From the donor-facing website: From a flyer for partner microfinance institutions (linked by GiveWell Board member Tim Ogden): Update: responding to criticism, Kiva has updated its donor-facing page.
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Kiva and fungibility
David Roodman, whom we previously interviewed, has a very interesting post up about a specific microfinance vehicle, Kiva.org. Our existing report argues that donations through this sort of vehicle are likely “fungible,” and therefore better thought of (for impact purposes) as general support of organizations rather than as support of specific projects or people. Mr….
Embedded philanthropy
This blog post is part of the Embedded Philanthropy Blog Series, sponsored by Telecom for Charity. The blog series was launched in May 2009 to highlight expert thinking and encourage discussions on the state of embedded philanthropy in today’s economy. “Embedded philanthropy” (as defined by former GiveWell Board member Lucy Bernholz, via Tactical Philanthropy) is…