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Online Philanthropy in Foreign Aid by Farah Mey Lya is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the rise of online philanthropy and its impact on international development assistance. It describes how platforms like GlobalGiving and Kiva allow individual donors to directly fund development projects and lend to entrepreneurs in developing countries. This represents a new form of private, democratized aid that is different from official aid in that it reflects the preferences of many small donors rather than experts. It remains to be seen whether this affects development outcomes
- Author
- Farah Mey Lya
- Language
- EN