CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE AID POLICY
STARTED: Incubation Program 2022
Jacob Wood
Co-founder and Director
SEED GRANT: $170,000
TEAM SIZE (Aug 2023): 3 + 5 volunteers
WEBSITE: http://aidpolicy.org/
Mathias Bonde
Co-founder and Director
$180 Billion is spent on development aid each year. Let's spend it well.
CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:
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Past work may lead to marginal wins in future UK funding decisions at the project level
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Current work may lead to improved cost-effectiveness of aid allocation in the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK
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Future work may contribute to the health and competitiveness of the international aid ecosystem, advancing the effectiveness discourse and improving aid allocations across OECD DAC nations
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Future work may lead to an improved pipeline of government aid to effective (EA aligned) implementation partners
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
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Various opportunities for policy advocacy, as they arise, result in an approximate expected return of 50-100x cash transfers after discounting for a conservative (1-5%) probability of success
SIGNIFICANT UPDATES ON PROGRESS
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Talk with GiveDirectly at EAGx Nordics
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Drafted and submitted report on women and girls policy recommendations for UK
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Hosted panel debate with Danish MPs on the effectiveness of foreign aid
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Submitted manifesto recommendations for UK political parties
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Presented a workshop on aid effectiveness to His Majesty’s Treasury in the UK
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Submitted manifesto recommendations for Dutch parties, signed by prominent Dutch figures such as Rutger Bregman
ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING IN 2023
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An additional $50k would enable us to fund a well timed report on Dutch ODA for their newly formed government. We expect the opportunity behind this report and subsequent advocacy to be 30-90x cash.
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Interested donors can reach out to talk to us directly at jacob.wood@aidolicy.org