CAMS 2011: Ethics of International Aid

CGD conducts research and analysis on a wide range of topics related to how policies and actions of the rich and powerful affect poor people in the developing world. Examples include aid effectiveness, climate change, education, globalization, health, migration and trade.

The Center’s work on aid effectiveness focuses on the policies and practices of bilateral and multilateral donors. It includes analyzing existing programs, monitoring donor innovations, and designing and promoting fresh approaches to deliver aid. CGD researchers also investigate how foreign aid and other aspects of development—such as trade, migration, investment, and climate change policies—undermine or complement each other.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. This section of their website is devoted to foreign aid.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. This section of their website is devoted to humanitarian intervention.

This site amasses evidence-based tools and peer-reviewed research to advance best practices in global learning, cooperative development, and community-university partnership.

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The Code of Ethics Project was initiated by the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) at the 2002 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. It was recognized that while standards of conduct exist for various national and regional NGO assocations, and for associations with a particular area of focus (humanitarian aid, human rights, etc.), a more broadly applicable code of ethics was desirable for guiding NGOs worldwide.

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Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation's largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. In our quest to help donors, our team of professional analysts has examined tens of thousands of non-profit financial documents. We've used this knowledge to develop an unbiased, objective, numbers-based rating system to assess over 8,000 of America's best-known and some lesser known, but worthy, charities.

CharityWatch—founded more than 20 years ago as the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP)—is America's most independent, assertive charity watchdog. CharityWatch does not merely repeat what a charity reports using simplistic or automated formulas. We dive deep to let you know how efficiently a charity will use your donation to fund the programs you want to support. CharityWatch exposes nonprofit abuses and advocates for your interests as a donor.

The Development Tracker allows you to find and explore detailed information on international development projects funded by the UK Government. The Development Tracker is managed by the Department for International Development (DFID).

ForeignAssistance.gov is the U.S. Government's main tool for improving transparency in U.S. foreign assistance spending. Transparency and open data enable stakeholders and the general public to better understand U.S. foreign assistance investments around the world, make foreign aid more useful for development, and help hold ourselves more accountable.

A searchable database of non-profit organizations.

The National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) is an association of state offices charged with oversight of charitable organizations and charitable solicitation in the United States. The requirements and procedures for forming charitable organizations differ from state to state, as do the registration and filing requirements for organizations that conduct charitable activities or solicit charitable contributions.