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More interesting than what charity programmes achieve is what they don’t achieve
Much effort in the charity world goes into understanding what programmes achieve. Which is fine and well and good, but doesn’t indicate anything about whether funding a particular programme was any good. Let’s take an example. In India, there is a … Continue reading
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