Saturday, August 22, 2009

The aid agency nobody knew existed is even worse than nobody realized

Aid Watch
Just Asking that Aid Benefit the Poor

The aid agency nobody knew existed is even worse than nobody realized

by William Easterly

I recently saw a June 2009 World Bank (Independent Evaluation Group) evaluation of the Global Forum for Health Research, an 11-year-old international organization that had received $56 million (through 2007) in official aid funding, about half from the World Bank. The Global Forum’s mission is “demonstrating the essential role of research and innovation for health and health equity, benefiting poor and marginalized populations.”

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