I agree personal fit is important. Although we do not have an explicit separate category for this, we definitely took it into account when evaluating options.
I guess Iโm surprised to see tobacco taxation up there on personal fit grounds. While I think itโs a great cause in general, I think it would be a many-year effort to gain the credibility and local knowledge to be able to influence Indian politics, especially when big money is going to be running against you.
For even the easiest to execute interventions we would have to hire domain and country experts. Any operation that involves government lobbying (tobacco and fortification) would require hiring a lobbyist who already has established connections and local knowledge. I do not feel like hiring a tobacco expert would be substantially more difficult than hiring a lobbyist for any other topic or hiring a very qualified expert for another intervention.
I agree personal fit is important. Although we do not have an explicit separate category for this, we definitely took it into account when evaluating options.
I guess Iโm surprised to see tobacco taxation up there on personal fit grounds. While I think itโs a great cause in general, I think it would be a many-year effort to gain the credibility and local knowledge to be able to influence Indian politics, especially when big money is going to be running against you.
For even the easiest to execute interventions we would have to hire domain and country experts. Any operation that involves government lobbying (tobacco and fortification) would require hiring a lobbyist who already has established connections and local knowledge. I do not feel like hiring a tobacco expert would be substantially more difficult than hiring a lobbyist for any other topic or hiring a very qualified expert for another intervention.
OK if youโre planning to get in external experts it makes a lot more sense.