Comments on: Questioning Gates Foundation

By: dileepa

dileepa — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:07:09 +0000

Yes! Roger

– - – - “Every organisation has an agenda.”

How often are these implemented?

- – - – “Do you have a reference to the original paper?”

Doesn’t the references given in the original suffice.

- – - – ” would expect a “disproportionate” amount of funding to go to the US for example because the Gates live there, many of the largest and best known organisations are based there, native english makes it easier to apply for grants, —”

- – - – have look plrease, into the ‘Guiding Principles’ of the
funadation.

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By: Roger Willcocks

Roger Willcocks — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:27:24 +0000

Of course they have an agenda.

Every organisation has an agenda.

That’s pretty much the definition of “existing to achieve a purpose”.

I’d be far more disturbed by an organisation that randomly distributed billions of dollars around the world.

Having read the article you linked to, there is little of substance to it.

Do you have a reference to the original paper?

I would expect a “disproportionate” amount of funding to go to the US for example because the Gates live there, many of the largest and best known organisations are based there, native english makes it easier to apply for grants, …

I’d like to see the discussion of bias relative to the grant applications by geography. That would be far more liekly to be accurate.

By: NA Sharpe

NA Sharpe — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:36:19 +0000

Very interesting. I am glad to see people who do make sizeable charitable contributions. On one hand I can see them wanting to specify how the funds are appropriated, but, as it is not their particular area of expertise would it not make sense to have someone appropraite within the charitable community to at least have input to the use of the funds? Not all things can be run on a strict business model.

NA Sharpe
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