"On the other hand, I'm not sure I'm quite willing to walk up to a woman dying from malnutrition to tell her that I'm sorry, we'd like to help, only unfortunately it would distort the local economy and so I'm afraid you'll need to lean into the strike zone and take one for the team."
That isn't the only, necessary alternative. There's nothing wrong with charity done right. Just because the NGO's methods are work doesn't mean one has to abandon their work altogether. If the doling out of aid is done by local entrepreneurs, and the causes of poverty are being attacked by entrepreneurs funded and overseen by NGOs, the results could be far different.
That isn't the only, necessary alternative. There's nothing wrong with charity done right. Just because the NGO's methods are work doesn't mean one has to abandon their work altogether. If the doling out of aid is done by local entrepreneurs, and the causes of poverty are being attacked by entrepreneurs funded and overseen by NGOs, the results could be far different.