus removing people from poverty, so there are longer lasting impacts than just the short term well-being boost.
I think there are some psychological objections too:
Investing with the intent of donating later will not have the same impact of encouraging other donors.
Humans can change their minds, and one of the benefits of donating now is you are hedging against the possibility that you will become less inclined to donate in the future.