Making non-profits accountable

From Bill Easterly’s blog post:

…extreme dissatisfaction with aid agencies who ignore even the most obvious signs that some aid effort is not working. (Example cited in the Brookings book: a World Bank computer kiosk program in India celebrated as a “success” in its “Empowerment” sourcebook. Except that the computers sat in places without functioning electricty or Internet connections. Critics pointed that out, and yet officials still defended the program as contributing to “Empowerment.”…)

With regard to non-profits in general (as opposed to just aid agencies), I wonder if there are non-profit organizations that are essentially watchdogs of the non-profit sector.  If not, there ought to be.  Perhaps, once the fog has cleared in Haiti, if you are thinking of engaging in philanthropy or charity, you should donate to an organization whose goal it is to promote greater accountability in the sector.