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 [...]

Miscellaneous links

1.  Bill Easterly:   Nobody wants your old shoes: How not to help in Haiti

2.  New York Times: Big Benefits Are Seen From Eating Less Salt

3.  Tyler Cowen and The Economist / Free Exchange: The end of Haiti?