I think this is generally true, but not sure that GiveWell is the best example of competition in social sector peers, since they seem mainly focused on hiring Western-based number crunchers who might otherwise be at a university or analysing financial data in the commercial sector, rather than poaching a small pool of educated staff from local NGOs or the best-networked, highest-performing grant fundraisers in the West.
I think this is generally true, but not sure that GiveWell is the best example of competition in social sector peers, since they seem mainly focused on hiring Western-based number crunchers who might otherwise be at a university or analysing financial data in the commercial sector, rather than poaching a small pool of educated staff from local NGOs or the best-networked, highest-performing grant fundraisers in the West.