On page 140 of the handbook, “Does foreign aid really work?” Moyo’s Dead Aid is mentioned. Although, she is strictly speaking about gov’t aid:
“But this books is not concerned with emergency and charity based aid.” (End of page 7, Dead Aid.)
(1) humanitarian or emergency ~ mobilized and dispensed in response to catastrophes and calamities
(2) charity-based ~ disbursed by NGOs to institutions or people
(3) systematic: “aid payments made directly to governments either though government-to-government transfers [bilateral aid] or transferred via institutions such as the World Bank (known as multilateral aid).”
Therefore, since EA is about charity-based aid, and Moyo is strictly discussing gov’t aid, I do not think it is relevant to mention Dead Aid.
Aside, total US gov’t foreign aid is 4150G*.7%
= almost 30 billion.
Where 373.25 billion by foundations & individuals (in the US), and
I haven’t read the book, but a lot of government aid goes to very similar programs as private aid, however. It’s not clear to me that none of the conclusions remain true.
Charity is such a touchy moralistic subject in the US, and foreign aid such a juicy political target, that I wouldn’t be surprised if the author walled off the topic in such a manner for editorial rather than rational reasons.
Minor Critique
On page 140 of the handbook, “Does foreign aid really work?” Moyo’s Dead Aid is mentioned. Although, she is strictly speaking about gov’t aid: “But this books is not concerned with emergency and charity based aid.” (End of page 7, Dead Aid.)
(1) humanitarian or emergency ~ mobilized and dispensed in response to catastrophes and calamities
(2) charity-based ~ disbursed by NGOs to institutions or people
(3) systematic: “aid payments made directly to governments either though government-to-government transfers [bilateral aid] or transferred via institutions such as the World Bank (known as multilateral aid).”
Therefore, since EA is about charity-based aid, and Moyo is strictly discussing gov’t aid, I do not think it is relevant to mention Dead Aid.
Aside, total US gov’t foreign aid is 4150G*.7%
= almost 30 billion.
Where 373.25 billion by foundations & individuals (in the US), and
of that 265 billion by individuals alone!
http://www.pbs.org/development/2016/06/14/giving-usa-2016-released-today
Thank you for pointing this out! I’ll remove that reference.
I haven’t read the book, but a lot of government aid goes to very similar programs as private aid, however. It’s not clear to me that none of the conclusions remain true.
Charity is such a touchy moralistic subject in the US, and foreign aid such a juicy political target, that I wouldn’t be surprised if the author walled off the topic in such a manner for editorial rather than rational reasons.