“Help Make UK Aid More Cost Effective (Another Opportunity)” by Ben Anderson

(You can read this post as a Google Doc, which may be easier to share with global health focused non-EAs) There is a current consultation by the UK's International Development Committee which presents a tractable and potentially highly impactful opportunity for people to push the UK government to give greater focus to the use of evidence and increase the effectiveness of the aid budget. The consultation closes in four days on Tuesday January 7th. It doesn’t require you to be an expert or a UK citizen to make a submission, though likely greater weight will be placed on people who do fall under those categories. I made a similar post recently for another consultation that only ended up receiving around 130 submissions total, meaning if even ten people take 15 minutes to make a submission it could likely be highly impactful! I also led more extensive efforts on [...] ---Outline:(01:02) Context(01:58) Making a Submission(02:54) Success of ICAI Consultation Efforts(04:03) Further Information--- First published: January 3rd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Qu2u78BSemd4ZEqt5/help-make-uk-aid-more-cost-effective-another-opportunity --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.