I feel like this comments misses the point a bit. I think the UN is relevant not because it is such an amazing funding opportunity or because it spends its money effective, but because it is an important policy forum, for everything ranging from peacekeeping to the global health, the UN plays an important role in shaping the policy agenda and has an important coordinating role, increasing its effectiveness and making it more longtermist is potentially highly impactful, and does not have to mean “taking on a giant”, the UN-system has 100s of subsystems and policies we might be interested in tackling.
I have to say that I also not appreciate the snarky tone which I read in this comment.
I would love to see your estimates. As I say below, I overlooked peacekeeping and it is probably the diamond in the rough.
I am negative because of the lack of estimates, and because it really does seem relatively low importance and tractability. (Every UN insider I’ve spoken to (now 4) is extremely negative about it.)
I feel like this comments misses the point a bit. I think the UN is relevant not because it is such an amazing funding opportunity or because it spends its money effective, but because it is an important policy forum, for everything ranging from peacekeeping to the global health, the UN plays an important role in shaping the policy agenda and has an important coordinating role, increasing its effectiveness and making it more longtermist is potentially highly impactful, and does not have to mean “taking on a giant”, the UN-system has 100s of subsystems and policies we might be interested in tackling.
I have to say that I also not appreciate the snarky tone which I read in this comment.
I would love to see your estimates. As I say below, I overlooked peacekeeping and it is probably the diamond in the rough.
I am negative because of the lack of estimates, and because it really does seem relatively low importance and tractability. (Every UN insider I’ve spoken to (now 4) is extremely negative about it.)
I would love to be wrong.