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guelo on June 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Greatest Good: What is the best charitable cau...

It seems like simple education would be more effective than directly buying bed nets. How about subsidizing the cost for whole nations and educating with billboards?

SixSigma on June 20, 2015 [–]

A common fallacy is that the donors know best.

It would be wise to consult the works of William Easterly [1] e.g. The White Man's Burden [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Easterly

[2] http://www.davidmays.org/BN/EasWhit.html

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