The letter led me to wonder about measurment and results in the world of "doing good". I was wondering what this forum's thoughts on the matter are. Should we only fund the things that get results? How should we quantify our results? And probably most importantly: what do we choose to measure? (Decrease in rainforest destruction vs companies that choose to use non rainforest sources for wood or palm oil?)
I worry sometimes--and I co-founded an organization that brings data science to civic and social organizations--that this will be similar to No Child Left Behind (or World Bank like), where non profits do what is best for their metric instead of what is best for the population they are trying to serve.
I worry sometimes--and I co-founded an organization that brings data science to civic and social organizations--that this will be similar to No Child Left Behind (or World Bank like), where non profits do what is best for their metric instead of what is best for the population they are trying to serve.