Dennis Whittle: Crowd (fill in the blank) is Good for Giving

Dennis Whittle: Crowd (fill in the blank) is Good for Giving: "his story captures the essence of why we need much more open-sourcing in the aid and philanthropy fields. Official aid (World Bank, USAID, et al) and large foundation experts say, 'If we do enough research and analysis, we can: a) determine the most pressing social and economic problems facing a society, b) come up with good ideas that address those problems and c) we can develop investment projects that will solve the problems.' In this equation, 'we' = a small group of development, program and government experts."