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

Mathias Bonde
Co-founder and Director

$180 Billion is spent on development aid each year. Let's spend it well.

CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:

Past work may lead to marginal wins in future UK funding decisions at the project level
Current work may lead to improved cost-effectiveness of aid allocation in the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK
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
Future work may lead to an improved pipeline of government aid to effective (EA aligned) implementation partners

COST-EFFECTIVENESS

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

Talk with GiveDirectly at EAGx Nordics
Drafted and submitted report on women and girls policy recommendations for UK
Hosted panel debate with Danish MPs on the effectiveness of foreign aid
Submitted manifesto recommendations for UK political parties
Presented a workshop on aid effectiveness to His Majesty’s Treasury in the UK
Submitted manifesto recommendations for Dutch parties, signed by prominent Dutch figures such as Rutger Bregman

ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING IN 2023

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.
Interested donors can reach out to talk to us directly at jacob.wood@aidolicy.org