Poverty: what counts [Financial Times]

This Financial Times Editorial addresses the general lack of impact measurement within international development and the role of the Commitment to Development Index.

From the article:

The index always aimed to draw attention to a simple point: aid flows are not the be all and end all of a country's development commitment.

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It is astonishing that we still know so little about what sort of aid works. Donors - and their critics - are too quick to embrace the latest fashion and too slow to ask the hard questions about what really works in development.

Visit the Commitment to Development Index website.