Crowdfunding development aid would direct funds where they are needed most

Websites such as GlobalGiving and Kickstarter have re-imagined the way we support issues we care about. Can we do the same for aid programmes? By: Blair Glencorse, Executive Director at Accountability Lab. This article was originally published by The Guardian. Watermelon seeds are readied for planting as part of an aid project in Rwanda. ‘There is a disconnect between the providers of development aid and its recipients.’ Photograph: Sam Faulkner/Comic Relief/Dfid As world leaders descend on New York this week for the UN general assembly, the funding of international development programmes will be high on the agenda – [...]