There is reason to hope we can do better but a sobering lack of evidence that such hope is realistic.
[I’d edited my previous comment just before mattnewport wrote this; I’d previously left my comment at “There is reason to suppose we can do better”, then had decided that that was overstating the evidence and added the “—at least...”. mattnewport probably wrote this in response to the previous version; my apologies.]
As to evaluating the evidence: does anyone know where we can find data as to whether relatively well-researched charities do tend to improve poverty or other problems to which they turn their attention?
[I’d edited my previous comment just before mattnewport wrote this; I’d previously left my comment at “There is reason to suppose we can do better”, then had decided that that was overstating the evidence and added the “—at least...”. mattnewport probably wrote this in response to the previous version; my apologies.]
As to evaluating the evidence: does anyone know where we can find data as to whether relatively well-researched charities do tend to improve poverty or other problems to which they turn their attention?
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