“Help increase the effectiveness of UK aid” by Ben Anderson

(You can read this post as a Google Doc, which may be easier to share with global health focused non-EAs) Hi all, my name is Benjamin Anderson and I am currently leading work to coordinate the UK EA community to make individual submissions to a consultation on UK aid. The main purpose of this post is to ask for input on the arguments that we will be making, both feedback/expansion on the arguments we already have, and suggestions for further points. The secondary purpose of this post is to advertise the online workshop that I will be running on October 14th to support people to make submissions to the consultation. What's the public consultation? The Independent Commission for Aid Impact is running a public consultation on the future of its work, so that it can ‘maximise its effectiveness and ensure the government is held to account’. ICAI [...] ---Outline:(00:42) What's the public consultation?(01:45) Why am I coordinating submissions for this consultation?(03:10) How you can help(03:55) Core Arguments:(04:39) Will this be impactful?The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: October 2nd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/dRhxspr4SNTz4AEKp/help-increase-the-effectiveness-of-uk-aid --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.