Outcome measures are being forced on ministries. Does this organization actually create change in the area of their cause? Ultimately, answering that question will be a good thing, even though it is very hard.
How about asking the same questions of humanitarian aid? Does the help provided actually make the lives of struggling people better? How do we know?
Measuring How and Why Aid Works – or Doesn’t, written by William Easterly in the Wall Street Journal, discusses two books that help us ask questions. The same concepts apply to aid as to domestic non-profits. Are they making any difference?
Mr. Easterly focuses in on the core issues when he says:
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