Re:Effective altruism is not effective
by oconnor663 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:47PM
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GiveDirectly has a lot of experience with cash transfers through M-Pesa and similar systems. I don't know exactly how much corruption they have to confront, but they might be better at cutting through it than you'd think.
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The problem isn't even "corruption" per se. A dictator can do this entirely legally by simply raising taxes in an area (or cutting investment in public services) whenever NGO-provided cash or services lets the people there afford it. The problem is inherent to governments that are unresponsive to their people.